Soggy run

[BeckyBoo]

I had a count up and I reckon 24 hens went from the Surrey rescue to Omleteers

 

BeckyBoo

[Laura & CTB]

Just had a super time looking at all your fabby photos and beautiful girls, well done for giving them such super new homes

[Egluntyne]

Congratulations everyone. Fab pics.

 

All that lovely pristine Aubiose!

[Space Chick]

Well done everyone

 

Varying feathers too, some are looking in quite good shape, others a bit more "threadbare" however, they are all now in happy loving homes

[Slim]

mine are soaked I now need to get them in the cage for the night!

[docsquid]

Well done on rescuing these beautiful girls. I really want to do this too, when DH is ready for some more. To see them enjoying freedom like that must be so heartwarming.

[Poached]

well done guys!

 

beckyboo:make that 30 i am collecting 6 next weekend

[scrambledhead]

Ha ha so much for keeping the newbies separate from the old girls!

One of our new ladies decided she'd like to get out and meet the others straight away.

 

Luckily she was ignored most of the time, I have spent a most joyous afternoon in the pouring rain and mud chasing chickens around the garden, they are finally all tucked up in bed.

 

Everyone's photos are brilliant but was my garden the only place where there was constant rain today??

[Lydia]

Just spent 20 minutes in the pouring rain and darkness encouraging them into the eglu (some get it, some don't ). Luckily the torch trick worked and they're tucked in now. Now to find a towel to dry myself...

[Chick-a-doodle-doo]

love everyones piccy's. I'm still trying to get mine up!

 

 

My girls are called

Lucy, Katy, Sam and Camilla and are tucked up in bed in their cube.

[tom123]

Lovely hens guys

 

Loving the 'I'm a Celebrity' names waitingformyexbatts

[Chick-a-doodle-doo]

haha, thanks tom..

 

Sorry I have just realized I have gatecrashed this thread, I didn't get my hens from surrey! I got mine from the north west...

 

Love your piccys.

[coco]

Well done to all of you for giving them all lovely new homes and a taste of freedom

[Slim]

Just like to add we heard a noise went to check and found our first !! Starting to pay their way already!

[Lewis]

Well done to everyone

 

Great photos + I'm sure they'll all be well looked after in their retirement homes!

[Tutti Frutti]

Sorry we missed you folks! We arrived early and were shown straight in, paid our donation, 2 girls were put in our cat basket, collected our feed and were in our car and on our way home in 10 minutes!

 

 

 

We put the new girls straight in their granny annexe and let Roxy and Sophia out to free range (=play) in the garden. This is them, paying attention (NOT!) to what's going on inside the WIR!

 

 

We had tea and toast and then opened the pop hole for the new girls. After a while, out popped...

 

URSULA UNDRESSED

 

 

A while later, out popped her buddy...

 

TALLULAH

 

 

Tallulah is much bigger and better dressed than Ursula, is more ginger than brown but has a much bigger and floppier comb.

 

Roxy and Sophia went absolutely NUTS! We've had lots of shouting from all four girls today but things seltled down when it rained and we all went in the WIR. They're separated by the orange plastic mesh (yes, from Wickes) but we found they could get their heads through it so we've put some weld mesh up. We've had eye-balling and pecking! In the red corner, SOPHIA. In the blue corner, TALLULAH! Then they'd swap with their tag partners and sometimes all four would be yelling at each other. Odd because Sophia has always been the quiet one - and now she's transformed into the gobby one!

 

I'm quite glad that we're making the intros in the winter - shorter days so less time for them to argue!!! I was worn out by the time Roxy and Sophia went to bed Tallulah and Ursula had to be shown where to go - but they sure know where their food is and I think the only peace and quiet we got today was when they were eating their crumbs solid for at least an hour! And they enjoyed mealworms, a little corn and tiny bit of cabbage and found and drank from their drinker.

 

I was a bit shocked to see Tallulah pecking Ursula's bum later in the day - Ursula squeaked so the anti-peck spray will be used tomorrow.

 

Oh, and Tallulah laid a whopping great egg IN HER NEST BOX within the first hour to lots of purring

 

Glad everyone's home safe and well. Congratulations all round!

 

Right now, all's quiet on the western front A full account on my blog (see signature).

[Tutti Frutti]

Sorry I have just realized I have gatecrashed this thread, I didn't get my hens from surrey! I got mine from the north west...

 

Haha! Glad you're joining in, waiting to see your pics!

 

Sorry about my lack of pics - camera battery went flat just as Tallulah emerged!

[Chicken Shirl]

I'm so happy for all of you and all of them. Can't say more than that. All the photo's are fabulous. Congratulations.

[Tutti Frutti]

Oh, one last piccie - Roxy strutting her stuff!

 

[scrambledhead]

They all look great!

Hope you all passed a quiet night.

 

My big girls are very noisy this morning, perhaps they want to play with the newbies

 

2 eggs from the new girls and none from the big girls

[Tutti Frutti]

My big girls are very noisy this morning, perhaps they want to play with the newbies

 

So glad it's not just mine!

 

they got up fairlly quietly but my youngsters started yelling as soon as they saw the Barn-abees at 7:30am! What must the neighbours think? I live in a run of terraced houses perhaps I need to start dishing out free eggs

 

Talking of which, Mr Frutti's just arrive with a warm egg from Usrula!

[Chicken Shirl]

They all look great!

Hope you all passed a quiet night.

 

My big girls are very noisy this morning, perhaps they want to play with the newbies

 

2 eggs from the new girls and none from the big girls

 

That is good news. xx

[BeckyBoo]

Mine are still playing happily together - the only s"Ooops, word censored!" we had was when I let the big girls out to free range round the new girls - a little bit of dancing at the wire by both sets of girls, but a bit f early corn and some new dry bedding to scratch in sorted that out - one egg from the barn dancers this morning so far

 

BeckyBoo

[Slim]

Was going to let them all freerange today supervised but the rain has stopped play! had 4 eggs 1 last night at bet time and 3 this morning!! And they are using the nest box!

[Chicken Shirl]

Was going to let them all freerange today supervised but the rain has stopped play! had 4 eggs 1 last night at bet time and 3 this morning!! And they are using the nest box!

 

 

Hurrah!