Ethel my little hen

Lovely colour Donnah and like the feathery leggings ! Just had her lunch ? :)

She is a very freindly little chicken and she likes getting in the greenhouse with me on a cold day aster

She's lovely! Definately should have competitions on here, maybe that's one we can add to the suggestion box? She's definately in with a chance.

Hi Donnah,
Ethel is rather gorgeous with lovely coloured plumage.I think she would easily receive accolades in the most handsome chicken competition!

Lovely Donnah, and you already have a challenger ..Norfolk shed has a beauty too...........

I agree Donnah, I had two black rocks Milly and Molly , I loved them , perfect pets and supplied you with eggs , does a picture of a deceased one count as they are no longer with us , .... LOL..

Sticking her chest out proudly reminds me of Jordan.Lol.

shes certainly strutting her stuff !

Well, if I were giving Ethel a critique, in the way of a dog show judge, I would say ~
Excellent outline, attractive colouring, good length of neck, correct movement. This one could produce many champions. :o)

Thank you I am glad you like little Ethel .Come on Norfolk show us your chickens.LOL

yes amy a chicken is a chicken dead or alive LOL

Stuffed? Haha.

Wagger , go and stand in the corner , and repeat after me , I must not be cruel to Chickens 100 times ......

Cruel to them 100 times - that would take me all day!

Good .... and no chicken sandwich today either ..... LOL ..

Donna I have put a photo on my site of Milly for you to see , ..... please note also from Norfolk ......... :o)

Hanging my head in shame, Amy - not!

Amy I think 200 times if not I will send Ethel round to see him

Yes ..He could do with a good Pecking Donnah.. LOL..

Ethel can be a right handfull Amy I dont think wagger would like to meet her on a dark night.

If Ethel came round to see him she would get such a shock her feathers would fall out cos he's a she! At least I could stuff a cushion then.. L&LOL .

O no My Ethel does not want to be a cushion LOL

I think Ethel is lovely Donnah. I would have some chickens too except our by-laws prohibit us keeping fowl even if they are pets. :o(

Ethel looks brill, and so freindly, Hi Ethel welcome to GOY.

I would love to have chickens but I'm told they are very messy and a lot of work?

Nothing wrong with chickens! Who said there was. This is a welcome break from more usually seen animals in our gardens. Ethel looks just grand!

I don't think they are great respecters of flowerbeds though, are they?! They would need their own quarters, as it were. Me, I prefer their thigh quarters, tasty dark meat hee hee.
Oops, I'll get sent to the corner if I'm not careful...
Own-kept chickens seem to be enjoying quite a revival it seems. I'm all in favour of this, and finding free-range eggs locally.
On a not-completely-unrelated note, did anyone else watch the Save Our Bacon prog yesterday? We caught the end (the curly tail) of it, and found it very good. Went straight out today and bought my shoulder of pork joint.
Watch this space.
Apologies to anyone who couldn't get BBC progs last night, but maybe it's available on iplayer or whatever (like I'd know how to do that!)