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[nutterly_uts]

Today was Eglu day.

 

This is it all up, and ready to go

 

As we started to move everyone over, Britney decided that moving house, meant moving into the neighbours garden. She ended up on our dividing wall, then on the roof above our kitchen, before flapping into next door's garden. (Thankfully she picked the neighbours without the dog..) I, looking VERY fetching in my muddy wellies, tore through the house, and rang the bell of next door, and got no response. I ended up just barging my way into their garden, and played chase the chicken for 20mins before she finally flapped her way back into our garden, where Dad was able to corral her into the eglu run!! Below is Britney FINALLY in the run!!

 

 

 

After that, the other 3 were shooed into a catbox, and transfered that way, and not the carried way i'd anticipated.

 

Here are a couple (ok, a lot!) pics of them all in their new house. I have discovered if I make kissy noises, the silkies finally look at the camera for some decent head pics. I have a feeling the black one is a slow developing boy

 

 

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/tomcat1/Chickens023.jpg This is a girl right? I am forever panicking she isn't.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/tomcat1/Chickens038.jpg boy?

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b345/tomcat1/Chickens039.jpg girl

[miffy]

fabulous pics, they will all love their new home

[Plum]

How funny, hope your neighbours really were out. They look happy in the eglu run, your black girl is so comical. They are a lovely bunch.

[nutterly_uts]

Sorry for enormous pics a moment ago

[Chickvic]

I'm sure they appreciate all the trouble you went to Especially Britney Great pics.

[tom123]

Nice pics!

 

Are your silkies bantam ones???

 

If they are how big are they exactly???

 

Tom

[nutterly_uts]

I am not sure.. When I put them all in the incubator, the silkie eggs were significantly smaller then the light sussex eggs, but they don't seem to be bantam now they are grown up. They are small, but not tiny small iyswim.

 

In the spring I'm planning to hatch some more silkies out, both bantam and non bantam, so I can compare them

[Snowy]

They look lovely and I am sure they will love their new home!

But I think you are right - your black silkie does look like a boy, too much face furniture for a girl silkie.

[Hendy]

Great pics, it's looking lovely!

[nutterly_uts]

They look lovely and I am sure they will love their new home!

But I think you are right - your black silkie does look like a boy, too much face furniture for a girl silkie.

 

His? Brother was crowing about 5 weeks ago, and was rehomed (I swapped him for Britney!!) about 3 weeks ago, and this chook has made no attempts at crowing or squawking, so if he is a boy, as long as he stays quiet, he can stay I'd love for him to stay quiet until the silkie girly is laying, so I could hatch my next generation from them I'm presuming he stayed quiet with his brother around as he was the smaller chicken?

 

The silkies and sussex are about 20weeks old I think? I've been told to expect the silkie to lay around christmas?