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Unsure what to do....updated, new hens are here!

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I got 3 new hens last friday & one of them,the Welsummer,seems very dozy. She is also a bit snottay around the beak & sneezy.

I have wormed & loused them all & added Respite to their water.

 

Now,she has perked up a bit & is eating & drinking well,but still spends a lot of her time dozing on one leg,tail down :?

 

The lady I got her from has been fab & has offered to swap her for me,but the only other Welsummers she has are a fair bit younger & I worry about pitching it in with the other 2,one of which is a White Star,already in lay & very much the boss.

 

Instinct tells me to swap the hen for a more perky one,but sense tells me to be cautious.

 

Of course I could always get another while I am there,then add 2 to the pen.....

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Cinnamon Cocka-doodle-loopy

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Yes,I think I will give it until the weekend.

They have all been together for nearly a week now anyhow,so I guess if any infection will be spread,it will have been spread already :?

 

I am more concerned about taking her out & pitching a much younger hen in,in her place. Maybe if I do have to do this,getting another hen aswell might make it a bit easier?

 

edit - just been to visit her & she now sounds a bit rattly & wheezy,so I think I will swap her for another Welsummer, (plus 1 more to make intros easier.Never need an excuse to get another hen!)

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Cinnamon Cocka-doodle-loopy

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Thanks ladies 8)

 

Just back from the breeders,with a new little Welsummer,still called Willow because I like the name.

She is a fiesty young thing,& is already #2 in the pecking order :roll:

She was sharing a pen with much bigger Rhode island reds,so knows how to handle herself.

 

A very pretty greyish Columbine also found her way into my carrier - she is as yet unamed but we are thinking maybe Hazel/Acorn/Weed? :lol:

She had escaped her pen & was running around trying to get back in,bless her,& she just stole my heart :P

 

I shut Mrs Fiesty Knickers (Sweet pea the white star) in the eglu for an hour to let the new ones settle a bit & get used to Dandelion the other Columbine.

 

We shall se what happens from here on...........................

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Cinnamon Cocka-doodle-loopy

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Here they are.

Terrible photos & really bad light as its so sunny here & the Eglu & shade makes shadows over everything.

 

 

Sweet pea,the White Star

Sweetpea.jpg

 

Weed the Columbine

Weed.jpg

 

Willow the Welsummer

Willow.jpg

 

The other Columbine who I got last week,Dandelion,has gone into hiding in the Eglu :roll:

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:shock: Your little "columbines" look just like my Jasmine :wink: .

 

Funny how young they all look - Mrs Snowy is such a fiesty old bird now, and the boys loved the "hairdo" on Jas today when I came home.

 

Do they still "squeak" "weep" a little, the younger birds :?: - Jas certainly was more "trill" in her voice than the older hens, who's voices had clearly broken :roll::wink: .

 

Sweet - really gorgeous chooks.

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