beach chick Posted June 25, 2008 Author Share Posted June 25, 2008 well, all quiet on the western front. I hope I dont wake up to hear massive squawking or find Sugar in a quivering heap, but she strikes me as a bird with her own mind. took the helpful neighbours a box of 6 eggs tonight to say thank you (see dog trauma thread). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbey Road Girl Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Maybe I missed this thread because introductions will not be relevant to me unless Mr Fox outfoxes the present arrangements here. This thread is more like a diary by you, beach chick, than a forum conversation. I'm sure that others would have cared about what you've been going through if they only knew. That said, very best wishes for you and your chooks (however contrary Sugar might be!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 no worries Abbey Road Girl! I find it useful anyway. Sugar spent the night very happily with the big girls, no blood or feathers, all calm this morning. I've put her back in the netting with the rest of the young ones, dont feel she's up to freeranging yet and Paris and Char moved off very quickly, presumably to have a proper grown up chicken chat without a youngster hanging around. Sugar is now crouching beautifully, so think the egg might come reasonably soon... hope she's not confused about where to lay it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 last night all the 6 littlies went to bed in the purple eglu... so today I am going to remove the rabbit coop from the equation as no one seems to go in it anymore, and it smells. one less thing to clean out every week! had to hoick Paris out of her special tree to put her to bed with Char tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 sounds like it's getting a little calmer for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 aw, first egg from Sugar today - a perfect, white, 45g! bless her little heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted June 30, 2008 Author Share Posted June 30, 2008 Paris has decided that being inside the omlet netting is far more interesting than freeranging around an acre and a half, which has trees, and compost heaps, and grass piles, and long grass, and weeds, and flowers and and and and... she is getting on fine with them all - the odd peck to remind the babies that she is Top Chicken, but nothing to worry about at all. unfortunately when she gets bored in there, she starts bokking very loudly and I have to go out and remove her! if the bantie babies were physically bigger, I would go for it and remove the netting, but they are still such little fluffballs I can see them getting stuck in places, and I'm not sure the dog could resist their charms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 BUMP for witchhazel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
