When our granddaughter Annie was here for half term, she was desperate to go and get two chickens, she had after all spent every evening whilst we were in the Costa Brava working out names. We even ended up with a sondage / poll to get the final names. Scratch and Peck were decided upon and you all know the rest of the story. Peck the good looking black hen is a good layer and non agressive.
Scratch on the other hand has still to lay an egg and I get the feeling she is an old " boiler" She does dance and sing and she has some amusing antics but her crime not to be forgiven is pecking at Penny's bottom and removing all her tail feathers. Penny against all odds has kept laying, smashing great big eggs.
We need more hay and straw for the donkeys and as this is the farm where Scratch came from we checked we could take her back.
So she must go this week, the closer it gets to Christmas the harder it will be for me to take her back. She is a certain candidate for the pot, but it has to be farewell and adieu Scratch, go out singing girl!
Kleenex tissues provided with this post.
Mimi / Farmer replies
Hi Val,
Don't worry about Scratch, the girls never go into the freezer only the boys. For some reason it doesn't seem right to do it! Scratch can live here with the others who never lay a bloomin' egg for as long as she likes.
Mimi x
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