Crazy In The Coconut

I picked her up at an animal shelter in Keysborough in early June 2015. Miss Hannigan and her friend had been surrended to the Australian Animal Protection Society shelter. Their previous owner could no longer care for them, so they were surrended to the shelter.

When I went to pick them up, I knew straight away that Coconut was a character. A big, beautiful cream coloured hen with splashes of brown. She looked very much like one of our roosters, Popeye. In her carry cage on the way home she foraged and chatted the whole way. Coconut likes to talk. She talks about her day, she talks about the sky, she talks about food, she talks about what others are doing….she just talks all the time. She has a lot to say and would like to you listen….constantly.

I first named her “Miss Hannigan” after the character in “Annie” because she is a bit crazy, talks a lot, is hilarious and loves her freedom, but her name gradually progressed to “Crazy In The Coconut”.  I named her beautiful brown friend “Oda Mae Brown” after a character in the film, “Ghost” for similar reasons! These two girls stayed at my parents place in the suburb for a week. They went stir crazy there. A backyard is in no way enough for these ladies, they wanted more space and more freedom and up at Lefty’s Place, that’s just what they got.

Coconut quickly settled in and fell in love with rooster, Popeye. Popeye and Coconut are Lefty’s Place’s celebrity couple. They have such similar colouring, they seem a perfect match. They are always together, Coconut has even left her old friend Oda Mae Brown behind to spend time with her new love. Popeye and Coconut spend the days foraging together, flying over fences together (they are both great flyers) and they sleep huddled up together at night. Three’s a Crowd. Coconut and Popeye only have eyes for each other. There’s no point anyone else trying to join their party because they are only interested in each other. Popeye 4 Coconut 4EVA.

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