Cluck, clucks!

Our neighbours chooks often wander across to the front of our yard to peck and scratch around in the grass and dirt and so long as Miss Tibbs doesn't see them and chase after them, they happily stay there for ages.

Little Brax just loves the cluck, clucks! He's learning a few words now and we think originally he was trying to say 'duck', but the word never quite turned out right and soon transformed into 'cluck' when he discovered the chooks! We've had a few days of windy, dismal weather for the last few days though and today was the first day we have seen the cluck, clucks in a while.

I've decided that it's much more difficult to take photos of chooks than birds, as this lot reacted to the clicking sound of the camera (even though I had it on full zoom, being so far from them) and soon skittled home - at least birds will pose beautifully for me so long as there is food about!