Wonderful chook surprise

[kentvegplot]

Last weekend, some of my neighbours hens (accompanied by a noisy cock) decided to come and visit our garden. We're separated by a road and another garden, but this other garden no longer has a resident cat, which I think might have emboldened them.

The little flock (5 in all) hung around for an hour or two, enjoying the sunshine. We've a big garden so I wasn't put out at all - I rather enjoyed seeing them.

Since then, one or two have come through to our garden each day.

I thought no more of it, until I went to dig out part of an old compost/grass heap in the corner of the garden. There, in a little hollowed out patch of dry grass, were 6 beautiful small white eggs.

I've checked that they're all still fresh (one was still warm when I picked it up), so they are going to be a weekend treat for us.

Thank you, chickens, for visiting, and for leaving such a wonderful and unexpected gift.

[bridget mc laughlin]

I wish my neighbours birds would com and visit me

[jeannine]

Our older chook Delicious has taken to laying eggs under a bush right outside our front door, bless her! If I'd known what a continual source of delight chickens are I would have got some years ago...

[bobleponge]

I wish my neighbours bird would come and visit me as well, she's gorgeous.
Sorry but needed to be flippant after the capital punishment thread.
Our chooks go where they like and its always a game when my granddaughters come over. We go (granddad and 2 granddaughters) to the special places that only we know about to see how many the girls have laid. The kids absolutely love seeing fresh eggs where there were none yesterday, and to feel them warm, and then eat them is introducing them first hand to how things possibly should be rather than as they are.

[janeyo]

That's lovely! Mine don't get let out of the run so much yet as next door have got 2 nasty yappy chicken loving terriers and our garden is not yet terrier proofed! Hopefully within the next week or o I can let them out more.

janeyo