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[Cooks]

After a few weeks of careful intro's and a week of letting the girls sleep together and hoiking them out in the morning, tonight they are sleeping together again, but will wake up together and stay in the WIR.

 

I have taken Clarets advice and put some evergreen branches in 3 corners to give the newbies some hidey holes.

 

There is now an additional drinking and feeding station, so wish me luck, I wont sleep tonight I will be up at the crack of dawn with a cup of coffee to check that all is well.

 

The eglu is still here so if all chaos erupts I can pull them out again, but I hoping I wont have to, lets hope they settle tomorrow

[Mrs Webmuppet]

Good luck

 

We are at the letting them run round the garden together stage.........Scurry is being a scardey chook but the others don't seem to bother each other. With the exception of Saturday I shall be around for the next 6 days so I can really get to grips with the intros. I am hoping that Scurry will calm down soon then we can progress to the next stage.

[poachedegg]

Good luck

[westleigh]

Hi cookiemonster i think the fact that you have taken the best steps for them to live together in peace and harmony then all will be ok,hope you get a good nights sleep and all goes well for tomorrow,please keep us updated to what happens, goodluck

[Cooks]

Good luck

 

We are at the letting them run round the garden together stage.........Scurry is being a scardey chook but the others don't seem to bother each other. With the exception of Saturday I shall be around for the next 6 days so I can really get to grips with the intros. I am hoping that Scurry will calm down soon then we can progress to the next stage.

Flo was a scared little thing, but she is SO much braver now. I have to say her comb and wattles are coming along nicely!, I am hoping for or but I think it will be

 

I am glad I did the intro's like this though, as you could visibly see the new girls getting braver and braver and had I just 'turfed them in at night' they wouldn't have been ready and it would have been so scarey for them.

 

I believe Dory will lay anytime, so maybe when she see's the others going in to lay she'll take the hint

[Cooks]

Hi cookiemonster i think the fact that you have taken the best steps for them to live together in peace and harmony then all will be ok,hope you get a good nights sleep and all goes well for tomorrow,please keep us updated to what happens, goodluck

Thanks I have tried my best so I will have to see what happens. My older girls are very much led by their stomachs so as long as they can eat they dont mind much. I keep walking up to them and saying be good!

[Egluntyne]

Good luck.

[Cooks]

Thanks Egluntine , you have been such a great help to me with these intro's I really do appreciate it.

[Falkor]

Will be thinking of you ALL Hope all goes well.

[Redwing]

You have been really patient and have done so well, all your hard work will be rewarded tomorrow

 

Good luck

[Barkisland]

Hope all goes well, you have certainly been patient and careful I will await update with interest as I will have intros to manage myself soon.

[Cooks]

thanks everyone so far so good, they woke up together, the new girls needed help down the ladder as Flo was blocking the entrance scared to come down, all's well, they have had a few pecks, but other than that SO FAR they have been eating and drinking together fine and they are currently sunbathing. oh the life!

 

edited to say now Dory has found the cube nestbox... oooeeerrrr!!! and Flo has gone in the cube with her, so they have found their way back up again clever little things.

 

ooh and I am on my 3rd cup of coffee already!

[abwsco]

Glad it's going well Lynsey

[Cooks]

Thanks Anne

 

I cant quite believe it, Dory has laid her first egg! I am about to post pictures in the egg section..

[poachedegg]

We call Fridays - Happy Friday - looks like you're having a really happy friday!

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[Cooks]

I am indeed, I look like the joker I am smiling so widely :lol:

[Mrs Webmuppet]

Woohoo an egg Well done that chook.

 

The intro programme is progressing chez Webmuppet, Scurry is getting braver and they are all out in the garden. Bumble has even wandered around the Cube run checking it out.

Edited March 6, 2009 by Guest

[Cooks]

oh bless, I am glad things are going ok

[BarbaraJ]

Mine seem ok after a week apart they all went in together. A bit of noise the first night for about 2 mins , i shut the door all was silent. The new girls do seem to keep to a corner branch and perch on there but they are eating and drinking and get the odd peck but nothing major. Flo the seemingly flighty one is the bravest and there are 5 feeding stations and 3 water so they all should be able to get food and water

sounds like you have done a great job

[Seagazer]

I'm so glad everything seems to be going well with the introductions Cookiemonster

[Cooks]

thanks , they seem to be fine, but early days still, I dont want to tempt fate

 

but Dory must be happy if she laid her 1st egg.. well thats what I like to think

[dancing cloud]

Sounds like all is going well and patience is being rewarded (note to self to remember to be patient in introductions, even if not patient anywhere else in life! )

 

Hope you're not still swigging the coffee or you'll definitely get no sleep tonight!

 

And well done that Dory-hen

[Mrs Webmuppet]

Just to lets you know, it looks like Petals laid her first egg today, we found a cracked thin shelled egg in the nest box Fortuantely it wasn't completely mangled and has been turned into cake

[dancing cloud]

Well done that Petal and well done you for rescuing the egg!

[Cooks]

aww well done Petal!