The Henpals Diary

[sandy]

At last i have the thingy to reach out to all henpals...oops forgot(sorry Gwen)
Hello Henpals
Hello boys
Just lately mum has been coming down with her thingy and playing it while she waits for us lot to go to bed as she comes down far too early for us to retire to put the bonzai banshees to bed. They obviously need more beauty sleep than is although it has to be said Lottie has become diva number one and now expects to be placed in her bedroom!
Audrey and I are the late night stop outs, its really good its Audrey as me being bossed about about all and sundry Audrey does surprise me by being a little scared of little me when she isnt scared of anyone else, bar Ronnie of course. So she makes a good stayer upper to see what mealworms have been missed. We have the added luxury of watching tv while mum waits for us and the even later stayer uppers The Peds who squabble like chicks every night except Rita who is a Woooooo who waits on the chair for our mum to pick her up give her a kiss and a cuddle which i never want her to do to me! I know all about picking you up, first its cuddles then kisses then you either get a finger where i cannot say on this diary or your beak yanked open and goo shoved in it
We had a lovely Easter , we didnt do anything for this henny time but we did eat a lot of lovely treats, for which we have to thank Ronnie and Echo for as they had to put up with eating goo so mum wouldnt sell their eggs so they got hardened to absolute deliciousness , all 32 of them (as sometimes mum couldnt work out who had laid which egg) which we scoffed down, far better than the poo coloured eggs mum had to eat!
We understand, well i have been doing my Pinkerton duties, mum is going to visit you Dory so we may have to hide a secret message in her bag to send you athough we are not sure how we can write it as we think mum would smell poo notes There is also a rumour mum may be visiting Bill so we are scratching about trying to work out how we can take selfies on our thingy for mum to take to him.
Well all this thinking has finally warn me out and Audrey is heading up bedroom so i need to beat her up the steps as Audrey is BIG and as bottom girl i think i may be ovetaxing my birdbrain.
Night night
Blue
Pink Ladies

[KarenE]

Morning henpals, Factual Investigator Dory Grey here

SHOCKING news Henpals! I was nearly hennapped on Saturday!! There I was, calmly eating mealworms from between the feet of someone I thought was the Pink Mummy, when suddenly I was grabbed and yanked from the garden and into the house! I just know the nefarious hennapping person was on her way to shove me in a box and drive off with me, but unfortunately for the hennapper - and very fortunately for me - mum was in the kitchen and stopped the Pink Impostor in her tracks. Mum had to calm me down with raisins.

Now I know from reading the Pink Ladies diary that the Pink Mummy only kidnapps the peds, and then only to take them to the vets, so I am almost 100000000% positive that this can't have been the Pink Mummy and that's a fact henpals!

And to think that the Pink Hennapper had been drinking tea from the mug with me on it only moments earlier! Perhaps this is where she got the idea from...

I was so traumatised by all this, that mum gave me a calming packet of crisps and then a sweetcorn cob to chew on.

Pokey is complaining that nobody tried to hennap her. As if. She's just a Ginja Ninja and doesn't lay special blue eggs like I do, and that's two more facts henpals!

Dory Grey
Safe and unhennapped - for now!

[bikesandbirdsbob]

Hi , on behalf of the the hens under the protection of the Great One eye jack , all hail the hero of the flock of Penelope and Red ,founder members , We are being imprisoned before dark and not let loose till well after sunrise.
This morning we as a collective prized open the barrier cooping us up. We are being punished because our Protector is calling for our breakfast and no reply from the hand that pokes through the door.
We need feeding early ,We march up and down protesting and calling for help from the neighbors near by. The local no bears join in and we need action . The barrier needs removing , suggestions please by pigeon post asap.
Hens that Jack has a eye on...
Penelope and Reds Flock followers.

[sandy]

