Chantalle Ng gets a taste of farm life rearing chickens

In this new series, ST speaks to pet-owning personalities about the trials and delights of raising their animal companions

- Joanne Soh

Pets bring joy and offer companionship. Chantalle Ng gets more than that – she gets freshly laid eggs too.

The local actress adopted two Silkie chickens from a friend in 2023.

“He had five and asked if I’d like to give rearing chickens a try,” the 29-year-old says.

Her feathered kids are a brown hen named Fluffy and a grey hen named Happy.

Ng has always dreamt of living a “farm life”, and having chickens around “makes the home feel like a little farm”, she says.

“They’re always roaming around the garden and, on slow afternoons, I like to sit and quietly observe them,” she adds. “It is also a joy to share their fresh eggs with our friends.”

Ng – who has a starring role in the upcoming blockbuster drama Emerald Hill, premiering on Channel 8 on March 10 – also has a white dog named Pretty. She adopted the Singapore Special in 2015 from SOSD, a local welfare organisation dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming stray and abandoned dogs.

She had a toy poodle called Dasher, who was also adopted from SOSD. The 17-year-old died in 2024 from ill health.

An avid animal lover, Ng used to bring cats, dogs and hamsters home. It helps that her mother, actress Lin Meijiao, shares a similar love for animals.