Set in the small crofting community of Assynt (NW Sutherland Scotland ) the story interweaves the modern and ancient. Seordag is a metal hen with a TV set body. On her quest to find a place to make her nest Seordag encounters Soley; a helpful seagull Blarag; a cow-fiddle Ewella; an accordian sheep a talking cement mixer and Marlene the hardy crofter. Seordags new friends help her to make a fabulous hen house where she lays three eggs. They hatch into mobile phone chicks and they have a grand ceilidh.