Mandarins and Passionfruit

Tony and Chelsea you are coming home just in time, I just went to check on the chickens and while I was there I picked a lovely mandarin and shared it with Jet and Esmeralda and then a sweet passionfruit that I shared with Ruby.  There are delicious!

I tried to trick the chickens into not all using the same nesting box by putting two porclain eggs in a separate box.  After about two weeks there was a third egg in there!  Now they don't have to cue up to lay a egg. : )

The chickens are so funny!  They are really scared of kangaroos.  They go mad and I run out to see what all the noise is about and I can never find anything but they are very obviously upset and nervous.  After awhile I hear a kangaroo hopping off through the bush and then they are all fine and can continue with their day.  

Chickens getting ready for bed, they have plenty of room but like to all roost together.

Enjoy your last few weeks in Mexico guys, we have enjoyed your photos so much, what fun! 

Chicken Update

Yesterday Jet, one of our beautiful Australorps, laid her first egg!  Hurray!  There was a bit of jealousy from Abbey at one stage when she "removed" Jet from the nesting box but it all settled down and now Jet has been elevated to the prestigious position along side Abbey as our champion egg layer. : ))

Apart from this, the chickens have been enjoying life.  The rain has stopped so there has been plenty of dust baths and foraging amongst the sweet potato vine.  They love eating the leaves of the sweet potato vine also which gives them plenty of vitamins and minerals.  You should see the colour of their egg yolks - very bright yellow as you can see from the colour of this lime dessert.

Jet and Esmeralda are great friends and are rarely apart.  It is obvious now that Esmeralda is about three weeks younger than Jet.

         

The chickens love their daily yogurt and oats and wait around  their outdoor area every day for it, then they are happy and their day can begin. : )

Bedtime is still a ritual but they all manage to sort themselves out and roost in their designated areas, after one last meal!

  
Have fun in Mexico guys, we really loved those gorgeous seaside photos.  ♥♥♥