Here’s an interesting little game/test. Apparently this is was devised to test job applicants in Japan. It seems to be a variation on the old Chicken, Fox and bag of grain puzzle.

You have to get the people from one side of the river to the other using the raft. Only the Mum, Dad and Policeman can operate the raft. The Dad cannot be left alone with any of the girls. The Mum cannot be left alone with any of the boys. The thief can be left alone or has to be in the presence of the policeman, but cannot be left alone with anyone else.

To start just click the image above, then the big round button.

I’ve been after getting some chickens for ages. My original ‘green’ and ethical intention was to make my own chicken coop from recycled wooden pallets and to get some ex-battery hens. After weeks of deliberation and attempting to design a coop in Cinema 4D, I realised that I was deluding myself with my carpentry skills, plus the lady from the battery hen rescue place said there were no birds available until August.

So, this weekend I bought a chicken coop and bought two lovely new Bantam hens.

After the easy to assemble flat pack coop has built it was a fairly simple matter to clip the chickens wings (totally painless, just trimming some feathers) and let them explore their new home.

The chickens love scratching around under the conifers at the back of the garden. Infact, I had to lop off quite a few lower branches as we just couldn’t see the chickens as they spend almost all their time under the trees, eating bugs and worms.

One of the chickens used the nesting box and layed our first egg.

Not a massive egg as the chickens are still ‘pullets’ (under one year old), but as they grow older the eggs will get larger. Felix had this one fried with some chips.

We’ve not really named the chickens yet, although the name ‘nugget’ is a favourite for one of them. Other possible names are ‘dipper’ ‘gravy’ and ‘chicken in a basket’. If I get another three ex-battery hens I’ll probably call those ‘Kay’, ‘Eff’ & ‘Cee’. The coop is large enough for about 8. They don’t need that much room inside and they like to huddle close together on the perches.