Today we harvested the last of hedge hen's cockerel chicks. This boy is about seven months old and only just started crowing -- we didn't even realise he was a cockerel until a few weeks ago -- is this because this lot of chicks grew up over winter and therefore grew up more slowly?
Deadweight of 1.6 kg which is the biggest so far -- based on weight and body shape, we think that the pheasant may have had a hand in some of the other cockerel chick as well as the phicken -- but this one we are fairly sure is the offspring of the big black Jersey Giant cockerel. Now, as we get ready to start hatching eggs again this year, how on earth can we be sure that the pheasant hasn't been in with the hens again???!
It never fails to amaze me how the feathers get EVERYWHERE... Including up my nose! They are so nice and compact on the bird, but once you pluck them...!
And here's Cookie, in yet another absurd sleeping pose... :)
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