BarbaraJ Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 (edited) Well my girls were out for over 3 hours today while i pottered around the garden, wow the time flew by , they had a great time really exploring the garden today rather than staying near the run. I also saw my first sunbathe they do look funny Ebony drinking up the sun! Amber and Ruby enoying some heather hubby had pulled up: Edited March 24, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Great photos - I would post some of the 3" snow but the camera batteries are dead. Wish we had the sun to-day - its cold and miserable with the snow and the hens are hating it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Oooh, you're brave, 3 hours in this chilly weather! Brrr! Your Ebony is so much like my Magpie - is a pied suffolk a hybrid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 (edited) Lol i had a thick coat and woolly hat , it snowed a couple of times ! Things you will do for your chickens i tidied the garden up nicely though, i'm lucky to even set foot in it this time of year. I was sold Ebony as Bovan Nera which she def isn't but someone on here said she was a Pied Suffolk. Unsure really but shes a hybrid Edited March 24, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 looks like they're having great fun- and they've left your flowers alone - unheard of in my garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Mine have sunbathed....with tiny snowflakes falling today. They must be confused...I know I am! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenlass Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Lovely Pics...what gorgeous girls you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 very pretty girls, they look right at home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirkwood Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 what lovely girls they look very well behaved are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layla Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 beautiful girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 BarbaraJ, here's a pic of my Magpie to show you what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meezers Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 lovely photos!, you had more sun than we did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 The magpie is another name for the pied suffolk. They are the same breed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 A-ha, another mystery solved by Snowy - the Sherlock Holmes of Chicken Hybrid breeds. Barb - We have matching chooks - how exciting!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 Ah voila query solved thanks very much. Yes they are very well behaved so far. Not much noise yet so little that the close neighbour didnt even know we had them and when he saw them said. wow their quiet lol i hope they continue being good! Aww yours is cute can't wait till mine get combs and wattles lol She has what looks like white earlobes/flaps (whatever ther called ) so hopefully she will lay white eggs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 When I bought her I was told she'll lay slightly pinky-brown eggs. Hopefully I won't have too much longer to wait to find out - she started crouching 14 days ago! I got her on 21st feb and was told she was 16 weeks at the time, but she looked slightly more mature than the others around her so maybe a week older. She's now 21/22 weeks. How old is your Ebony, BarbaraJ? She's just gone in the henhouse, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 Shes 19weeks now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 There's an egg! She came out, they all made a racket, so I looked in the front of the house and there's a small egg in the 3rd nest. I can't open the nest box to get it though as Yum-yum is in the 1st nest and I don't want to disturb her. Oooh, I'm so excited. That means half my girls are laying now, and Sylvie is crouching too so it won't be long. 19 weeks, so she's probably 2-3 weeks behind Magpie, BarbaraJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
