Meet the girls- RED

 This is "RED".  She's a red sex link hen, hence the name RED. 

She is sassy like any red head can be.  She's comes running when she thinks we have a treat for her. All I have to do is rattle a bread sack and she comes running.   If she's not first, she is usually second in line to Barkie. When she isn't first it's only because Barkie has a bigger behind she uses to her advantage in those situations. 

 Red is the only bird that wasn't killed or damaged last fall when the neighborhood dogs broke into our coop.  I think it's because she was feisty enough to peck at the dog to get it to leave her alone.  She used to peck at our legs if she felt our shoes were threatening.  We put a stop to it, and she has been a sweetheart ever since. 

Red was good to look over the other hens when they were injured and would sit and keep watch over them.

Red lays a large brown egg almost every day. She rarely takes a day off. Her eggs are great to eat but we can't hard boil them. They shell is so strong it will not peel when boiled. We end up taking part of the egg off with the shell.