Former footballer David Beckham was dealing with fowls of a different kind on Tuesday as he walked the grounds of his sprawling family home in the English Cotswolds.
The London-born former Manchester United and England midfielder has fully embraced country life by installing a chicken and turkey coop at the £6million property he shares with wife Victoria.
And the birds were out in force as Beckham, 49, shared a video from his rural home with Instagram followers.
The retired footballer was trailed by a small flock of hens and game-birds while showing off some of the neatly plotted land surrounding the homestead.
The former footballer was gifted the birds as a Christmas present by his wife and has since set up a hen pen for the new animals on their sprawling estate.
Beckham collected his first egg from the chickens in March, after travelling to their Cotswolds home to check in on his flock.
He later took to Instagram on to share the moment he found his first egg after spending hours researching on how best to encourage his hens.
‘I’ve come to check if there’s any eggs because I haven’t actually been here to see and witness the first egg so I’m back now and let’s have a look,’ he told followers.
‘They were laying on top, I did a little research and changed a few things up so guess what? This is the first time that they’ve laid in there which is very exciting.’
Captioning the post, he wrote: ‘I mean the excitement of finding eggs and learning what they need is pretty amazing @victoriabeckham @brooklynpeltzbeckham @romeobeckham @cruzbeckham #HarperSeven we have breakfast just might have to share a little also not sure why I’m whispering.’
Beckham’s followers praised his enthusiasm as they wrote: ‘Your excitement makes me excited’ and ‘I love this, waiting to see if there is an egg as an adult is like a child waking up on Christmas morning!’
‘You’re so cute with your fresh eggs’ and ‘Eggcellent news’.
Victoria treated her husband to the chicken coop after he adopted a keen interest in beekeeping at the rural property.
The fashion designer and former Spice Girl showed off the brood of Beckham hens complete with cockerel on Instagram.
Sharing video with Instagram followers, she wrote: ‘What did you get for Christmas David?
‘Some chickens and a cockerel, the retired footballer replied as his wife continued: ‘Beckham’s chickens’.
She added: ‘There’s also a really massive cock in there as well’ before she branded their new feathered friends ‘camera shy’.
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Source: Tampa Bay Times
