David Beckham sported country attire as he checked in on his flock of chickens at his £6million Cotswolds farmhouse on Wednesday.

The former footballer, 48, was gifted the birds for Christmas by his wife Victoria, 49, and he has since set up a hen pen for the new animals on their sprawling estate.

In a new Instagram video David was seen strolling around their pen and allotment in a smart khaki jacket, brown trousers and cap.

The chicken were seen following him around the pen as he fed them in the clip set to the hit Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees.

He penned in the caption: ‘A little light gardening with the kids! I think they like me @victoriabeckham thank you for the inspiration.’

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David Beckham sported country attire as he checked in on his flock of chickens at his £6million Cotswolds farmhouse on Wednesday

The former footballer, 48, was gifted the birds for Christmas by his wife Victoria, 49, and he has since set up a hen pen for the new animals on their sprawling estate

It comes after last month David collected his first egg from the chickens his wife Victoria got him for Christmas.

He travelled to their Cotswolds home to check in on his flock after some of his birds began laying earlier that week.

David took to Instagram on to share the moment he found his first egg after spending hours researching on how best to encourage his hens.

In a video, David told fans: ‘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.

‘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.’

David wrote in the caption: ‘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.’

David’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’.

In a new Instagram video David was seen strolling around their pen and allotment in a smart khaki jacket, brown trousers and cap

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The chicken were seen following him around the pen as he fed them in the clip set to the hit Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees

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He penned in the caption: ‘A little light gardening with the kids! I think they like me @victoriabeckham thank you for the inspiration’

He looked every inch the countryman as he got some fresh air on their allotment

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It comes after last month David collected his first egg from the chickens his wife Victoria got him for Christmas

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David brushed up on his hen keeping skills after his wife Victoria gifted him his very own flock for Christmas

For Christmas, Victoria set up a hen pen for David to add to his beehives on their sprawling estate.

The fashion designer proudly showed off the brood of Beckham hens complete with cockerel on Instagram.

Speaking from behind the camera, Victoria showed off the henhouse in the garden of their Cotswolds home and asked: ‘What did you get for Christmas David?

‘Some chickens and a cockerel, the footballer replied as his wife continued: ‘Beckham’s chickens’.

Victoria joked: ‘There’s also a really massive cock in there as well’ before she branded their new feathered friends ‘camera shy’.

Posh later took to Instagram to share a photo of David reading ‘keeping chickens for dummies‘.

She wrote: ‘Just a little Friday night reading for @DavidBeckham’.

David travelled to the Cotswolds after his trip to Hong Kong for an Inter Miami football game earlier that week.

David Beckham shares video with his chickens during Christmas holiday

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Victoria set up a hen pen for David at their Cotswolds Farmhouse to add to his own beehives on the sprawling estate