Chicken News

Just over a week ago there was an addition to the Ordway house hold, a chicken who by a facebook vote has been named Beyonce.  The chicken’s stay with us was turbulent from the start.  Our two umbasambis were not fans of sharing their backyard with Beyonce and did not let her out of the corner of the yard for the first day.   Beyonce must have thought she found the upper hand when she decided to relocate to the front yard.  Much to her dismay Nala, our bunny, turned out to not be a fan of hers either.  For Beyonce’s first two days here she lived displaced and bullied.  The emotional turmoil of this seemed to be too much for her as we continued to wait for her egg contribution to the family.  While not having the energy to lay eggs she did have the gusto to further explore the property and we have had to chase her out of the kitchen on more than one occasion.  Beyonce made her distain of these occasions clear by her insistent bocking afterwards.  Between her not making friends with the other animals, constant clucking and home invasions it became clear if she planned to stay around and not on the dinner table something needed to change.  We even inquired if our guard – JP – could teach the girls how to butcher.  This morning Lucy – the Ordway’s youngest daughter – was the first to taste Beyonce’s egg.  True to form she has decided to lay her eggs in an inconvenient location.   I cannot say with any certainty Beyonce’s future with us will be a long one, her egg laying has definitely expended it but by how long is hard to say.