chick wiggle Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 Thanks Mostin, your right about the standing in the porridge, and its usually Sweetpea or worse, Pickle, her little feathery legs just dont go well with warm porridge Then its a right pain having to pick bits off her before she goes to bed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 Bit of a shock this morning. Let the chicks out and then let the big girls out and lo and behold out comes Baby - from the cube! I was at work late yesterday and so not there to see them to bed. I just closed the doors when i got home. I was a bit worried at first but Baby seems none the worse for the experience. I think i will make sure she goes in the eglu tonight with the other babies though. I think the big girls are too big for her to be in there plus theres 11 of them! Also, the babies need each other for the warmth in this weather! Scary though Heres Sweetpea again after her Ukadex spray Noodle looking decidedly unhappy about it Baby however doesnt seem fazed by it at all Dora, one of the biggest with Pickle, the smallest, sharing their food And a shot of everyone mixing happily together - well most of the time anyway Can you spot Pickle? Shes so tiny I always have to search her out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Ooh hide and seek - I guess back near the formerly white silkies! Noodle does look miffed. But they all look quite happy there (in spite of the spray). Baby might be accepted with the big girls because they all smell the same now. Since I sprayed them all there hasn't been any fighting at bed time when we move the little ones in - they just dive under the big girls bums (a couple of surprised oohs and then it all settles). This morning I didn't have to carry the pekins back to their run - the big girls followed me back up the top and so the babes had first pick at brekkers. Nice clean t-shirt remains a nice clean t-shirt (so far). I am waiting for that moment of peace and tranquility at night when they all go in the cube run by themselves without squabbling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Shirl Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Well done CW they all look very content together. Lovely set up Dora is a big girl, she would scare the pants off Sir Minky. I always get a kick out of seeing the hens share a dish of food without pecking at each other. Just proves though that we should just let them get on with it. Watch her to see what she does tonight, chances are that she was quite happy to settle and snuggle with the big girls.... Poor little Noodle does look fed up. Just love their names. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Awww bless, they look well impressed with their new hair tints . You might find all of them pile in together into the cube in the end. See how it goes. Mine prefer to all cram in together, and if they stop pecking each other i would let them get on with it, they will be nice and toasty . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Lovely update, and I don't think I'll ever have enough of seeing them Nice to see there is harmony (well mostly ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 Well, just come in from seeing them all off to bed and Baby got it right tonight She just toddled up to the eglu with the other 4 Im not sure about them all pileing into the cube though, that would be 16 altogether Im sure it would be a bit much for them, especially if we do ever get any summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 I will never get enough! Keep them coming. Great pic of them all mingling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Good to see them all together and no not had enough yet!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 I must admit it does give me the biggest thrill when they are all together and like you said Shirl, when they are eating from the same feeder together its lovely. The Ukadex smell is fading a bit now, only in the run though, the poor girls still smell, so we are still on cuddle rationing Ok, if your sure , I will keep updating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Ours isn't ponging as much either - we had to blow dry the silkie before beddybies. Erin said she smelt like smokey bacon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Shirl Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 You just keep those pictures coming my girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 Whilst playing in the sunshine this afternoon, i thought i would finish off this thread with a few last photos of the girls now they're all grown up Noodle started laying on monday and today, Baby laid her first egg They are around 24 weeks old now and mix completely with the big girls and can hold their own and manage to get their fair share of the treats too Pickle, although the smallest, is not fazed by the biggest girl and wanders around, what Im sure she thinks of as HER run, very calmly. Sweetpea and Angel are the princesses of the run and will wait on the table for me to hand feed them their corn whilst all the others go running around scrabbling for theirs Sweetpea, Angel and Pickle with Baby just wondering out of shot Noodle Baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Smashing CW they look every inch the indulged little madams that they are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Great to see the babies all grown up Please keep posting pictures of them occasionally though, as they are such beautiful girls, I for one love seeing them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutti Frutti Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Oh please don't stop posting photos, I love looking at these little girls. And now we could do with photos of the eggs too please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 Oh please don't stop posting photos, I love looking at these little girls. And now we could do with photos of the eggs too please! Ohh... errr.... well.... we had them hard boiled with a salad for tea an hour ago. Delicious they were too No doubt there will still be pictures on other posts but i thought as they are really no longer babies (well except to me, they will always be my babies ) these would finish off this thread nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Baby will always be a baby. Well done on the egg Baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 awww look at them all grown up I love them Chicky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutti Frutti Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 we had them hard boiled with a salad for tea an hour ago. Delicious they were too Were they diddy and cute like the little ladies that laid them? What colour? (I'm getting obsessed! Chicken pox strikes again!) And I can never have enough of Noodle (or Baby, Angel, Sweetpea and Pickle ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 Heeheeee, thank you all, I love them too, but they are special to me having got them so young, they were my first babies as apposed to POL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Shirl Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Wow! wait till I show Minky that photo of Noodle he will be soooooooooooo excited. They are lovely all of them. We will all miss this thread it has been great to watch your babies grow up. I'm sure we have not seen the last of them though. Thanks for all the time you have spent keeping us all entertained. They are a credit too you. Well done to those girlies on their egg laying debut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Ahhhhh don't they look great on the grass. Sigh, all growed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Stunning as always!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Awwwwww, all growed up *wipes tear away* time goes sooooooo fast. they are so beautiful and a credit to your chicken mummy talents. I'll be keeping an eye out for more photos in the future even if they aren't on this thread. Please tell Noodle that i have been checking out photos of Minky on facebook and he is a very handsome chap indeed with a garden to die for , she has done very well for herself . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
