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Chickens

We have new additions to our whanau (family). We acquired 4 chickens from our local farm store. These are named Mike, Rik, Vyvyan and Neil - who recognizes their names? I'll give you a clue....they are from an early 1980s British comedy series.



This is their coop, right next to the vege garden but this is temporary as we are going to put a wire roof over their running area to keep pests out. So far we are getting 2 to 3 eggs per day - eggs are very very expensive here. For a dozen it costs roughly $9 nzd.

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Bill said…
Hope they provide lots of eggs for you.
18 February 2025 at 08:16
local alien said…
Love your hens, names and set up. Glad they're laying and providing you with eggs. Gosh they are expensive in NZ now
18 February 2025 at 08:33
roentare said…
The chickens look so feisty from the photo. They are lucky to have such a nice dwelling to live in
18 February 2025 at 10:08
s.c said…
But do the ''boys'' also give eggs ?
18 February 2025 at 10:47
magiceye said…
Their coop looks so cool!
18 February 2025 at 14:22
Iris Flavia said…
Always better than from the store!
18 February 2025 at 19:57
rupam sarma said…
Chickens looks great, Cool names, Loved their house :)
18 February 2025 at 21:09
Tom said…
...Mike and Neil are chickens?
19 February 2025 at 06:24
Barbara Rogers said…
Very cool names, though I don't know the series you're referring to. Yes to fresh eggs! Here the avian flu has affected the prices of eggs as many chickens in the industry have been killed.
20 February 2025 at 03:41
Jan K. alias Afanja said…
Nice purchase, unfortunately we don't have room for it in the garden.
20 February 2025 at 12:08
Paspii said…
In Finland eggs costs half that. Nice to have chicken I think. How do you keep your cats away from them? Not letting them out would be my guess.
24 February 2025 at 06:45
Amypie71 said…
To answer your question, the cats are scared of them. When the cats go outside they run past the chickens.
24 February 2025 at 07:38
Timelesslady said…
Lovely chickens. Eggs are near the same price here in the US. They've recently started all kinds of limits and regulations about having chickens in our town after years of not have any rules to follow. It is discouraging that government seems to poke their nose into everything.
1 March 2025 at 08:00
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