jill the potter Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 As I know you all like piccies - thought you might like to see one of my girls at the back door. I had let them have the run of the whole garden but they spent most of the time on the step pecking at the door!!! Don't you just love them? p.s. does anyone else think the two on the left have abnormally large combs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gongladosh Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 nice! One of mine has a comb that big - it's funny, I know plenty of non-hen owners who reckon that combs that mean that the bird is male (which wouldn't explain the eggs !) Those two aren't the top hen and 'henchman' are they, just out of interest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jill the potter Posted January 20, 2011 Author Share Posted January 20, 2011 No, Tikka the dark one is - we've had her the longest. The other two we only got in August. Was a bit worried about the combs in case they were cockerels, but they have both started laying so Notice you're in Manchester too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouldercroft Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 very cute and very funny! and lovely girls too.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneyolktoanother Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 awwww they are so adorable great pic, i think there combs are normal size for the breed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Kate Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 my girls do that too. they're let out to free range and they spend the whole time pecking at the back door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElvisFan Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 What lovely girls you have, mine do it too, its like having a couple of woodpeckers at the backdoor Its just that they want to be with their mummy ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimnpaula Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Just to say my white Sussex ?hybrid Pearl has a large comb too. She was top chook of the trio when I got them but whether she is now... possibly top ex batt Peridot has held onto that position. P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rhode Island Red Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 awwww they are so adorable great pic, i think there combs are normal size for the breed What he said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Oh I do like pics and that is a particularly lovely one! Thank you for posting it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chestnutmare Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Ahhhh - they want to come in and watch day time TV! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poached Egg Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Ahhh our girls used to do that until we got trellis up to keep the poos off the patio and plants in their pots. Snowy still has a bit of a bad patio habit though and is let down by the others obviously gawping and their poor lookout abilities. Heidi was on lookout from the top of the trelliis the other day and I swear she was ducking her head behind a 2" pole so we wouldn't see her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jill the potter Posted January 20, 2011 Author Share Posted January 20, 2011 Ahhh our girls used to do that until we got trellis up to keep the poos off the patio and plants in their pots. Snowy still has a bit of a bad patio habit though and is let down by the others obviously gawping and their poor lookout abilities. Heidi was on lookout from the top of the trelliis the other day and I swear she was ducking her head behind a 2" pole so we wouldn't see her Yes, I have had to play hopscotch this afternoon on the patio. They don't normally have all of the garden to FR in but I felt sorry for them as their patch of land is like The Somme That'll teach me eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 So did you let them in then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyripkim Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 They look really lovely, like they are saying let us in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 good job you dont have a cat flap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jill the potter Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 Maybe Omlet should start manufacturing 'hen flaps"!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Jane Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 My three do that too, not sure what is going to happen in the warmer weather as when I left the door open the other day two of them decided to come in and investigate my breakfast room !! My little lurcher just looked on and watched them peck at her dinner bowl. I shall have to train her to shoo them out or else put up a stair gate !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffyfeet Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 What a lovely picture - I now have it as my background and it feels like I'm being watched Dawn x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&T Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 My three do that too, not sure what is going to happen in the warmer weather as when I left the door open the other day two of them decided to come in and investigate my breakfast room !! My little lurcher just looked on and watched them peck at her dinner bowl. I shall have to train her to shoo them out or else put up a stair gate !! We have a stairgate to go across the back door! Does look daft when we have no children in the house - but stops a lot of chicken mess all over the carpet!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MummyHen Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 The expressions are so comical - chickens are so inquisitive The combs look normal size to me This is my smallest hen and she has the largest comb ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omletina Kyckling Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 aw that's lovely. My girls used to do that when I had a glass door at the last house, at one point I had 12 of them on the doormat!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jill the potter Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 The expressions are so comical - chickens are so inquisitiveThe combs look normal size to me This is my smallest hen and she has the largest comb ever Wow Mummy Hen, that must surely be the largest comb ever......unless anyone else can prove otherwise!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
