Our hardy chooks

Here are the latest updated photos of some of the chooks. This is the fellow we think is a cockerel. I guess we won't know for sure until he starts to crow. All of the chickens are in the same coop now. The transition was surprisingly easy. Dragon, the white silky is still at the bottom of the pecking order. She just looks too darn pretty to be a chook.

This is the chick named 'Tickled Pink' by Oliver, after his favourite cupcake. She has quite wavy feathers and 'bed hair'.

This one is named 'Dot' by Uncle Rowan. She is a funny little absent-minded sort of girl who scurries around everywhere.

Here we have our oldest girl, Mrs Diamond, who is the neighbourhood stickybeak and also at the top of the pecking order. The little ones are scared of her schoolmarm presence.


Lastly, here is Stella, a fine figure of a bird, who is somewhat standoffish.



They have all survived another day of terrible heat. I had water containers dotted around the yard today. The chooks all look so hot but they tend to burrow down into the cooler soil under the fruit trees and seem fairly content. Tomorrow the temperature drops to 39C so it will seem almost cool in comparison. Last night at midnight everyone in SA received a text message from the state government warning us to stay inside and drink plenty of water.