17 January

Astonishing news! Till tonight I have been keeping the small hens in the inner hen-house inside the coop at night, so they would be safe from Wilma and have free access to their chick crumble. Tonight I thought I would leave the door of the hen-house open so they could go in at their leisure and come out in the morning. Well! I went down just to see if they were safely asleep in the hen-house, and there was Goldie up on the highest perch, snuggled up with WIlma! Maude and Mabel had made it as far as the hen-house roof. I woke them all up taking photographs.