EileenH Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Our two lassies arrived early this morning with a gorgeous young man who set up the eglu etc. They`ve settled in straight away and the ginger one came to me when I called her! Purely a coincidence that I was waggling a bunch of dandelion leaves through the mesh wasn`t it? I wanted to call them something cute and witty but OH hated every name I had thought of so I said he should name them. Can you believe they`re called Blackie and Ginger? Oh well. Just one little thing, I made them a nice dust bath of a cat litter tray with sieved dry compost and they keep eating it! Is that normal? Anyway, must go! I have serious chicken watching to do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChirpyChirpyCheepCheep Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Hello EileenH Congratulations on your new lassies. . . I like your chickens names. Can't answer your question about eating compost, if you hold on a minute or two someone will come along with an answer. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daj198 Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Hi, Congratulations on getting Blackie and Ginger! I'm glad you're enjoying them already and I'm sure they appreciate the dust bath. Don't worry about them eating the compost, I filled a washing up bowl with dry compost and they dustbathed in it, throwing all the compost around the run, and then started eating it. Just take it as a sign that they're having fun! (rascals! ) Any photos would be good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surferdog Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Congratulations Eileen Don't worry about them eating the dustbath. I fill mine with a mix of silver sand, compost and DE and they always scoff the lot. No ill effects so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
