Hello again! I hope you haven’t been pining after your weekly fix of Chicken Corner for too long. I am well aware that I haven’t been keeping you up-to-date for over 3 months now, which, as far as I’m concerned, is totally unforgivable and I apologise profusely!
Let’s not waste anymore time then and get straight down to it. In the time you’ve been away, disaster struck the Light Sussex enclosure as Zuccubar, my cockerel, sadly died during the night. If I’m honest, I was as much in the dark about this event as you were, as my family decided not to inform me during my University exam season… instead, on my arrival home, Olivia walked me to Chicken Corner and broke the news ever..so..slowly..
Although a sad tale, like most things in life, there was a silver lining as I had decided against entering that particular cockerel into the Poultry competition at the Royal Norfolk Show. This saved me £4. For my big poultry showing come-back (on a level similar to Take That’s reunion in 2005), I have instead chosen to enter Caesar, my Buff Orpington cockerel and G, my partridge pekin hen as well as a variety of large and bantam eggs AND a decorated egg! (Actually I really must start seeking inspiration for that – that’s very important).
There is one tiny problem however, G has decided to go broody!! Normally I wouldn’t think twice, obviously I wouldn’t waste a £4 entry and allow her to remain broody… but she is such a natural mother, producing 6 healthy chicks last year. It has been a difficult decision to call and frankly, I’m still undecided about the whole thing. Side note: You may be wondering why she’s called G.. well fun fact, she is one half of Ali and G. Sadly however, due to a raging fox, Ali died in the Easter massacre back in 2017.
Anyway, I’ll keep you posted on my new showing journey and hopefully provide an answer to the question plaguing all our minds: will G attend the show?!
Remember to tune in next time for the successes and failures of this year’s broody hens, and their unconventional, yet effective mothering techniques.
Bye chicks x
Written: 2nd June 2018
