andrewandcarly Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 hi have had my 2 leghorns now for 3 weeks. the first one, martha started laying after the first week or so and marjorie was a few days after that. we were so excited that we went and got another 2 but got gingernut rangers. they are mary and maureen. mary is very friendly and from day one came up to me when i went into the pen. they have not started laying yet but have only been here since saturday. one of the leghorns seems to pick on them during the day, chasing them around and occasionally pecking at them. i was also a bit concerned as they seemed a bit cramped in one eglu so i have bought another one. i am also hoping to add another 2 hens eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Two Eglus eh? Good for you. What colour? The leghorn chasing the others is just routine pecking order stuff and will settle if you let them free-range together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewandcarly Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 i will have 2 red eglus when it arrives. i know about the pecking order, its just a bit disturbing sometimes watching them. the funny thing is the rangers are a lot bigger than the leghorns and i keep wanting them to chase the leghorns off!!! ive built an enclosure in the garden and the current eglu and run fasten onto the side of it, i will do the same with the new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 ive built an enclosure in the garden and the current eglu and run fasten onto the side of it, i will do the same with the new one. Sounds intruiguing. Any pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewandcarly Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 i will try and post some pictures as soon as i can. the eglu is supposed to arrive on monday but the last one came a day early so im hoping it will arrive on friday, fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clucky1 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 When we added 2 newbies to our original 4 we had a few problems but I must admit I kinda let them get on with it and they sorted themselves out. Look forward to the pictures. Red sounds great ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...