The latest addition to the Diggery!

Wow, that looks like a lot of fun... Eggs?

They are ex-battery hens which have reached their "slaughter age" We got them from the Little Hen Rescue near Norwich.

We have had two eggs already today!

Check out their website:

http://littlehenrescue.co.uk

Lol HB. I've just put a blog on with a direct link to their web site!

great to see your new additions....

Good for you rescuing these lovely ladies....

They are settling in nicely, I just went out to put them away for the night and they came charging down the garden to greet me!

Hey Ian, which one is Shirley ? Just need to check if I'm looking ok today ... lol

Hi Shirley, you will have to ask Holly, she's the only one who can tell them apart! Lol

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Oh! & what lovely ladies they are... they are going to be so valuable to you
all those Free Range eggs, i am so glad they were rescued and not
slaughtered, they have a good home with you Ian.this is a brilliant idea, i wish
i could do it, but too much of a risk, i live at the back of fields, too many
foxes, & other Predators, i could not bear to see any animal killed...
Love your Blog Ian...: ~ ))

Thank you FP, no it's not a good idea when you're so close to Mr Fox and friends, unless you can build them a really secure pen?

We used to have 18 chickens, they were great fun. Call them and they would come running, their favourite tit bit was spaghetti. Sadly the fox killed a lot of them and then we gave the rest away because of the rat problem. I still miss them!

Oh Lulu, that's so sad. I think we would be devastated if anything happened to ours now!

I don't need to shout mine, as soon as I walk up the garden they come charging out of their coops and line up across the inside the gate! Lol

Ah bless em, I had a favourite called Mint Choc Chip Chook! They were free range during the day which is why the fox and other peoples dogs munched them.

That's a great name for a chook!
Our's were totally free range until Carol found one eating our dinner off the side! They now have a large pen to wander around. Lol