Egluntyne Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 Bit of an update with some pics. One week on and they are noticeably bigger. They eat and cheep all day long and are beginning to develop silly hairdo's Back L = Boggart, front L = Hufflepuff, back R = Muggle, front R = Quidditch L-R Muggle, Boggart, Quidditch and Hufflepuff in the doorway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clootie Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 They're just lovely and growing by the second! Egluntine, what's that you have over the run? I need to find something for the Rablu (don't get me started!) before buns arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Wow, they have grown. What do the big girls think of them now? I notice there are no roosting bars in the eglu, do little ones not need them? Can you post pictures at regular intervals, it would lovely to watch them grow, pleeease Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 16, 2008 Author Share Posted August 16, 2008 I'll try to remember to do a weekly update. They are too little for the bars just yet. Around 12 weeks they should be able to manage them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Thanks Egluntine Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Thanks for the update, Egluntine. They grow sooooo quickly, don't they? I really must get around to taking some updated pics of Violetta and Gabriela. They are 15 weeks now and at least doubled in size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted September 1, 2008 Author Share Posted September 1, 2008 11 week update. They don't get any prettier, bless 'em. They now all have silly hairdo's It is well night impossible to get them all into the same picture, they zoom about like "Ooops, word censored!"ody's business. They are huge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 What gorgeous girlies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa33 Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 They are very lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 How cute, didn't realise how tiny they were until the photo with the other chicken. I'm not too hot on different breeds yet so I looked them up on "tinternet" to see what they will look like when they are older. What beauties they will be, and such pretty eggs too. Have fun watching them today, lovely names as well. Thanks for taking the trouble of posting so many pictures as they go along, its fun to watch them grow up, even though I've only just joined! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Gosh, haven't they growN They are still absolutely adorable. I'm interested to hear how you get on with introducing them to the Big Girls. I've had my Littlees for 9 weeks now, and it's been a long slow process. They've been free ranging together with the Bigees for a couple of weeks now, and one of the Bigees continues to chase them. Last week I moved the Littlees' Eglu into the Big Run, and had to divide the big run because the pestering got worse. No blood drawn, and only a bit of pecking, but a lot of chasing. I'm taking the "next step" at the end of the week. What that "next step" is depends on whether the chasing has reduced or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted September 2, 2008 Author Share Posted September 2, 2008 I'm just in the process of mingling my older girls with the Three H's, Hester Hermione and Hebe, who must be about 24 weeks now....I lose track . They have bee free ranging together all day most days now for a couple of weeks, but still sleep separately. There has bee a bit of minimal scuffling, that is all, and intriguingly, it is Ola, one of the ex-batts who is the main perpetrator. Previously it has always been Atilla the Hen. Interesting how the dynamics within the groups shift and change. Good luck with your merge WhitchHazel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I too am mid-merge, as it were. Violetta and Gabriela are 19 weeks now (note to self to take some pics). They have been mixing with the big girls in the walk-in run for about a week - increasing a bit at a time. Yesterday I gave both eglus a thorough scrub out and had them out together throughout. They tend to try and keep away from the big girls by perching on top of their eglu run, but there is the odd skirmish, Treacle and Squib being the main culprits. Muggle, as usual, is oblivious to it all, being in her own little Muggly world. Toffee and Scully seem to be leaving them alone for the most part. Mainly because they are too busy scoffing their grower pellets! One surprise was when I went to take the egg port door off V&G's eglu, only to find Treacle in the nest, laying one of her, currently very rare, eggs. Obviously she was just waiting for the opportunity to lay in there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 An update. They are now 15 weeks old. I have moved them into the green Eglu as they needed the extra room, they have grown so much. Quiditch is still quite a lot smaller than the others, but otherwise fine. L-R Boggart, Hufflepuff, Muggle, Quidditch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 they are looking fab, I particularly love Hufflepuff and her hairdoo (and I love that name) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 They are really growing up, thanks for putting more pictures on. Bless those little hair do's , it's so nice to see their different stages as I have never seen anything younger than POL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 I think they are very pretty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Thanks for the update, they are lovely girls. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruth1 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Gorgeous girlies, I love seeing them grow up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
