Adventuring with Friends

This morning is a beautiful day in our corner of Yorkshire, the sun is shining and the sky is a beautiful rich blue. It’s the end of summer, but today it’s hanging on in there.

The girls were out early as usual, scratching around looking for worms whilst I drank my tea and read a few more pages of my book.

After 20 minutes or so I glanced around and counted up, Gloria was happily laying in the nesting box, (I could hear her egg song). Sweetpea and Queenie were together (as always). But Henrietta and Princess Layer – nowhere to be seen.

These ladies have form for taking themselves off, over the wall, into the big wide world for adventures and shenanigans. We have a public footpath regularly used by dog walkers, so it’s not the safest of environments for little hens.

Cue me running round calling for them, I should have known better. I paused, and listened and sure enough there was a telling rustle from the big fir tree next to the run.

Henrietta and Princess Layer were indeed on an adventure, they were half way up the tree delightedly hunting for bugs.

If you set out on a new adventure it’s always good to have a companion with you to share the journey. Good friends bring added joy to every experience.