Very exciting news for the holidays!!

Today was the day that we finally got our chickens!!! They have been rescued from a  battery farm by the kind people at Huha . Mrs Brattle drove up to collect our five girls in the morning and delivered them to their new home at Plateau School.

The chickens are pretty pale and very bald. Unfortunately this is to be expected as they have lived in small cages with only artificial lights for their entire life. Carolyn from Huha said that they will be all feathery and healthy in about six weeks.

The girls seem very happy with their new home at Plateau School and we are sure happy to have them. Here are some pictures of Mrs Brattle putting the girls in their new chicken coop.

 Mrs Brattle wanted to make sure the girls were going to be warm and happy overnight so she went down to School to check on them. Two of the particularly bald girls were not in the warm part of the coop so Mrs Brattle lifted them in to where the nesting boxes are. To her surprise she found an egg!!!!! The girls must be very happy with their new home if one of them have already layed an egg ( Mrs Brattle certainly was VERY happy to find the egg).

Thank you so much to everyone who has helped/donated or raised money for our chickens. We are so lucky to be able to have them at School and I am sure they will help us to learn responsibility, empathy, and help us to learn more about being a sustainable community.