4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[Griffin]

Six! How did that happen

 

Not very good photos because it was starting to get dark by the time I got back.

 

Freya, a Columbine with a punk hair-do:

 

Violet and Eliza (White Star)

 

Primrose (Red Ranger)

 

Catherine (another Columbine but much lighter than Freya)

 

Violet

 

Juliet (Sussex Sweetie) just pops up at the bottom

 

Primrose, Freya & Violet

 

All six in their house

 

Pants saying "OMG Mum who the heck are they?"

 

Once upon a time we had grass.......

 

Juliet is the biggest, Primrose is tiny, Violet will probably lay first. Primrose is coughing but that's just stress related, I hope. Eliza sounds like a cat I was looking for one then realised it was her

 

Lots of noise from the older girls this morning. Any idea how long that'll go on for? I'm trying to keep them quiet with lots of treats to take their mind off the newbies with some degree of success.

[MadMitch]

They are lovely, you did quite well to stop at 6.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Well, I can see how you had to get 6 . How could you possibly choose - they're all gorgeous .

 

I have a Columbine too - her colouring's quite different to yours! Are you hoping for blue or green eggs?

[chooklady]

Lovely birds

[HENthusiastic]

Lovely. I think I want a columbine now! Her hairdo is so sweet! Enjoy.

[quickcluck]

they are lovely! Hard to choose I bet, where did they come from??

[Egluntyne]

Congratulations. It is so easily done. Lovely photos.

[lisa33]

I don't blame you. They're lovely.

[Griffin]

They're from Mother Hens Poultry near Reading.

 

If I'm lucky enough to get one blue egg layer and one green egg layer I think I'll die and go to heaven. Other than that I'm not fussy what colour they lay, all will look stunningly beautiful on my Eggskelter anyway

 

All are tucking into some spring greens right now apart from Tallulah who is still insisting on screeching her head off outside the kitchen window

[HasSumAmi]

Mother Hen's near Reading??

Oh they have the breeds I want.

Do you have their postcode? I can't get hold of them ont he phone.

[Griffin]

I found the best way of contacting her was by email. The email address is on her website.

[ruth1]

Could have been worse they are lovely girls

[Griffin]

More pics

Primrose

 

Eliza plots her escape

 

 

Freya

 

They had their first taste of pellet porridge today and after looking a little unsure all tucked in with gusto.

 

 

I love the look on Juliets face in this one

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful Catherine

 

I clipped their wings this afternoon and gave each one a good cuddle. There is something special about each of them. I spent ages playing with Elizas soft, clean pink toes It'll not be long before they're caked in mud Juliet went to sleep in my daughter Mollys arms.

 

The other chooks have spent much of the day sqwarking. I'm dreading introductions. I guess it'll be better to just get it over with in one go rather than one at a time.

[Palmer06]

They look great! I did the same! Had an Unsuccessful hatch from the incubator (just the one) so ended up going to get 2x silkies. Popped back there few weeks later to show somewhere the place was and no i have 7 in total! Very easily done! Got to pop back this weekend as my sisters are ready to pic up! Hopefully not going to get any more! But might just take a basket just incase!

[dancing cloud]

What gorgeous girls

 

I was down for 4 ex-batts and they became 6 at collection-time - still don't know how

[beach chick]

had to laugh at Tallulah screeching her head off!! one of my daughters is called Tallulah, and tho she's now 12, she can certainly still screech when she wants to!!

lovely chooks by the way.

[HENthusiastic]

Looks like you have a great set up there. Do you just let your original girls wander free? Do they just have a fenced in area and their little house?

[Griffin]

They have half of the garden to wander in, Omlet netting separates them from the other side. The netting has only been up a couple of weeks, we intend to move it so they get moved onto a different part of the garden frequently. We hope to have grass next Spring!