north east regional extra | June 17 - 23, 2020
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June 17 - 23, 2020
The chicken whisperer By BELINDA HARRISON
LAKENVELDER, Vorwerk, Australorp and Leghorn aren’t normally in a 12 year-old’s vocabulary, unless you’re Ellie Samson of Wangaratta. Ellie - AKA ‘mad chook woman junior’ - has chook blood in her veins - well not literal chook blood, but figuratively speaking! Her-great grandfather on her mum’s side was a poultry farmer and her Grannie is a mad chook woman - hence where her junior moniker comes from - and she’s grown up with chickens. Making their home in an impressive coop in the family’s backyard,
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Ellie has two Lakenvelders named Sugar and Maisie, two Vorwerks called Cinnimon and Rosie, two Australorps called Lavender and Sage , as well as Mary, who is a leghorn cross. As Ellie explains, they each have their own unique personality - Maisie in particular happens to enjoy going to sleep on the backyard swing set. “The Australorps are really good at cleaning out the cockie’s cage, which was supposed to be a punishment for being broody, but they loved it,” Ellie said.
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