chick wiggle Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 How exciting, it certainly is the weekend for new chucks Well done on getting 4 Really looking forward to the pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Congratulations, can't wait to see some photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-real-tinkerbell Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 i got my crested for the egg colour when we were catching them i saw a blue egg in the corner so i stopped and said "ok wings up who laid it " but none of them owned up so i chose the 2 with the reddest crops but ive had them a week nearly now and no eggs .i dont mind but i really want to know what colour they lay ,my little boy goes out 3 times a day to look for eggs as they are his girls lol. so no pics of blue eggs till i have as my son will be gutted lol they are in and out of the nest box so fingers crossed it wont be to long till im posting a pic of my first blue egg lol oh my new ones are called henry (because shes a hen )and cooper (because they live in a coop ) you have got to love kids lol but the names are better than the first 4 i have nugget kiev pie and gravy lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Shirl Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 i got my crested for the egg colour when we were catching them i saw a blue egg in the corner so i stopped and said "ok wings up who laid it " but none of them owned up so i chose the 2 with the reddest crops but ive had them a week nearly now and no eggs .i dont mind but i really want to know what colour they lay ,my little boy goes out 3 times a day to look for eggs as they are his girls lol.so no pics of blue eggs till i have as my son will be gutted lol they are in and out of the nest box so fingers crossed it wont be to long till im posting a pic of my first blue egg lol oh my new ones are called henry (because shes a hen )and cooper (because they live in a coop ) you have got to love kids lol but the names are better than the first 4 i have nugget kiev pie and gravy lol Awwwwww, bless your little boy. I love their names. My grand kids (3 7 and 9) can never wait for the hens to get up off the nest, and they race to get the eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 So where are the pictures of all these crested blue egg layers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Shirl Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Are they all still hiding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannablue Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 You got 4, I was right Awaits pics of the new girls...I too would have felt bad leaving one on their own...what softies we are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-real-tinkerbell Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 here are my 2 not great pics and through the run but its peeing it down so im not crawling in to catch them lol henry has a few feathers missing on her back but they a growing in nicely cooper eye balling me to see what im up to,and im sure that skin on the ear of henry looks blue henry having a nosey lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted May 3, 2010 Author Share Posted May 3, 2010 OH Here. Here are some pictures that Chrissie took yesterday of the new arrivals. They are pretty 'flighty' a the moment and so good pictures are hard to come by (at least thats what Chrissie says!). As Chrissie has already posted the Crested's are quite a lot older and look ready to lay, and so to her great pleasure - a blue egg with 2 hours of arriving, defintely a chicken dance moment 44gms - small but defintely blue Here is the picture And here is one with compared to one of our older hens (Latte I think) And then checked again at 16:30 today (same sort of time as yesterday) and guess what another blue egg !!! (Chrissie doesn't know yet as she is out all day !!) OH Signing out..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-real-tinkerbell Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 oh wow they look fantastic i love the blue egg im so jealous ive been waiting a week and still dont have one i dont mind that they are not laying i just want to know if they lay blue eggs or not ,im off to sulk now lol i could of had those 2 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Lovely girls and how great to get a blue egg so soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 They are all lovely. The white girls are really pretty guess you'll get lovely white eggs from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Shirl Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Thanks OH, they should call you DH from now on. They are all beautiful girls. Thanks for posting the photo's. Blue eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 They are so cute Great news about the blue egg too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted May 3, 2010 Author Share Posted May 3, 2010 Thank you for your lovely comments. Two blue eggs I can't believe it. OH isn't sure which of the two crested laid it, the first was quite long and thin, todays is shorter and rounder, I wonder if it the same girl or the other one, sadly I have to go to school tomorrow so I can't chicken watch Still trying to decide on names. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutti Frutti Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 LOVELY photos and beautiful new girlies! Names, did someone mention names? After I'd named mine last weekend, I suddenly thought I could have called them after the Desperate Housewives Bree, Gabby, Edie, Lynette, Susan, Katherine, Mary Alice......... (sad I know but it's the only TV programme I watch!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 LOVELY photos and beautiful new girlies! Names, did someone mention names? After I'd named mine last weekend, I suddenly thought I could have called them after the Desperate Housewives Bree, Gabby, Edie, Lynette, Susan, Katherine, Mary Alice......... (sad I know but it's the only TV programme I watch!) Our pekin chicks look like flamenco dancers so we are thinking of calling them Celia and Juanita so you are not on your own (by the way I know that the Solis family are Mexican but we watch it too and the names sort of fit). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Yay well done! They are lovely girls! But I am jealous and struggling to restrain myself - I desperately need some more blue and white egg layers. Must sit on my hands and hide my purse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted May 5, 2010 Author Share Posted May 5, 2010 Yay well done! They are lovely girls! But I am jealous and struggling to restrain myself - I desperately need some more blue and white egg layers. Must sit on my hands and hide my purse Snowy, I won't tell you what I found in the eglu then when I got home from school............. a lovely blue egg and a lovely green one too So the other crested has started to lay I am so pleased I had hoped for some lovely coloured eggs, the white ones are quite a bit younger they don't have any red headgear yet just a small amount of pink, so I will have to wait for a while for white eggs. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
