The Team

The Husband (aka. Boss)

Peter

The Wife (aka. Wannabe Boss)

Lizzie

A reluctant baker and ruthless sorter-outer (of other people’s things, mostly), still trying to figure out if wellie boots really do go with everything...

The Tiny One (aka. The Baby)

Maybelle

Happiest when the milk bar is open and is quite partial to an alfresco meal when walking across the fields with her two doggies

The Trouble (aka. Chicken wrangler)

Phoebe

Very keen to help and even more keen to cuddle a chicken, this little girl doesn’t go to bed without kissing her dogs first

The Teenager 1 (aka. The wild twin)

Mia

The one who loves Bentley the most (we all agree) and never hesitant to help stacking wood or having an impromptu dance party in the back of the car. Will spend hours on the trampoline under she sprains something and needs a nap in the hammock

The Teenager 2 (aka. The calm twin)

Eliza

The artist who loves to decorate the house, from tiny frames, canvases and cards, to handmade trikes for her baby sis. Very partial to a chicken cuddle, especially when they snuggle under her jumper. Top cookie baker

The Stinky boy (aka. The Stud)

Bentley

The most handsome boy we know, who travels so well in the car we almost didn’t mind spending £1K to get him to Italy

The Stinky girl (aka. Tiny dog)

Enza

A funny fox red lady who turns 1 this July. Generally accepted to be socially awkward and a bottomless pit

Top Pig (aka. RIP)

Rosita

Named for the pig from Sing, of course. The prettiest of the three little pigs

Pushy Pig (aka. RIP)

Porkie

Surprisingly strong and very curious about what’s in your pockets...

Greedy Pig (aka. RIP)

Ginger

Quick to steal a snack and retreat to her little nest to eat it alone

The Beehive

Busy Bees

Fuzzy buzzy bees, make us honey please

Top Chicken

Debbie

Top from the very beginning and one of the original Light Sussex chickens

The French Girl

Lilou

A funny french name for a classy french gal. One of our most reliable layers and still looking good despite her age

The Bluebell

Suzy

A birthday present named after my mum, who made the mistake of telling me she didn’t like any of the chicken’s names...

The male feminist

The Cockerel 

Also known as ‘Wendy 2.0’ after our lovely silkie hen who was unfortunately taken by a fox. Sold to us as a hen, this guy is the funniest looking thing we have ever let live...

The Bald Spot

Munchkin

Bottom of the pecking order, this little pekin bantam has almost lost all her head feathers twice, after getting bullied by the other birds

Buff Orpington

Chip

One of the buff orpington eggs which we successfully hatched after loving this traditional English breed. Lays giant double yolkers!

The Wanderer

Dot

A mix of a buff orpington with something else, this bird wanders right out to the field behind our house and miraculously is still alive

The Ladyboy

Jeff

A friend’s son asked to name a chicken, so naturally we ended up with a good strong name for this good strong girl

The second hatchling

Pigeon

Another bird we hatched - called Pigeon because she reminded us all of their colouring and we were running out of food names for birds

The third hatchling

Fred

Another hatchling who had a ‘twin’ that we called George (for the Weasley twins). George was taken by the fox, so now Fred is a lone wolf.

The Old Lady

Bagel

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The Nervous One

Lavender

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Humbug

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