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[poachedegg]

Thought I would update you with their progress:

 

From this (at the back Poppy & Daisy, Lily at the front):

 

 

To this in 7 weeks (at the back Poppy, Daisy, Lily at the front):

 

 

Free ranging with the other girls (1st day yesterday):

 

 

.....and a new one of Lottie too! OH doesn't normally look like he's sucking on a lemon :

 

[Guest]

what a difference!!!! well done

[westleigh]

wow they have come on a treat,well done to you

[alih]

They look fantastic! So much more feathered. and am deeply impressed at the close range, bullying-free ranging. Mine are 7 weeks here too and looking good but still terribly picked on by the bruisers

 

Well done you

[Seagazer]

Lovely photos and the girls are doing so well from the look of it. Love your little puppy.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Wow, what a transformation . Well done .

[Cooks]

awww look at them!!!!!!!!!!! I have tears in my eyes!

 

edited to add I love Lotties spotty tummy

Edited March 29, 2009 by Guest

[Barkisland]

They look fabulous don't they?

I have been very tempted to let mine out into the garden today, it has been gloriously sunny. I am waiting til I get an electric fence sorted though.

[Egluntyne]

Well done. What a transformation.

 

I'd be interested to see an updated picture of that lovely lush green lawn in a few weeks.

[beverley]

they look amazing well done, they looks so happy now, beverley

[bigmommasally]

Wow! What a transformation they look great. Well Done

I love Lottie too and your garden looks so lovely and neat.

[poachedegg]

Well done. What a transformation.

 

I'd be interested to see an updated picture of that lovely lush green lawn in a few weeks.

 

It actually looks far better in the photos than it is in reality as they come out most days, even in the winter!

[Chickvic]

Great pics! Well done you!

[Redwing]

They look great

[Falkor]

They look great and what a lovely pic of everyone free ranging

[kathyschix]

Lovely!

[Chook n Boo Mum]

PE, lovely pics, are your girls laying every day?

 

Mine are laying, so they haven't feathered up as much as yours . I've told them they don't have to lay, it's not compulsory, they've retired now, but most days we get 3 or 4 some of them are whoppers too !

 

I must have had mine 8 weeks now, I can't believe it, they are so different to the early days. DS who is away at boarding school most of the week is surprised every weekend at just how much they have changed!

 

Only one, Tulip, will let me pick her up regularly, she follows me like a little shadow chirruping at me constantly. Peanut has been picked up straight from the nestbox when she had decided to lay in the as I was about to go out (half an hour late!!!), but not otherwise. She'd rather turn herself inside out than let me lay a hand on her! Lily has only let me pick her up early on when she was more scared of the Orpies than me, bless her, and I was the only escape route! Hazel is too quick on her feet to catch! They now all have bands on their legs (except Peanut!), so are easier to tell apart & keep account of when they choose to wander off into the veg patch! Once Peanut feathers up properly, she will be difficult to tell from Buttercup, so maybe we'll have a concerted effort to tag her - at the mo she has a purple back, so not that difficult yet!!

 

Yesterday I was in the garden watching them all freerange happily, as you do , & I was flabbergasted to see the Batties walking under Daisy's tummy (yellow Lab), several times. Why do you never have a camera when you need it?!

 

I must get the camera out tomorrow & take some up-to-date piccies.

 

They are still in their own & run, although DH wants to get them into the WIR sooner rather than later.....I will be the judge of that though! At the mo, they are far too feisty & keep picking on my 3 chooks, so I'm happy to leave them in their own run etc if I'm not here.

 

Sha x

[poachedegg]

PE, lovely pics, are your girls laying every day?

We get 1 or 2 everyday, so not all of them are laying......but I'm not bothered!