Today (Monday) is one of those hot days, 27 degrees doesn't sound that hot but the humidity must be pretty high, when everything in the forest goes quiet except for a light breeze in the tree tops.  All the birds have settled somewhere shady, just like the chickens and even the cicadas have stopped their shrill. 

Abbey, Skeeta, Ruby and Lucky are all resting together in heavy shade in the garden - I'm the crazy one rushing around doing all the work.  I love how the chickens chat to each other while they are resting.  Every now and then one will give a few quiet "clucks" and they will close their eyes only to open them quickly if a branch moves or something disturbs them.  Abbey just got up and chased Ruby and Skeeta, what a bossey boots!

The jury is still out on whether Lucky is a hen or a rooster, today he/she looks like a rooster and he/she has now got black speckles down his/her back that Ruby and Abbey don't have!    

Go easy on the slopes guys!   : )