Meet the Staff
Get to know the birds who rule the roost.
Welcome to Wattlesford, a small but very busy chicken village where something is always being built, moved, fixed, or rearranged, and morning chores almost always come with a surprise of some kind.
Come meet the residents.
The Production Managers
Levy is head rooster and takes the job seriously. He keeps his own flock in order, somehow manages to break up hen fights happening outside of his fenced area, and puts himself between his girls and anything that looks like trouble.
Lucky is my husband Gary’s rooster and makes no secret of the fact that he prefers him. He’s protective of his hens to a fault and would do anything for them (which is impressive for a chicken who trips over his own feet on a regular basis).
Noel is permanently on high alert. Every shadow, every sound, every slight change in the wind is a potential emergency. He’s not wrong often enough to ignore but he’s definitely not right as often as he thinks he is.
Ted is Junior’s dad and an absolute doofus. He has maybe three brain cells and two of them are confused. He doesn’t crow – he screams like a pterodactyl. He also has a warning sound we’ve started calling “Tedding” that he makes repeatedly any time anything is even slightly out of place. Sweet as pie, loves to sit on my lap, wouldn’t hurt a fly (unless that fly happens to be another rooster).
Junior is Ted’s son and has inherited his dad’s personality if not his pterodactyl scream. Junior, thankfully, has a completely normal crow. Sweet, excitable, full of energy, and absolutely loaded with dance moves. So many dance moves.
Eleven “Levy”
Breed: Rhode Island Red x Barred Rock
Siblings: Hazel, Ruby, Noelan
Lucky
Breed: Marans Mix
Siblings: Juniper
Theodore “Ted”
Breed: Golden Laced Wyandotte
Siblings: Marigold, Poppy
Children: Junior, Kleio
Noelan “Noel”
Breed: Rhode Island Red x Ameraucana
Siblings: Levy, Ruby, Hazel
Ted Jr “Junior”
Breed: Golden Laced Wyandotte x Easter Egger
Parents: Ted & Lola
Siblings: Kleio
The Egg Department
The hens of Wattlesford are exactly what you’d want in a backyard flock. Steady, healthy, and reliably filling the egg basket with every color from dark speckled brown, to green, to blue, to the occasional purple-bloomed surprise from Hazel.
Individually they all have their own personalities, their own flockmates, and their own little corners of the village. You can get to know them properly on the Wattlesford Collector Cards page (some hens are missing but I will resume making cards for the rest of the flock this fall/winter when things slow down a bit).
Ginger (Ted’s Flock)
Breed: Columbian Rock x Mystery Red Rooster
Egg Color: Beige
*Ginger is retired and no longer laying.
Hazel (Levy’s Flock)
Breed: Rhode Island Red x Barred Rock
Egg Color: Brown
Siblings: Levy, Noelan, Ruby
Lola (Ted’s Flock)
Breed: Easter Egger
Egg Color: Blue
Children: Junior
Juniper (Levy’s Flock)
Breed: Marans Mix
Egg Color: Dark Brown (with speckles)
Siblings: Lucky
Kleio (Junior’s Flock)
Breed: Golden Laced Wyandotte x Easter Egger
Egg Color: Green
Parents: Ted & Chica
Siblings: Junior
Edith “Edie” (Junior’s Flock)
Breed: Crested Cream Legbar
Egg Color: Blue
Siblings: Matilda, Bryonny, Willow
Marigold (Levy’s Flock)
Breed: Golden Laced Wyandotte
Egg Color: Pink
Siblings: Ted, Poppy
Roxanne “Roxy” (Lucky’s Flock)
Breed: Rhodebar
Egg Color: Brown
Siblings: Billie-Jean, Sandra, CeCe
Lexxie (Ted’s Flock)
Breed: Easter Egger
Egg Color: Bluish Green
CeCe (Lucky’s Flock)
Breed: Rhodebar
Egg Color: Brown
Siblings: Roxanne, Billie-Jean, Sandra
Bryonny “Bree” (Junior’s Flock)
Breed: Crested Cream Legbar
Egg Color: Blue
Siblings: Matilda, Edith, Willow
Nyx (Noel’s Flock)
Breed: Ameraucana x Barred Rock
Egg Color: Bluish Green
Siblings: Nemesis, Poseidon, Artemis
Artemis “Artie” (Noel’s Flock)
Breed: Ameraucana x Barred Rock
Egg Color: Light Green
Siblings: Nyx, Nemesis, Poseidon
Billie-Jean “Billie” (Lucky’s Flock)
Breed: Rhodebar
Egg Color: Brown
Siblings: Roxanne, Sandra, CeCe
*Billie is retired and no longer laying.
