After a thorough Internet search and a happy chance text we have today picked up a lovely little Lavender (and hopefully female) chicken. We met an extremely nice lady, Sarah, who has a lovely set up with several different breeds and all of them beautiful and healthy. We spent a happy half an hour looking at her flock and were delighted to see 10 day old chicks looking like little pom poms, hopping around their home.
We were there to collect a new chicken though and we were thrilled to cast our eye over Sarah's lavender brood. I really wanted a pair, mainly to keep one another company whilst they settled in but of course we don't have a large set up so have to keep our numbers down and as Luke wants a Buff (and I really desire a Barred after seeing them today) we are having to be sensible.
But just look at this little sweet thing. Welcome to Lunar (so called because Sarah says they glow in the evening light).
Here she is again, safely in her hen house that has been scrubbed and dusted down with a thick carpet of wood shavings. It's always advisable to put new chicks in their new house (not the run) for a few days to settle them in and we will do our utmost to ensure this little chick is happy and healthy in her new home. When I checked on her later she was up on the perch and tweeted away as I spoke gently to her. I think she'll be a little star.
We were there to collect a new chicken though and we were thrilled to cast our eye over Sarah's lavender brood. I really wanted a pair, mainly to keep one another company whilst they settled in but of course we don't have a large set up so have to keep our numbers down and as Luke wants a Buff (and I really desire a Barred after seeing them today) we are having to be sensible.
But just look at this little sweet thing. Welcome to Lunar (so called because Sarah says they glow in the evening light).
6 or 7 weeks old and what a beauty already.
Here she is again, safely in her hen house that has been scrubbed and dusted down with a thick carpet of wood shavings. It's always advisable to put new chicks in their new house (not the run) for a few days to settle them in and we will do our utmost to ensure this little chick is happy and healthy in her new home. When I checked on her later she was up on the perch and tweeted away as I spoke gently to her. I think she'll be a little star.
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