Black Pekin Bantams

Two new hens have brought the number of my little backyard flock to six again. Pekin Bantams are docile birds, well suited to discrete free range living in a suburban garden. 

The new 'girls' layed a couple of eggs on arrival then promptly went broody. This is a natural part of their cycle they stop laying and just sit on the nest - its all about hatching the eggs. Quite often the other laying hens will favour the broody's nest, slip in beside the sitting hen, lay their egg then leave and get on with their day - its all very co-operative.