Thoughts on chickens ...

What colour shall I write in? What's a 'chickeny' colour?




As a kid my parents kept Rhode Island Reds - it was after the War and many people kept chickens for their eggs as a supplement when food stocks were scarce. Of course they had names ... but my favourite old girl was 'Biddy'. Laid an egg on the day she died. (of old age!)



Then in the bright and interesting days of the 80's, in urban Woking - no less, I decided to give a home to half a dozen girls who were being chucked out of their deep litter system, after a year of laying.


I had no part in their choosing, so when we opened the box we were shocked to see the 6 hens had about 10 feathers between them .... and it was autumn and the nights .... were fair drawin' in!