Having recently built a larger run at the top of the garden to house my growing flock of poultry, I have since discovered that chickens are extremely adept at helping to find places I over looked in the process of building.
For 4 days now i have looked out of my living room window to find Agnes looking back at me with her head slightly cocked to one side with an expression that can only read 'if you're going to build it do it right woman!'
This chicken can only be described as a chick with attitude, she escapes on a tri-daily basis and i am completely stumped as to how on earth she is doing it! Surely she could put houdini to shame? In fact i am considering changing her name!
When we named her the series Mrs Browns Boys was newly on the tv and i enjoyed watching it so much that i felt the character of Mrs Brown should be immortalised in chicken form. I had no idea how very apt i was being in choosing this particular chicken to bare the name. Mrs Brown is famously funny, fierce and reminds me of my late maternal grandmother in so many ways, this made the tv series all the more funny for me and Agnes the chicken has continued with the hilarity.
If there is trouble to be had she is guaranteed to be at the centre of it. Most people think im mad when i say that chickens have personalities much like cats and dogs and other pets of 'normal' description and personally i found it hard to believe before i had chickens as pets.
But believe me when I say I am not insane or 'the mad chicken lady' ... well maybe i am but the fact remains that chickens do indeed have little personalities of their own.
On close observation of my little brood i have discovered that Red our Rhode Island Red Cockrel is no more in charge of the flock than I am. Agnes rules supreme and is quite happy to let us know on a regular basis.
Ha! thought you had me didnt you? is an expression i face on a daily basis and while it is often frustrating in the extreme it is also highly entertaining. Agnes and i will continue to battle on for matriarchal power and it stands to reason that i will invariably lose but i think that Agnes enjoys these small spats almost as much as i do!
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