dippy bird Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 How exciting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Do you think she's picked them up yet ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Should be back now. Bet she's out in the garden going oooh and aaahhh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Come on, where's the pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickiepiggies Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 arh cant wait to see pics, they are so rewarding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 I wonder if she saw Egluntyne there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Defintely chicken watching going on here......or trying to get them in the house with a torch etc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dippy bird Posted October 10, 2009 Author Share Posted October 10, 2009 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!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenfreek Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Awww yay!!!! cant wait to see your piccies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Looking forward to seeing the pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dippy bird Posted October 10, 2009 Author Share Posted October 10, 2009 here are the first few piccys - will get some better ones tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Congratulations Dippy Bird, they look in quite good condition (for want of a better phrase) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dippy bird Posted October 10, 2009 Author Share Posted October 10, 2009 bit smelly though!! Took my nieces with me, and one of them was accusing the other of having smelly breath, it was the chickens.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Should be back now. Bet she's out in the garden going oooh and aaahhh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dippy bird Posted October 10, 2009 Author Share Posted October 10, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 They look lovely bless them with their pale floppy combs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Welcome to the Irish girls Egluntyne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Thanks...will take some pics tomorrow. It was pitch black when I got home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Congratulations both of you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Congratulations both of you 'Hear Hear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Congratulations Egluntyne look forward to seeing the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electricbarbarella Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
