hilda-and-evadne Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Just to say that my new flock arrived this week from Wernlas. The Exchequer Leghorn was an afterthought, and I wondered if I had made a mistake because from the outset she singled out the Maran, Becassine, for special torment. Becassine's tail is already looking mangled so this morning I put a bumper bit on the Leghorn (not yet named). To do it, I sat on an upturned bucket in the run, with the hen wrapped in a towel between my knees, so that the others could witness the bully being humbled. Am so relieved to have managed to get the bit on her - I read that Leghorns don't like being handled, and she screamed blue murder at first. Hilda and Evadne are much missed but I guess that you never forget your first hens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 They are beautiful....especially the Exchequer girl, even if she is naughty. Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Lovely photos - and fantastic colours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 What beautiful girls - gorgeous colouring . Congratulations . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Lovely girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 beautiful girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 I sold all the Exchequer Leggie girls I hatched last year ........they are pretty though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Lovely girls and good photos. Mine always look the other way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilda-and-evadne Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share Posted March 14, 2009 Thank you, everyone. I have really missed having hens these past three months or so, although it wouldn't have been much fun tending them during the sno-o-o-o-w we had. Lovely girls and good photos. Mine always look the other way. A lot of photos were deleted before I managed to catch any with their heads up! I am always interested in how other people chose names for their hens. The name for the Light Sussex, Bertha (or Berthe), was inspired by a painting, "The Butterfly Hunt" that has in the foreground a lady in a white dress and black lace shawl. As Marans came from France, that suggested the name Bécassine; looking at the Legbar and her crest, in my mind's eye I could see one of those 1920s fashion plates of impossibly tall women in gowns and feathers and seemed to go with Tallulah; I chose Zaza for the naughty Leghorn in the hope that she will live up to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 They are gorgeous girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
