Mr Bell has finished our spacious chook pen – no timber anywhere in it to harbour the parasites that bother chooks so much, and by shifting a panel of fencing, it uses a space that was otherwise not available… anyway, Hamish asked his brother Darcy if we could borrow 2 of his chooks until the end of the year – and Hamish’s dad, Cameron brought them in.

The little half grown chooks were soon at home, and we had an exciting time getting to know them.

Summer temperatures in the Mallee being what they are, we will send these chooks home again and get some back at the start of the new kinder year. But we have had fun feeding them our scraps, and there have been a few discussions about why we aren’t already getting eggs from them!

Thanks to the McKay family for their help!