Yesterday I gave the girls a dish of mash. I just put out one dish as the girls share quite well and even if the little girls get chased away from the dish they always return for their share once the bigger girls have moved on.
I thought I would put the dish down and then take some photos but once the dish was down and I bobbed down with the camera all the girls ran to me and straight past the dish of mash. It is quite endearing to see them run to me even if it is just to see if I have anything else for them.
The girls ignore the mash and run to me
Rusty is always the quickest girl to run to me.
They decide to have some the mash
Sharing the mash
Rusty is always quite brave around the bigger girls
Rusty is a feisty little character and is not put off by the bigger girls.
Emerald has been having a long moult. She has been dropping a few feathers a day since the summer and has recently lost her tail feathers. It has been so slow that it has hardly been noticeable apart from her shorter than usual tail which shows in the photo above.
A few hours later the dish of mash was empty. I like to give this treat as I then know that the girls have eaten a good portion of their pellets along with the treats.
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Happy girls
They are an easily pleased happy little flock.