The hens have now come to an understanding. Massive chicken (Lola) and our two bantams (Shakira "Shaksta" & Buck Bucky "Buckster") are all in the greenhouse having a dust bath. The breakthrough came yesterday over a pot of yogurt. Shakira will always ignore everything else when there is food about and so, whilst Buckster had her longed for dust bath (a rare treat now the greenhouse is temporary home to Lola) Shakira chowed down over a pot of yogurt which we give them for good digestion. Lola was given a pot when we first had her but she ignored it and after three days it had a crust of dust on it so I threw it out. She hasn't been used to variety in her diet so studiously ignored the 'treat'. However, seeing Shakira wolfing it down so gluttonously she decided to try it out. In a minute they were like nodding dogs, heads in the pot and then head thrown back to flick the excess all over the deck and themselves. Once Buckster joined them the pot was empty and the girls were nonchalantly ferreting about the garden, looking for young grass tips and bugs.
Lola wants what Shakira has....., she just doesn't know how good it tastes yet.
Look at Shakira's beak, she is such a messy easy!
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| Chowing down. |
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| Buckster decides she isnt' ready to feel the love yet and has a lone dust bath in the greenhouse. |
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Where are the others? It's lonely in here! |
All together in the depleted parsley patch, Lola towers over our bantam girls.
Buckster, who is used to being the boss makes a hasty retreat when Lola encroaches on her space.
Even the cat gets in on the act. Socks, from next door casts a glance in their direction. She's hoping for a fat toad to hop into the undergrowth.
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