Dom has had a love affair with his chooks since his birthday. He would sit in the cage with them for up to half an hour, catching all the chooks in turn and having long chats to them.
The lucky chooks even got to have a swing, strolls around the yard, and even an occasional trip down the slippery dip (they were banned from the trampoline)...
Kayla, the mother hen (she had to have a name beginning with 'K' ).
When Dom went to spend his birthday money from Thea, Neeve and Molly, he couldn't go past this farm set from Toyworld :)
This is one of my favourite photos of the kids, reminiscent of sheep dogs, they all really enjoyed watching the chooks.
Very sadly, at the start of the June holidays they all got sick and died within about 12 hours of each other. We think it was mouse bait from underneath the house, but whatever it was, it was a bit of a shock. Poor Dom was very sad the morning and day they died (I think we all were) but has now been focusing on their replacements. He and Tim have been fixing up the old dog pens to be a new chook pen, so when the weather warms up a little and their new home is ready we hope to get some more.
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