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<\/a>Very much a united flock<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Eight girls chilling together<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Speckles stays close to Honey<\/p><\/div>\n
Speckles can often be found sitting next to Honey and sometimes Butterscotch, Speckles and Honey sit together. Honey seems to like hanging out with the new girls.<\/p>\n
Honey never bothered Speckles as she was no threat to her position in the pecking order. She did used to go after Butterscotch as she wanted to show her that she wasn’t going to move her from her number two spot. It seems though, that the lesson has been learned and now it’s okay to hang out together. Honey no longer bothers Butterscotch and seems to like hanging out with the new girls.<\/p>\n
Lately Honey has been spending a lot more time sleeping during the day, sometimes with her head under her wing, sometimes just dozing in a patch of sun. It struck me that she is beginning to feel her age.<\/p>\n
Honey will soon be three years old and has had three summers of egg laying. I researched the average lifespan of bantam hens and most people seem to think that it’s about four to six years which would mean that Honey is getting old. She is still fast to the treats and likes to scratch and run around with a worm but she is definitely looking older and dozing much more.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Honey is looking older<\/p><\/div>\n
There are exceptions with some chickens living up to twelve years or more and some breeds living longer than others. I read that game birds live longer than most breeds so that is good to know. Since losing Amber I have grown more fond of Honey as my only older girl. I really hope she has some more years in her yet as I would to hate to lose her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There seems to be an end of summer feel to the flock at the moment. None of the girls are laying, they are all either moulting or about to moult and they seem to spend a lot of time chilling … Continue reading