These are our three Light Sussex hens on the day we brought them home in April. They look so clean in this photo. Now they have spent their days rolling around in the flower beds I'm afraid they don't look quite so clean!
Here are Mabel and Bessie enjoying the evening sun in their run. Bessie is having a snooze and Mabel is keeping an eye on the neighbours.
It's very hard to get a photo of Hetty at the moment as she is so broody, if she is out she is usually pressed up against the shed door looking cross. Here is a photo of her in her usual evening postion sitting on her nest box. Although they spend a lot of the time in the garden, we have fenced off the half nearest the house to try and keep them safe we still put them back in their run quite early.
On the very evening I took the photo of Mabel and Bessie in their run I walked to the end of the garden and saw these two foxes sitting on next doors shed looking down at us despite our three dogs being out. It has made me very nervous. Jane.
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..Have you added something to their water to make it that colour.. 
We bought some second hand feeders from a local man who was clearing his aviary. They were a bit stained despite our scrubbing with bottle brushes, but we sterilised them with Milton tablets before giving them to the birds, and the water is completely clear so I'm sure they must be alright. Oh dear. I hope they are alright! Jane
