Former football ace David Beckham has swapped World Cup goals for chicken coops in recent times, after wife Victoria Beckham gifted him with some birds. The 48-year-old, who now grows his own vegetables too, could scarcely contain his excitement as he went to check on some eggs on his Cotswolds estate.
He shared a video clip of himself holding up one of the eggs and quipping: “Guess what? This is the first time that they’ve laid in there, which is very exciting!” David added to almost 87 million Instagram followers that he’d even done some “research” on the best position for the incubating eggs to sit in the hay-lined coop.
However, a mischievous Victoria hinted that the eggs may not have been laid by his chickens at all. “Wow!! Wonder who put that in there???…. Laid it sorry!” she joked, adding a tears of laughter of emoji.
One fan quipped: “I think you’ve been placing eggs from the supermarket in there to make David feel better!”, while another branded her “savage” for tricking him. A third exclaimed: “Omg get one of those fake eggs and put it in the nest!! They will know to lay.” (sic)
Followers were in hysterics over the possible prank, while one enthused: “I swear, this chicken coop is one of the best things to happen to this family!” David has thrown himself into country living in recent years, and embraced the brood of chickens Victoria purchased him as last year’s pre-Christmas gift, along with one cockerel, which she branded a “massive c*ck”.
Fans quickly played along with the joke, with one quipping at the time that they should name the birds Victoria Peckham, Hennifer Lopez, Margaret Hatcher and Princess Layer.
One wondered whether chickens might not be compatible with the ex-footballer’s well-documented OCD.
In his earlier Netflix documentary, he’d explained that the condition leads him to prowl around in the dead of night to tidy the house while the rest of the family are asleep – and suffice to say that Victoria is nowhere as keen on housework.
However, the star – who lives on a luxurious Cotswold estate close to the chic Soho Farmhouse venue – seems delighted about the new arrivals.
He wrote on Instagram: “I mean the excitement of finding eggs and learning what they need is pretty amazing.”
Tagging his wife, sons and daughter, he added: “We have breakfast – just might have to share a little!”
David had previously suggested he’d been growing broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, and garlic on his land, while looking after the plants with his 12-year-old daughter Harper.
He and the kids have also delved into beekeeping and producing honey, after he promised that the “organic farming” with “little helper” Harper and the others has truly begun.
