Snow has gone broody after laying nine eggs in two weeks. She usually lays eight and this is the second time she has laid nine so a slight improvement for her.
At the same time Maple came back into lay after a break of nine days. We now have Red, Popcorn and Maple laying so it’s stayed at three girls laying.
Today was hot so I gave the girls some mash topped with frozen peas. It’s a good way to get some group photos but as the girls are constantly moving from one dish to another there is one girl blurred in each photo.
Once the peas are gone the girls drink the cold water on top of the mash before it eventually gets absorbed by the pellets making a wet mash. I like to think it cools the girls and gets them to take on more water. By the end of the day all the mash disappears.
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Nice pictures of the girls.
I’m biased of course but they are a pretty flock.
They’ve certainly enjoyed that. We’ve had heavy rain today – most welcome for the gardens and for the girls and temperatures down, so no frozen peas today. 🙂
Oh you are so lucky. We are so desperate for rain but nothing and of course hose pipe ban too. I think this is the hottest and most dry that we have ever had. Everything is scorched and trying to water the allotment with only cans is hard work. In previous years allotments were exempt but not this year.