We have a hen and cockerel: a pair of black Belgian Bantams!
And the good news is the hen has started to lay already.
They are two little critters and so the cockerel isn't too boisterous or aggressive, but does like to "sound off" from time to time.
Along with the pair of Silkie hens they have added a distinct sense of fun and the exotic to our run.
More news to follow on our last new breed of hens...
And some sad news too. Our last of the ex-battery Warren Hens looks like it will be dead within 24 hours. It's a little over 4 years since we got our four ex-batteries and they did us proud, giving us an egg a day each for circa three years, then they gradually stopped and died off over the last year or so.
Funnily enough when we put the new hens in last weekend the ex-battery Old Hen was feisty enough to put on a bit of a fight, to exert her seniority. And now she's almost lifeless and at life's end. C'est la vie. Literally.
Oh - and by the way, for those interested, we have three baby goldfish in the pond. One seems to gradually be getting a little lighter, the others are still black.
I was down there the other day and I thought I could hear a frog croaking. Could one of our tadpoles from last year be returning? It's an exciting time in the garden at Hurley Towers...
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