Door too small for Jersey Giant?

[xScrunchee]

I tried to put the newbies in the Eglu with 1 of the old girls (the least aggressive one) last week and she attacked them

 

I waited till she went to bed and about half an hour later I put the new girls in and she went mad.

I tried waiting to see if she would calm down but I couldn't listen to it for long

 

These intro's are FAR harder than when I had to introduce 2 hens to Rose a couple of years ago.

[Space Chick]

I would say that once you can leave them share the run, leave them go in the Eglu to bed on their own terms

 

Thats what I have done, and it seems to have worked for me. Once they have shared nicely for a few nights, you can then turn your cat carrier into an additional nesting box.

 

The ex batts have been sharing the run successfully since Friday but have decided to continue to use their cat carrier bed (I have a nesting box too), although today they have all been venturing into the cube, and Barbara laid her egg in there

 

Its going to be interesting to see where they go to bed tonight

[Ain't Nobody Here]

xScrunchee, how long ago did your new girls arrive?

 

Debs, mine aren't at the stage of sharing a closed WIR nicely yet . It only works if the babies have got a few exit routes, ie both doors open .

[xScrunchee]

They arrived on 19th August so that'll be 4 weeks this coming Wednesday.

 

Not really too bothered at this stage though, would rather wait another 4 weeks if it means the new girls will stand up for themselves a little bit more.

 

It was just much easier introducing 2 new girls to Rose rather than 3 new chickens to 3 oldies (2 new girls and Kev the cockerel who is terrified of 2 of the oldies )

We'll get there in the end

Ordering a foldable run from Tony to go inside the walk in run as the Eglu run is getting on my nerves now and the skirt is making it a nightmare to poo pick or clean the run

[cluckingmad]

that looks awesome!!!

 

Need some inspiration for our WIR for the winter, thius has done the trick Quick question (probably on here somewhere I'm sure), but which trees are safe to use branhces from, or am I just being way to fussy and they're all ok?!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I've no idea what trees the branches came from . I'm sure it doesn't matter .

 

The only downside I've found is that there are so many more surfaces to get poo on them now . Ok if they're solid but the splatty ones can make quite a mess .

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Now, I promise this is the final version (I couldn't resist putting the old Ikea shoe rack in ).

 

[Seagazer]

Don't stop - its very inspiring for all of us with no imagination!

[atsw]

I promise this is the final version (I couldn't resist putting the old Ikea shoe rack in )

now, don't go making promises you know you wont keep .

 

Andrew

[Seagazer]

We had a forage in the woods this morning and came back with a few branches which we've tied up. Totally freaked the girls out honestly I'm surprised they didn't drop down dead. You'd have thought we'd taken a fox in there.

 

They've not been anywhere near it yet but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

[cluckingmad]

Poor chooks!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Shades of the scary tyre of doom .

[cluckingmad]

would that be their dust bath ANH?!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Not any more . It went to the council dump .

[Chook n Boo Mum]

Why do they always assume we are trying to blow them up whenever we put something new in to entertain them...daft birds..........my new bantam babies disappeared into the furthest corner of their house at the arrival of the dustbath........... and the unexploded grapes ...and the wooden perch in the roof of their little run

 

Evil mother I am, I fell about laughing

 

Sha x

[Seagazer]

I ended up physically putting them onto the branches and they immediately flew off, wimps

[chick wiggle]

mine are fine with their tyre dustbath, branches and straw bales etc. but try putting the evil chicken eating broccolli in there and they run screaming for cover

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I promise this is the final version (I couldn't resist putting the old Ikea shoe rack in )

now, don't go making promises you know you wont keep .

 

Erm ..... (can you spot the addition )

 

Darn it, I've hit my Flickr limit for the month . Have to wait a few days to post any more .

[cluckingmad]

hee hee! Thats what we're doing this week-end with any luck

[Plum]

they are still trying to both get on one.