Hello Henpals
Hello Boys
First off , Jack and flock we need to see the layout of your accomodation before we can come up with a plan of the removal of your barrier, we suggest our mummy pays you a visit, we know she will take lots of photos which we can easily download on our communication thingy, this will then be our blueprint for action strategies(I am writing down what Ronnie is saying) well now she has gone off to bed , not with us anymore i might add which is good news as it is HOT HOT HOT and one less enormous girl makes it more comfortable in bed, It would have been even better if mum hadnt told Audrey she could not sleep on the bench where she had settled herself and plonked her back in with us.
Dory you are WRONG that was our mummy who tried to hennap you, i expect it is only because you lay blue eggs , I would have loved you to come cause you have a great wig but not sure we need another top hen and all!
I was hoping to type this up in the cool air but mum has plonked me in bed having to shove Audrey along and now she has shut the door! We have had a lot going on in both our house and the Peds, poor Jen has been unable to communicate for awhile so when we are going to have to think of a way to smuggle our thingy into her. The Peds as you know(you do all read our mummy and daddy diaries of course even though it is strictly forbidden ) have had very sad times. The loss of the lovely Rita ( who we know was mum's favourite girl as they used to have nightly chats and cuddles) and little lad Rocky have gone over the rainbow bridge The garden sounds so quiet without him crowing.
We have also had some feathery moments, Ronnie was most unwell for a few days she kept going to bed, not here bed but Dottie's and she wasnt broody. Mum was quite concerned so she told her she was going to take her to the vets Later on the vet day Echo was stood about wings down and head down and eyes closed, mum thought she had egg problems so popped her in the corner away from us and then Delta did the same! Delta breathes very funny like, you can see her nostrils going in and out. Anyhow when mum came down with the cage case Ronnie was dustbathing, jumped up and started stuffing her face while Delta and Echo were still unwell so she took those two instead and being as the two of them make one Ronnie they went together.
We were left wondering if they would return, I love them both even though they boss me around and Echo is my late night companion but I could tell Dottie was smirking when Echo was packed up as Echo is particularly nasty to her. While we waited I stuffed my face with as much food as possible as I was temporarily number 5 though i do really like being number 7 as i have read Gwen used to sign off as 007.
Finally home they both came, Delta apparently has sinus problems and unless it causes more problems best to leave her be, apparently no egg was brewing she was just having a moment earlier. Echo had no egg brewing either though have to say like mum i was convinced she was , she has a virus so she is getting gooey banana smelly stuff down her throat. When mum gives her her meds Dottie of course makes sure she is sat gloating!
Echo is much better but not fully recovered as she has stopped staying up late with me, staying up late is great, i got corned beef one night, salmon stuff the next and tonight the end of a chewy beef stick
Our other news as i expect you have guessed from my writings is Dottie has been released and is one of the gang, at first all of us had a go at her, Delta and Charlie soon backed off and i now have to watch my stuff as when she puffs herself up she is a little spitfire, only Ronnie and Echo are able to put her in her place. She was this thingy one night she said as she wishes to send a letter to Lottie who i am sure she still misses.
Well i think that is all our news upto date........
Hope all of you are okay, ooh make sure you apnt a lot and stick your wings out we got a lovely big watery melon today.
Blue
007 of The Pink Ladies

[sandy]

Darling Lottie

Please excuse my writing as i am doing this in a cramped bedroom, of all my sisters to bunk in with me it had to be Ronnie, big Ronnie!
OOh I do miss you twinnie I hear you are having a lovely pampered life with the girls of Chickenopoulis even though your sole purpose of keeping Gibby company has not really worked out. I have seen photos of Bill whew what a stunner, even if you cant go on a date with him at least you have some eye candy.
When you left me all on my lonesome mum was a bit worried about me, she tried letting me mix with the others a few times but it usually ended in disaster. As you know I am a feisty girl as most of us of a diminutive stature need to be but i couldnt take on two giants and four raptors all on my own. It took a sad day with the passing of Rita for mum to come and spend the day with us . As she was going to be in with us for ages she opened all the doors so naturally the others were soon in our run to explore. i did my best to stay top hen and all , as of course i have always been, well top hen in a group of 2, but Ronnie was too big and heavy. Ronnie stood on me and pecked me and walked off, whew thank goodness she has a good nature. I had no problem with too nice for her own good Audrey who could smother me if she was so inclined. The raptors were a bit harder, they all tried it on at first but i soon wheedled out who i could over throw. Blue is the bottom of the pile girl so after her trying to terroise me i soon got her under control. Delta and Charlie were obvioulsy putting on an act as they are two sofites but Echo lives upto the raptor tag! i just avoid her when food is concerned but we are okay when chilling and preening. This week i have to admit Lottie i have taken some pleasure in the fact she has been under the weather and had to have medicine so i have had a break from her shenanigans.
Anyhow Lottie i do miss you terribly
You have a nice time and look after those little legs. I read you are going to be boarding with Dory and her gang so i hope you have a lovely time with them and get Pokey to report on here how you get on.
Goodnight for now Lotus Blossom
Your always loving Dorothy Lamour
xxxxx

[kitla]

Dear Dottie
I'm glad you've got some new mates, but dont forget to growl at them sometimes to remind them you are part of the fiesty littluns! I growl at Poppy every day! rarrr! Bill is very impressed because he does his best dance for me every morning. I may be in my own seperate living quarters but I think I'm probably secretly top hen here!
My Legs are very annoying, they keep making me trip over so I lay down alot. Every time I get comfy aunty comes & picks me up & makes me stand by my food bowl and tells me to eat my food. Why would I want to eat boring chicken food when I can wait a bit and get grapes and rose petals and peas and dandelion leaves and and...
Time to have a snooze now, bye comrade fiesty littlun
Lottie