We went down into North Essex today and picked up a couple of new bantams. They are crossbreeds rather than pure breeds, and about 12-18 months old, which hopefully means they will be laying eggs for me soon!
In a minor deviation from the herb theme, I've called them Pepper and Nutmeg. Pepper is white and rather large for a bantam, whereas Nutmeg is a very pretty grey-brown. The owner told me that Nutmeg was a pure-bred partridge pekin, which is frankly rubbish as she looks nothing like one - but as long as she lays nice little eggs, I don't mind. She is a bit shy, though, which is why the photo of her had to be taken inside the eglu run.
