wait for it.....,
two brand new chickens!
Now, I know I am a bore when it comes to a few mangy hens but please believe me, they all have very different personalities and are pretty entertaining
We hadn't planned on getting any extra hens just yet but suddenly I received an email, telling me that the barred Wyandotte I had longed for was now available. We were visiting my brother and his family in Yorkshire so decided that we would drive past the farm on the way home and collect them.
I've talked before about not being able to integrate new and much younger chickens easily with the existing ones because they will be picked on (as well as the babies needing to stay on grower's pellets for another eight weeks until they are what's called P.O.L.- point of lay).
Anyway, we arrived at the farm by lunchtime and were introduced to a run full of ten week old colourful characters. We had a choice of Lavender, Blue Laced, Colombian, Silver Laced and of course, the Barred. We already have a buff laced, a silver laced, a lavender and a gold laced. We wanted a Barred of course but needed to chose a little mate for her so having looked at the options we chose one for her exquisite feathering; another Silver Laced (yes, how we live, that we should be excited with the pattern on a chicken's wing). With the aid of a net they were scooped up and popped in a cardboard box and we drove two little black and white feather balls to their new home.
Home delivery - Chicken in a box!
You can just make out the Barred's little beak as she catches sight of me and my camera.
And here they are, fresh from their journey.
Meep is a handful - but only in size, not in temperment.
Settling in.
We haven't decided on names yet (I mean, they are only chickens, after all) but a few options are:
Meep and Toot (I don't think I'll get those past Luke), Violet and Amber or Betty and Penny - or Dotty.... Let's wait and see what sort of personalities the little cheepers develop first.
two brand new chickens!
Now, I know I am a bore when it comes to a few mangy hens but please believe me, they all have very different personalities and are pretty entertaining
We hadn't planned on getting any extra hens just yet but suddenly I received an email, telling me that the barred Wyandotte I had longed for was now available. We were visiting my brother and his family in Yorkshire so decided that we would drive past the farm on the way home and collect them.
I've talked before about not being able to integrate new and much younger chickens easily with the existing ones because they will be picked on (as well as the babies needing to stay on grower's pellets for another eight weeks until they are what's called P.O.L.- point of lay).
Anyway, we arrived at the farm by lunchtime and were introduced to a run full of ten week old colourful characters. We had a choice of Lavender, Blue Laced, Colombian, Silver Laced and of course, the Barred. We already have a buff laced, a silver laced, a lavender and a gold laced. We wanted a Barred of course but needed to chose a little mate for her so having looked at the options we chose one for her exquisite feathering; another Silver Laced (yes, how we live, that we should be excited with the pattern on a chicken's wing). With the aid of a net they were scooped up and popped in a cardboard box and we drove two little black and white feather balls to their new home.
Home delivery - Chicken in a box!
And here they are, fresh from their journey.
Settling in.
We haven't decided on names yet (I mean, they are only chickens, after all) but a few options are:
Meep and Toot (I don't think I'll get those past Luke), Violet and Amber or Betty and Penny - or Dotty.... Let's wait and see what sort of personalities the little cheepers develop first.
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