Woodcat Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 I had a browse on the omlet marketplace a few days ago (as you do ) and noticed that there was some one advertising jersey giants amongst other things very near some relatives of mine that i had to go and visit on Monday. So i went just to have a look honest with some money and a couple of boxes in the back of the car and came home with a jersey giant and a Rhode Island Red . I had a spare eglu in the garden that was getting very lonesome.So without further ado here is Lydia Why is it that chickens must sit on your shoulder they seem to be magnetically drawn there and Boadicea Lydia particularly has been really well handled and so is very tame Boadicea on the other hand is incredibly militant and has already attacked everything that moves except Lydia. Needless to say the other chickens are not impressed and the pekins particularly have taken too sitting on top of the eglu shouting at the newbies, i'd forgotten how loud having new chooks is. Finally just cause i finally got it off the camera my christmas tree decoration. Who needs an angel when you can have a pekin. She'd been brought in to have her feet washed and when i put her down for a second she snuck into the living room and climbed into it when it was half finished. Took me an age to find her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Oh fantastic! A white jersey giant! Cant wait to see her fully grown Brilliant, good for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meezers Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 They are lovely, especially the pekin in a christmas tree I like how you just happened to have boxes with you when you went to have a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emchook Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 I like the look of Boadicea. Very pretty ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Glad you did this - would love to follow Lydia's progress! Boudicea has a lovely depth of colour to her and I'd like to know how well she lays, particularly through the fallow Oct-Dec period. What a lovely pair of birds you've found Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcat Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 Thanks, i'm biased but i think they are gorgeous. I have to say the guy i got them off was brilliant, georgous range of birds with a lot more space than i've seen some people give them. He was also quite happy to show me the parents of the birds and generally give me a tour. It was really hard to only come back with two. The Rhode Island is crouching though not for me she was in with a cockerel and he was definitely treading her so i'm hoping for some eggs soon Lydia is alot younger than her but certainly not that much smaller it will be interesting to see how big she gets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 They are lovely, guess Lydia is quite a baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickcluck Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Do they all live together or in separate houses???? Yr JG looks fantastic.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcat Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 lol i need to rearrange my signature at the moment everyone expect the two newbies live in one walk in run with attached house and the newbies are in my eglu. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 They are all beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysmum Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Soooooooooooooo very lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellykelly Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Just how large do Jersey giants get?? They're very pretty - lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Lovely girlies. I do like the festive pekin too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 They're gorgeous! Amazing how we all go "for a look" with cash and carriers - almost as if we were going prepared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcat Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 Just how large do Jersey giants get?? The white don't get as big as the black but her mother was about the same size as an Orpington but where the Orpingtons have a lot of fluff which makes them deceptivly big the jerseys are just big. and thank you for the lovely comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
