I was really sad to have to take Molly and Milly back to the city farm today. Unfortunately 'Molly' turned out to be 'Morris', and we just can't keep a cockerel in inner London.

As they really were a very close couple it seemed kindest to send Milly back too, so now we're back down to just the two chickens. Sad.

On impulse yesterday we got two new chickens from Freightliners Farm. They're both 14 weeks old, one's a cuckoo maran (speckled greys), and the other's a mongrel (ginger etc).

We've kept the two factions separated for most of the day, but both are definitely quite disturbed by the other. Lottie, who's by far the biggest - and top of the pecking order - actually seems quite scared of the little peepy (and very sweet) chickens!