Chica (Ted’s Flock)
Breed: Easter Egger
Egg Color: Green
Children: Kleio
Willow (Junior’s Flock)
Breed: Crested Cream Legbar
Egg Color: Blue
Siblings: Matilda, Edith, Bryonny
Violet (Ted’s Flock)
Breed: Easter Egger
Egg Color: Light Olive
Poseidon “Posie” (Noel’s Flock)
Breed: Ameraucana x Barred Rock
Egg Color: Bluish Green
Adopted Children: Junior, Kleio
Siblings: Nyx, Nemesis, Artemis
Matilda “Tilly” (Junior’s Flock)
Breed: Crested Cream Legbar
Egg Color: Blue
Siblings: Willow, Bryonny, Edith
Sandra “Sandy” (Lucky’s Flock)
Breed: Rhodebar
Egg Color: Light Brown
Siblings: Roxanne, Sandra, Billie-Jean
The Independent Contractors
Every bird in this section ended up here for their own reason. Some are too small to live safely with the main flocks, the rest (with the exception of Penny and Mia, who are new here) were removed from their original flocks after and never quite went back.
Our Free Rangers
Poppy and Nem are inseparable and have been since they found each other after both being removed from their original flocks. They have very intentionally opted out of village society and formed a two-bird alliance that nobody has successfully broken into. Though, lately, Poppy has been making friends with Ruby, Pippa and Laurel and Nem has definitely mellowed a little (but only a little!).
Ruby and Pippa are an unlikely pair – Ruby is half Brahma and built like a tank, Pippa is tiny and acts like she owns everything. Laurel is the newest addition to this group and has found herself a home with Ruby and Pippa. Tansy is newly removed from her previous flock (Junior’s) and is currently working on finding her place within this group.
Ruby
Breed: Brahma x Rhode Island Red
Egg Color: Brown
Siblings: Levy, Hazel, Noel
Pippa
Breed: Bovans Brown
Egg Color: Brown (with speckles)
Laurel
Breed: Rhode Island Red x Barred Rock
Egg Color: Light Brown
Siblings: Tansy
Tansy
Breed: Rhode Island Red x Barred Rock
Egg Color: Light Brown
Siblings: Laurel
Poppy
Breed: Golden Laced Wyandotte x Blue Sapphire
Egg Color: Off-White
Siblings: Ted, Marigold
Nemesis “Nem”
Breed: Ameraucana x Barred Rock
Egg Color: Blue
Siblings: Nyx, Artemis, Poseidon
The New Girls
Penny and Mia joined us this summer (2026) and will eventually choose a flock to join, likely Noel’s or Ted’s. For now they are members of the “girls only” club like the rest of these ladies. Both of these girls lay BEAUTIFUL brown eggs, Mia’s are more of a terracotta color and Penny’s are dark brown with speckles.
Penny
Breed: Welsummer x Marans
Egg Color: Dark Brown (with speckles)
Mia
Breed: Welsummer
Egg Color: Terracotta
Beef, Nori & Pepper
Beef is the founding member of this little group. The bantam flock came together around her over time for reasons that are a bit of a long story. The short version is that bantams need bantam-sized company, and now there are three of them.
Nori is the friendliest of the three and will be the first to come see what you’re doing. Beef is close behind. Pepper took a while to come around but she got there eventually, mostly because I kept hauling her out of the nest box during her broody spells until she decided I wasn’t a threat.
They are small, they are loud, and at least one of them is broody at any given time. Usually all three.
Beef
Breed: Bantam Easter Egger
Egg Color: Light Blue
Nori
Breed: Bantam Easter Egger
Egg Color: Blue
Siblings: Pepper
Pepper
Breed: Bantam Easter Egger
Egg Color: Blue
Siblings: Nori
Chief Mischief Officers
Baxter is a fluffy, mop-shaped, menace. He bites my husband and son, challenges the roosters through the fences, picks fights with the dog, and torments anyone who comes near his territory (which is anywhere in the yard). I am safe from his antics unless I’m wearing my “Every Roost Needs A Roo” t-shirt, then I’m fair game for biting too. He’s my boy though, and I love him despite his tendency to be a jerk.
Sam never stops talking and wouldn’t hurt a fly. She yells at trucks, motorcycles, and anything flying overhead. At least once a day she tries her hardest to fly, she has not been successful.
Sam
Breed: Sebastopol x Buff Toulouse
Egg Color: White
Baxter
Breed: Sebastopol
Head of Security
Renji is a loud and goofy beagle who decided somewhere along the way that protecting chickens made more sense than hunting them. He takes this self-appointed role very seriously, especially if there are babies around.
He does not like Nem, though, and will chase her or bark at her if he thinks she’s going to be mean to another chicken.
