They must have been hatching (excuse the pun) their escape plan for weeks; in fact ever since they were put under house arrest. All they were waiting for was the numpty egg collector to have a senior moment and out they popped through the egg collecting hatch this morning. I came down to the kitchen to fix Oliver some breakfast before sending him off to school and there were Paula and Brenda Chicken seeing to some serious lawn aeration! Pam must have been a late starter as she was still tucked up in the roost, presumably wondering where draft was coming from!