Meet Rhonda

Rhonda

Rhonda is a Black Star Hen. Black Stars are known be egg laying machines! I'm not sure if I would go that far, but she is a great layer. She lays brown eggs, a shade darker than the brown eggs of the Light Brahmas and Rhode Island Reds. All of our chickens are very friendly and come running up to the door of the chicken yard when they see us coming but Rhonda is the only one that routinely eats out of my hand and lets me pet her (when she's in the mood that is). The chickens tend to stick together but Rhonda will often be off on her own pecking and scratching and is usually the first to go after the leftover veggie scraps Matt brings from work. Rhonda is named after a woman I worked with 15 years ago at a dry cleaners in the suburbs of Detroit. She and Bernie ran the machines and were a hilarious pair. Rhonda is a large black woman and Bernie is a teeny tiny little white woman and they were great friends and their back and forth jabbing of each other made those hot days go much faster. Rhonda was more of the mother hen to us young counter girls and was a stain removing wizard. I hope they would be happy know I have a Rhonda/Bernie chicken pair in my coop. You'll meet Bernie in a later post.

Rhonda's is the Darkest