The chickens of the house. Strange at
first to have these animals to care for – does all that clucking mean ‘thankyou
for your hospitality’, or ‘give me
more food’? But they are pretty self reliant. Getting them at a grown
stage meant no terrible teens to deal with, and instant laying for maximum
culinary delights, the four ladies of the house are pecking about happily these
days, and take themselves to bed at night… mostly.
They are very fun to watch when they are
let out of their house after they have laid their eggs. Chickens are fast! But
I was soon devastated to return home and see the veggie patch razored to the
ground by the hungry chicks. My nightly activity became fending the birds off
the veggie patch, however it’s the dry season and there isn’t much else to
defer them to… So I have now devised a system where I take food scraps home for
them...
With the help of the guards the name 'Pokora' was chosen for one hen. A great idea to choose a local Dagbani name for one of the chickens (the name of 'Der Dis Ting' was thrown around too) we thought. We asked for a local name for 'Old Woman' - the chickens cluck around like mother hens (!). But the (male) guards chose Pokora that means more like 'barren old grandma' than an affectionate name - a la 'Mrs Knickers'.
They really rule their roost and are providing us with entertainment and eggs.
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What well looked after ladies! cheep cheep...
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