Questions

It is very flattering to have this rubbish read and even more flattering when people across the pond find our little lives here somewhat interesting. In reply to the e mail I received today, here is an overview of the "field" population so far!
I have three hen enclosures, one large and two smaller ones
The large run has 25 hens overseen by the white cockerel Stanley (he is a bit of a big girl's blouse!). These hens are my "original" girls and now are reaching late middle age in hen years! (3-6 in our years) All these hens have names!
The two smaller runs are populated by my own hens bred last year, each run is overseen by its own cockerel.
Clover is the lead buff cockerel (with the quieter Beta male second in command Poppy) his hens are Elizabeth, Shelley, Lily, Sorrel and Violet. The flock has just been augmented with 4 sub adult buffs raised recently in the shed, I have not sexed these hens yet so they are not named
The final hen enclosure birds are what I call the dog attack survivors all these hens (with the exception of Bunny the runt) are named after the characters in The Poseidon Adventure! Their cockerel is called Rogo and the hens are Belle & Nonnie (the two girls who spend their day in the graveyard) Jane, Miss Kinsale and Susan The is also another white cockerel in this pen but he is leaving for pastures new very soon so has not been named. All of the dog attack survivors were hatched at the cottage last year.
Boris and Gloria, the turkeys live separately with the 18 runner ducks. The 10 bantams in the shed will be joining the field numbers in a week or two.
(pic) William sleeping