Margot and Darcy...

From time to time we collect hens that we feel for one reason or another are not suitable for immediate rehoming. Hens such as Margot and Darcy stay with our amazing poorly carers. Named after ballet dancers; Margot Fontayne and Darcy Bussell, they arrived from different farms, with almost identical disabilities. Both hens had previously fractured a leg which had healed but not in the normal position, giving the impression of doing an arabesque!

Both hens lead active and happy lives and are not held back by their disabilities, far from it. As soon as the poorly coop is opened in the morning these two (now firm friends) make a beeline for the lawn and love nothing more than to dust bathe and spread their wings in the sunshine. They seem to realise that each is safe with the other.

As for pirouettes, they’ve not quite mastered them yet...