hello, Charlie died on November 29th last year. I think it was a disease like Hazels because they died in the same week. Maple died on my first day of my summer holidays,she had been poorly for a while. Ashley had moulted and now she is laying eggs again. Ashley likes the front garden, she likes it because we have birdfeeders in the garden and when the birds are eating, Ashley stands underneath and waits for the birds to come and then she picks up the crumbs that the birds have dropped. Cherry does not lay eggs any more. Cherry likes her knee in the evening in the living room and she closes her eyes.

We bought 4 new hens on Monday the 2nd of September. Their names are Bramble, Clover, Snowdrop and Teasle. Bramble is the feisty one she is the boss. Clover is the soft and friendly one. She always wants to go outside but she is not allowed because she is too young but I take her around the garden in my arms. Snowdrop is the biggest and the best layer she is second in the pecking order. Teasle is scared of the other hens. I go in the pen when I get back from school, she sits on my knee and I have to feed her and give her drink.