By The Hen Whisperer

Ever gotten tired of the regular, partridge-in-a-pear-tree Twelve Days of Christmas? Well, here’s the same song, but the chicken version!

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

An Aseel in a nest box.

On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

Two Barnevelders and

On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

Three french chicks,

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

Four Delawares,

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

Five broody hens!

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

Six Phoenix chicks,

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

Seven cocks a-roosting,

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

Eight Easter Eggers,

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

Nine Australorps,

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

Ten Leghorns laying,

On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

Eleven chicks a-peeping,

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

Twelve Orpingtons