House Nerd

We got chickens! Only took me a couple of years to grind Mr Nerd down 💪🏽😜 "We only need two or three," I wheedled, but somehow we have wound up with nine 😅 You can see how excited Mr Nerd looks about that 😁

Introducing our backyard beauties and yard destroyers: Sylvia, Ella, Mrs Morgan, Taco, Hen Solo, Bettina, Buttercup, Daphne and Dora. Sadly it looks like our very cuddly, unfortunately Wyandotte Bettina is looking like she might be a rooster 😭 so we will have to find a new home for Bert.

Initially we got chicks and two pullets from . Then I saw our English bruisers (the big white Sussex hens) on Gumtree looking for a new home, and I was like, "What's two more?" Ok, so it turns out two more is a lot more when they are the sheer size of Daphne and Dora 😬😅 But they are all so sweet and so funny. I am obsessed.

Some of you will remember our very old previous chook Chicken Nugget - Miss Nerd was gutted when she died and she is SO happy to have so many chickens now. Even though all the big hens were scared of us initially, within a week Miss Nerd had worn them all down and given them all Stockholm Syndrome. She is a chicken whisperer 🐔 We can't figure it out because she is basically the loudest, most frenetic person in the world but for some reason animals love her.

Anyway, if you need me, I basically just live in my backyard now, drinking coffee and watching my chickens 🤓