Meet the girls! These photos were taken when the chickens were about 8 weeks old. They hatched mid-March, and Miss Nandhra took them home over the Easter Holidays. We were then fortunate enough to have them at the weekends until they were old enough to go out of doors into their Eglu.
This is Kevin on the left. We are not sure why she is called Kevin, but the names were all chosen by the children. The chickens lived in an old chest of drawers in the Junior Hall when they were tiny and the children took it in turns to sit in circles and have the chicks running about! Kevin has slightly darker feathers than the others, so is quite easy to pick out. This fine creature on the right is Big Stuff. She has lighter feathers than the others, and a much paler face. She's also a bit bigger than the others.
On the left we have Chickadee. She's a bit shy, and is a medium sized beautiful brown hen. The balancing circus chicken is Eggward. She used to have a very cute bonnet of chick-fluff which hung on for ages after the others had lost theirs. She enjoys climbing and would often stand on the back of our garden bench.
And finally... on the left is Fifi. She is about the same colour and size as Eggward and Chickadee, but has a darker coloured beak. She LOVES shiny things. We could hypnotise her with the beautiful red keyring! But she pecks shiny things too, so you have to watch out. In the last picture Miss Nandhra is putting the chickens into their new home. They were a bit nervous hopping out of their crate but they all made it out and started exploring.
