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<\/a>The strawberry plant remains are still entertaining the girls<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Towards the end of the day Barley and Peaches were still scratching and pecking at the remains<\/p><\/div>\n
Meanwhile Sparkle and Toffee were enjoying a dust bath.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Sparkle<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Toffee<\/p><\/div>\n
While these girls were having a lovely time in their dust baths Topaz was in her favourite little coop trying to lay her egg. Barley and Peaches were very interested and went to have a look at her which started her shouting. Topaz is our grumpy girl and not at all tolerant. I lifted the lid of the little coop to take a photo and got a very angry stare.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Topaz gives me the evil eye<\/p><\/div>\n
You can see by her eye and her body language that Topaz is not at all impressed by this intrusion. I apologised and gently lowered the lid.<\/p>\n
The good news is that when I next checked the little coop there was Topaz’s egg. This is rather special because this is her sixth egg this year which equals her total of six eggs for the entire year last year! I really do think this is going to be Topaz’s year to shine on the egg laying front which goes some way to make up for her being such a grumpy girl. You have to love them for all their different personalities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The strawberry plant that I gave the girls yesterday has been completely dismantled. The girls have spent all day again today pecking and scratching at it and the compacted roots with some quite woody pieces have been broken down. They … Continue reading