Chicken shack Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 After alot of thought and reading I have decided to get two more POL girls Heritage Skylines. I collect them after work on Thursday. I did want to rehome some ex-batts but not having a spare or for them to recover from their ordeal I felt it would not be fair on them. I am hoping that one day I meet a chicken mad person that lives local to me that has a spare or I will be up to 5 girls in a with a 4 mtre run and free ranging. They should be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyripkim Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Just looked them up as I hadn't heard of them, they look lovely and blue eggs too! I bed you are really excited. Food luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Wonderful, thats great news The addicition is kicking in I see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madchickenlady Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Ooh, exciting! We'll need pics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chestnutmare Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Excellent I love my Columbine. Have fun with your new additions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 It's a slippery slope The number of chickens that you need (n) always seems to be slightly higher than the number you already have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Exciting! Spring must be in the air with all this Morehens disease around. It's amazing how two chickens can become 4, then 6, then 8 without an egg so much as hatching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken shack Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 After alot of thought and reading I have decided to get two more POL girls Heritage Skylines. I collect them after work on Thursday. I did want to rehome some ex-batts but not having a spare or for them to recover from their ordeal I felt it would not be fair on them. I am hoping that one day I meet a chicken mad person that lives local to me that has a spare or I will be up to 5 girls in a with a 4 mtre run and free ranging. They should be Went and got my two new yesterday. Got them from Hens4Homes Dunmow. I went after work and was hoping to get there before it got too dark. Went to get sat nav from boot and had bought my camera instead . With no time to go home and get it I thought how difficult could it be to find. Got as far as Dunmow and couldn't make head nor tail of the directions. Went in a pub and was given drawn directions that took me so far then a saw a man clearing a ditch and he had a sat nav on his phone and I was only 2 mins away. I got there at 4.30pm just as it was getting dark. The girl had selected a few for me to choose from because it was getting dark. Has anyone been there She has a piece of land with horses and chickens. Her own chickens were roosting in the trees. It was so nice to see them acting like birds should be. They were quite high and I don't think even Mr Fox could get to them. After reading all the advice on intoductions on here she told me to just putt them in with the others as soon as I got them home so after getting lost in the dark lanes and eventually finding my way home I did as she said. I had a restless night and was up by 6.30am to open their bedroom door and all seams ok however the two newbies are at the back of the cube run with the 3 original garding the food and water so I am going to put more food and water in there. I will take some picures when things have settled and I have named them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarlettohara Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 I got 2 skylines from Kirsty last May - lovely girls but mad as hatters, one lays a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken shack Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 Hi scarlettohara Did you just put your new girls straight in with the old girls All hell broke lose earlier and I had to let the oldgirls FR so that the new girls could eat and drink however they have taken themselves off to the nesting box and not to lay eggs. They look so miserable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue-DiamondChick07 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Exciting! Spring must be in the air with all this Morehens disease around. It's amazing how two chickens can become 4, then 6, then 8 without an egg so much as hatching. Thats so true! I just bought 2 Salmon Faverolles Enjoy your new girls Chicken Shack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken shack Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 Bluediamon did you just put them all together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarlettohara Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Pm'd you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figarogir1 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 All of my girls have come from Kirsty at Hens4homes. They are great hens and one of my skylines lays I have always done slow introductions and ended up getting a spare eglu from eBay to make it easier. How is it going today? Let us know how you get on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
