Italian boys are good chook whisperers

The Italian boys quite like our girls (the chooks) and I think the feeling is mutual. Gian Marco gave them some extra straw the other day and they have thanked us with an increase in egg production. Today they excelled themselves...7 out of 7 (not counting our little black bantam hen, Sushi, who lurches from one hysterical moment to the next). Here is a proud Gian Marco cradling today's output (6 of which are being used as I type in a spectacular tiramasu).