Arnie

i should have introduced you yesterday to arnie. one of the three original, ex battery hens we adopted. here she is, around about christmas time:

arnie, as you can see, is now taxidermy. the reason for this being that she was the most amazing looking thing, and moreover, an absolute gem.

here she is back in the day:

the whistling expression is due to beak clipping (i'll try not to use this blog to air my politics too much- but this is a practice totally unneccessary when welfare standards are high) and i've no idea why she only had one wattle, but as i said she was a complete gem, a real character and hilarious to watch. she was also in charge until the day she had to be put to sleep.

(feat. eric & elvis in the background)