Lady and Miss Muffet

Ok so I've been a little slack on the blogging front but I've been busy getting to know the girls and catching up on some much needed work.
Everyone is settling in well and the girls are really starting to feel at home. Its been raining here since Saturday and the girls have been out playing in the mud and even encouraged Tommy to leave the pen. Miss Muffet is getting a little bossy in the pen letting the chickens know she means business. Yesterday I saw her grab one of the young roosters tail to tell him not to get in her way. I've been trying to take photos of them but they just seem to be blurry so I'll wait until I get a good shot.
I named the other duck today, her name is Lady. I was looking at her today as she is much younger than Miss Muffet and it just came to me. Plus I love that Fela Kuti song 'Lady'.
Speedy is now sitting on about 5 eggs on a new nest I created for her. That bitch chicken was sitting on the nest and Speedy was just waiting for her to leave so she could sneak in there and steal them. She did so and I just so happened to be in the pen when the other hen was returning to the nest. Speedy would have lost the fight and so to spare her the heartache I grabbed a few eggs and put her down on them. She's now the cluckiest chicken, but still loving a pat.

Our four young roosters have all started crowing, its quite funny listening to them as it sounds like their voices need to crack. I've named one of the roosters -(the grey one with the blond on its head) Blondy Bear. His blond on top reminds me of Spike from Buffy so Blondy bear it is. This will probably be the only rooster we don't stew as he's very different looking from the others (Sorry Lucille 2, who turned out to be a boy anyway).