girls with big feet

i was up at 7.30am the other morning only to hear the sound of a cock-a-doodle do....from OUR coup(the neighbours had heard it at 5.30am...) yep one of our girls is a boy... now dont get me wrong im into a little cross dressing, playing around with gender rolls but this chicken is my pride and joy. she (he) is white with grey specks, a sweeping tail and as we noticed a few weeks ago rather large feet. i didnt really think anything of it, i just assumed it was all the porridge scraps she was eating....hum not so.

so back she has gone to the people we got her (him) from and swapped for a mangy older chicken. i tell you its the story of my backyard chicken life, ive had a chicken with a broken leg, a chicken with a malting problem and now this. im the new mother theresa of chickens. the settling in stuff is going slowly, its tough having a new lodger and trying to reorginise your pecking order. but there it is things have quitened back down and our neighbours can sleep in.

oh and we are still waiting for eggs....

Comments

[Kirsty]

You should have kept the boy!! We have big Rocky in with our girls, he keeps them all in line. Were getting eggs, still waiting for chicks!