Here they are now. Can you believe these are the same chickens as the little black fuzz balls in the link above? They sure are beauties!
The ring-leader of the bunch is the solid black chicken on the left. Her name is Blackie. She is also the smallest of the four, but she makes up for that with her pioneering spirit and her passion for exploring new things. Here's a close-up of her.
Next is Goldie. She has the most gold feathers.
The other two look almost the same. In fact, I can barely tell them apart unless they are standing next to each other. This one is Sprite.
And this one is Stubby. Stubby's tail is not quite as "full" and upright as Sprite's tail.
Now for the story. As I said before, Blackie is the most inquisitive and willing to explore new things. Earlier this week, Tom found her in our hoop-house. That's the big plastic-covered structure where we grow winter greens for the farmers' market. In warm weather, we keep the door open to help with ventilation and that is how Blackie got in. Tom has some beautiful bell peppers in there.
Blackie discovered them and decided they were good to eat!
Tom shooed her out of the hoop-house, only to come back a while later to find ALL of them in there joyfully chomping away! Who says chickens are dumb and can't communicate? Obviously, Blackie went back to the gang and told them about the treasure trove of peppers in the hoop-house. Shooing them out was not going to work for long. So, now we have taken action and barricaded the door to keep them out.
Just hoping Blackie doesn't figure out a way around it.
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