'Maggie - our Appenzeller chicken'

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Maggie, our Appenzeller bantam, is not entirely sane. She actually crows like a cockerel every morning and squawks constantly until she is released into the chicken run. We worry that the neighbours might complain but they seem to love her as much as we do. She is also a hero, the only chicken we have known to survive a fox attack! She prefers to fly up into a hedge to roost so we have to pick her up and put her in the coop every night to save her from Rufus.

'Lapwings - evening light'

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We visit Anglesey a lot and I've frequently sketched the birds on the mud flats in Red Wharf Bay. These lapwings were silhouetted against strong light one September evening. Afterwards we usually go for a pint at what must be one of the finest pubs in Britain, the Ship Inn.

'Moira'

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Moira is one of our three chickens. She's only about twenty six weeks old but she's laying an egg pretty well every day. She's a Bovan Goldline which are egg laying machines, but are also probably the friendliest breed of chicken known to man. She likes to be picked up and will always run to us to beg for scraps. She's a delight.