nutterly_uts Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miffy Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 fabulous pics, they will all love their new home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutterly_uts Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 Sorry for enormous pics a moment ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I'm sure they appreciate all the trouble you went to Especially Britney Great pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Nice pics! Are your silkies bantam ones??? If they are how big are they exactly??? Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutterly_uts Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendy Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Great pics, it's looking lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutterly_uts Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
