Take part in study on PFAS 'forever chemicals' in eggs

[brambles]

Very excited!

 

We've spent the morning valeting and preparing the 'spare' eglu and the boys have put some perching branches in the run. It'll be used for the introductions, hopefully they'll soon be 'encouraged' to make friends with the existing four in the cube. The cube run has been extended (again!) and we've put in a mezzanine so there's four metres of run there, plus 'up' space.

 

The temporary housing is facing the cube run so there's plenty of time for them to 'eyeball' each other. There is, however, the outdoor run fencing so that the existing four can free range without coming directly up to the new girls for a few days - until we're ready!

 

Pick up tomorrow at Wernlas - how excited are we!

 

Light sussex -'Sheila'

Lav. Araucana - 'Father Jack'

Blue Cochin - 'Mrs Doyle'

 

Can you tell the children named them? Why on earth my youngest chose the sussex's name only remains to be seen!

Edited August 23, 2010 by Guest

[meezers]

Ooh, exciting. hope that camera is charged . I have a Lav Auracana reserved at Wernlas for end of august , I'll pick her up when Dilbert ( cockerel chick) goes.Can't wait to see pics of yours, I expect they'll be related

[brambles]

*squeal!* just doing a packed lunch and flask.

Sightseeing this morning, hens after lunch and a chance for the boys to hold chicks.

Wondering whether to line the cat baskets with straw for the ladies.

[Dizzy-Deb]

oooh egg-citing, have a safe journey and look forward to seeing pics later.

 

I am hoping to go visit there soon, see what they have and perhaps order mine. Cant wait

[Plum]

Look forward to seeing them.

[joza2210]

I am really looking forward too seeing them ...

[brambles]

They are really lovely and seem to be settling in very well in the temporary eglu accomodation.

 

They had been kept with others of the same age and had had some argy bargy as two of them are tailless and have no feathers on their back - hope they can give as good as they've got once they start to be 'merged'. They look quite a sight but are very pretty from the front! New feather quills are growing through, so hopefully they won't look oven ready until their first moult.

 

The big girls would like to 'meet' them, but it's strictly eyeballing through the run fencing for the next week or so. We've been feeding treats across the divide.

 

Pictures at some point. I'm writing a dissertation this week and should be doing that, not staring at hens, grinning!

 

The aracauna is fab - she's very upright - which gives her some dignity, given that she's only got feathers on her wings, neck and head! She has one feather left on her tail, she must have had a right pecking! Her head has lots of lovely 'muffle' feathers and her legs are great - dark scales, really pretty.

[Patricia W]

Actually, the condition that you got them in bothers me. I wouldn't expect my new chooks to have been attacked by others when I got them. You account has put me right off Wernlas- or am I unusual?

 

Tricia

[Jossy]

I got 3 12 week olds from wernlas too on sunday.. 2 of mine are tailess and one has a small hole in the webbing on her foot, don't know if that will heal up. Didn't notice till I was home, in Liverpool! so can't exactly take them back..... Not that I want to they are lovely, a bit skittish and nervous so I'm leaving them be for a few days, they seem heathy otherwise eating drinking and scratching around. When they settle down I'll have a good look at them. Don't want to upset them too much at the minute

[sjp]

the hole is there so they know which is which breed wise the holes don't close up if my girls are anything to go by

as for the missing feathers my speckled sussex and dotte were both tailless the sussex also had quite a lot of her back feathers missing or damaged when I got the Easter both were 30+weeks

thi is a link to a topic I posted a photo of the to

oldhttp://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=60661&p=905153#p905153

[brambles]

I was a bit surprised re condition as the previous pair I got from them were perfect. However, what Sue and Sean don't know about chickens isn't worth knowing. They've been breeding hens for years and are very knowledgable - I do trust their judgement.

 

The three new ladies are settling in well, show no 'behaviour problems' and are very lovely. I'd buy from Wernlas again.

 

My legbar has holes between her toes, as does the new araucana. It's something breeders do to help with identification in large batches and tends to be permanent.

[brambles]

Sorry it's taken so long, been fiddling around with the camera.

 

Here are the new girls:

 

having a bit of a free range

 

Father Jack Hackett (a girl!) and her poor little tail!

 

 

Sheila (light sussex) and Mrs Doyle and her poor little baldy back and bum!

 

 

The lovely Mrs Doyle

 

Sheila shows off her one remaining tailfeather!

 

Almost all of the 'mobile garden ornaments' eyeing each other up!

 

They've settled in very well. Jack's still shy, but the other two are hand feeding. Their feathers are regrowing and they don't look quite so oven ready! They are lovely girls!

 

Do also have a look at what I did to my cube over on the eglus, cubes and runs board, where I've adapted the run door!

[migsy]

Lovely! I like your description of them as "mobile garden ornaments".

[scarlettohara]

They are lovely and your lawn is very lush ! Runs off to look at cube and run

[brambles]

bump for the evening crowd!

[Plum]

Evening crowd reporting in. Congratulations, the tails will grow again it makes them look so vulnerable:D