4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[dippy bird]

to go until I leave to get my ex bats! Soooo excited! Everything ready for them - just trying to think of some names.Will wait til I see them til I decide though.

[Chucky Mama]

How exciting!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Do you think she's picked them up yet ?

[Plum]

Should be back now. Bet she's out in the garden going oooh and aaahhh.

[Janty]

Come on, where's the pics?

 

[chickiepiggies]

arh cant wait to see pics, they are so rewarding

[Space Chick]

I wonder if she saw Egluntyne there?

[poachedegg]

Defintely chicken watching going on here......or trying to get them in the house with a torch etc!

[dippy bird]

I'm back!! They are all in really good condition! We(I) have named 2 of them - Elsie (Tanner) and Rita (Fairclough) - Elsie is really feisty, so it suits her so well! They only took a few minutes before they realised where their food and water was, and they all ate and drank pretty well.I had to nip out for half an hour so left them to it, got back, they have knocked their food everywhere , and had no idea that they had a lovely new home to go into, so me and my hubby have put them to bed. I have got a couple of piccys of them, that I will try and put on later. Still need to decide on names for the other 2 - one is quite bedraggeld looking.I have told my OH that he could name them, but he was going on about calling them boys names?? Clearly, that won't happen.

I'm so glad we did this!!

[greenfreek]

Awww yay!!!! cant wait to see your piccies.

[abwsco]

Looking forward to seeing the pics

[dippy bird]

here are the first few piccys - will get some better ones tomorrow.

[Space Chick]

Congratulations Dippy Bird, they look in quite good condition (for want of a better phrase)

[dippy bird]

bit smelly though!! Took my nieces with me, and one of them was accusing the other of having smelly breath, it was the chickens..

[Chucky Mama]

Should be back now. Bet she's out in the garden going oooh and aaahhh.

[Space Chick]

It takes a few days for the smell to go Dippy Bird, just so you are prewarned.

 

Just wait a few weeks though, my girls have been here 2 months and they have been proper chickens for a while now, the transformation in their personalities is unbelievable.

 

They are now cuddly affectionate babies that love a fuss, and not the empty scared shells they were on the first couple of weeks.

 

You will love seeing the progress

[dippy bird]

Well, folks, just nipped out to check on them, and 2 are on the roosting bars,1 in the nesting box and one on the floor - not bad for their first night me thinks.

[Plum]

They look lovely bless them with their pale floppy combs.

[Egluntyne]

Mine are safely in their Eglu too.

 

Like Dippy's hens, they are well feathered and a good weight. Only the pink floppy combs give the game away.

 

One of my girls laid an egg in the carrying case on the way home.

 

Have decided on an Irish theme....Oonagh, Grainne, Meadhbh and Aisling.

[Space Chick]

Welcome to the Irish girls Egluntyne

[Egluntyne]

Thanks...will take some pics tomorrow. It was pitch black when I got home.

[Redwing]

Congratulations both of you

[poachedegg]

Congratulations both of you

'Hear Hear!

[Plum]

Congratulations Egluntyne look forward to seeing the pics.

[Electricbarbarella]

congratualtions both of you, I bet they had the best night of their lives. roosting on the first night is amazing, mine still don't they just sleep in the nest box, I haven't got the heart to turf them out.