goodinparts Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 It's only 2 weeks since I acquired my delightful Belgian D'Anvers bantams, Prudence & Patience, at Reading Show... They moved into the and the big girls seemed fairly unfussed about their presence in the garden, wandering past the run now and then but without any real interest. After week we let the babes FR for a while each day, but didn't risk running them together til the weekend...There were a few rude remarks and unpleasant incidents, but nothing to worry me really - and both big and little girls put themselves to bed in their respective homes Easy. Imagine my horror when I went to put them all to bed tonight and the was empty. I had awful thoughts about neighbourhood cats or unclipped wings and adventurous bantams - but when I went to say goodnight to the big girls in the there, in the nesting box were Patience and Prudence, snuggled together while Barbara the bluebelle occupied the other end of the nesting box and Margot and Brigid were on the roosting bars So so sweet... and of course this now means that I have a whole empty which needs to be occupied. Nasty flare up of MoreHens disease seems inevitable. So many possibilities. If I have 3 hybrids & 2 bantams in the cube - do I plan to get 2 more LF and hope they'll fit in there (have a hankering for faverolles and will be passing somewhere that sells them on Saturday) or get, say, 4 more bantams for the ....? This is all so exciting! And I really hadn't meant to integrate them at all Oh...and I had my first bantam on Friday too. Aren't I a lucky chicken mum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Wow that was fortunate. Well done they really are little chickens Look forward to next installment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sageandonion Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Aww how cute - of course you know what will happen when you get more occupants for the Go don't you, ground hog day will strike again - just how many hens can you get in a cube ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumfychuck Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickyhazel Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 how cute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodinparts Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 The thought had occurred to me....Well - I guess I could probably have 5 LF & 4 babes if we sold the and got the omlet WIR... Can't have a more conventional one as vicars are flighty creatures and don't stay put for long enough - not sure I'm allowed to "build"in the vicarage garden either. I was trying to work out what would be most problematic, if whoever I got DID insist in moving in with the others... I guess perhaps more banties are the way forward but I do SO want my LF faverolles (for some reason I don't like the bantam faverolles half as much... ) Anyway, tis a nice problem to have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Wow that's great that it was relatively painless. They sound so cute. How big was the egg? I keep looking at pekins and sablepoots but I'm not sure I would like the feathery feet (I have visions of a chickeny footspa) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodinparts Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 The egg weighed 20g - I've still not sorted out how to post pictures here but it's about the same size as the top half of my thumb. Weeny! I have a real yearning for some feathery footed girls - so had already slabbed the run for the and put down bark, as I'd originally expected to come back from Reading with something with feathery legs - but fell in love with the teeny Belgians instead. Hopefully that will make it easier to avoid too many problems - as the chickens' bit of the garden is under some hefty conifers so is bare earth at the best of times - on a slope, so it only gets really muddy after snow. No idea how I'll cope with sorting out pedicures when it's necessary, but it's clearly going to happen sometime soon as I'm convinced that feathery feet are the way forward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodinparts Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 Just worked out how to link to my Facebook album even tho my profile there is protected (happy to be friends with any omleteers, just hiding from my parish!) http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=375959&id=839688901&l=dc33355a2e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS1 Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 You know, when you said vicars were flighty creatures, for just a moment I wondered what type of chicken you were talking about. Doh. Think I've been working too hard.... Glad the integration went well, but if my experience is anything to go by, they will all want to pile into the one house if you get more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henergy Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Re the vicars comment - me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneyolktoanother Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Aww how cute - of course you know what will happen when you get more occupants for the Go don't you, ground hog day will strike again - just how many hens can you get in a cube ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
