Katie Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Hey everyone! I've not been online for a while as uni seems to get in the way! But now summer is here i've got a lot more time on my hands and therefore there is the addition of new hens tomorrow After Meringue passed away while I was at uni in February ( ) and her lodger went back to its original home, the eglu has been lying unoccupied for a few months. It feels wierd not to have little hens talking to me whilst i'm sat in the garden! So tomorrow we're going to look at and hopefully buy some more hens. I like the look of speckledys and bluebelles, but I have no experience of being around them! Does anyone know of their character traits? Friendliness is high priority!! I don't know whether to just stick with warrens choices, choices.. Katie x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Speckledys are fab, I love mine to bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesleyH Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I would love a bluebell - go for a selection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 I do love the look of them both, I guess i'll decide when I go and see them tomorrow, eeeeep excited!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesleyH Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 you lucky thing - post some pics or give us a full description tomorrow please!!!!! we hate half a story... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 Will do! I bet I won't sleep tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesleyH Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 try counting chickens ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ness3103 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 i love my speckledy, she's so big and cuddly very sweet nature and very inquisitive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 try counting chickens ha ha ....... But i'm glad there's a lot of positives coming about the speckledys hopefully be coming home with one ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Our bluebelle was lovely. I would get another one if only my 9 year old would let me - but he can't bear the idea of a Martha look-a-like, so .. Don't know if all bluebelle's are like Martha but she was friendly, nosey, and liked a cuddle - so I'd vote for at least one bluebelle! Have fun choosing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcat Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 hey I adore my speckeldy we got her at twelve weeks and she never seems to have grown up. She still meeps like a baby when you pick her up and has the softest feathers. she gets a bit parnoid because everyone ends up snugging her up into their neck and the other chickens bury their heads in her feathers in the winter. I really would recomend speckledys and i am now wondering if other speckaldies have really soft feathers or if i just got lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ness3103 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 my speckeldy has lovely soft feathers too i'd cuddle her all day if she'd let me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I'll add a plug for Bluebelles and also Amber Stars. Both have bags of character. The Amber Stars are great value to watch running, they are very speedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickcluck Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 have you been? What did you decide? I lurve my speckledy she is sooooooo soft and docile, also i love my amber How many can you get 2 or 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie Posted June 11, 2009 Author Share Posted June 11, 2009 Helllooooo! Well, just got back from the chicken place with two.....speckledys! They are just gorgeous! Have put them in the run with a bit of corn and they are having a lovely peck around, they seem good friends but they aren't too pleased about being handled yet so I'm just going to leave them to themselves for today and just assist in getting them to bed...which will hopefully go well..! I wish i had taken a picture of them in the box because they were all cuddled up quietly! It was so cute. But I'll get some pictures up as soon as i can Now I just need to name them!! I think Oreo the 2nd (after the original oreo bantam we had) because I love the name, and i'm not too sure about the second name...... any ideas??! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Go for one of each! I love my bluebelles, they're so cuddly and inquisitive and very friendly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickcluck Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Congrats.... you will love them my one Molly is gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie Posted June 11, 2009 Author Share Posted June 11, 2009 We have decided on Megg and Oreo II! I'll get some pictures tomorrow xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ness3103 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 congratulations, can't wait to see the pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie Posted June 11, 2009 Author Share Posted June 11, 2009 Oreo on the left, Megg on the right Siamese chooks! Oreo Megg There you go! Bless them, they are so timid they just stood in the corner of the run together for the majority of time i was in there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickcluck Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Ohhhhhhhhhhhh they are lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ness3103 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 awww they're beautiful girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
