sparkysmum Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 After I lost one of my poots I really didn't think I would add any other hens this year. However I got to hear of these fab Scots Dumpies. Almost too good to be true they are vaccinated against just about everything So hopefully nothing to worry about, fingers crossed. Despite this I will be keeping them separate for a while, just in case. I think they are about 20 wks old. They are Scotland's only native hens and therefore should cope well with our (usually) revolting weather. I can just imagine them waddling about the moorland The black one is Mary Doll (Rab C Nesbit's wife) & the cuckoo is Katie Morag Please don't laugh at the temp accom. Alternative temp accom being dried out. Alli xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Kitty Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Gorgeous girls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy ben grace Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Lovely looking hens, they do have a certain "tough look" about them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CluckyBucks Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 What sweet names and stunning faces xx xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinamc Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 They are gorgeous and I love their names! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurmurf Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 fabulous names! Is their home the Isle of Struay? Scots Greys are also native Scots birds - we've got one of each! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Oh I so like Scots Dumpies. They are the daxies of the chook world. Do they really have short legs? I can imagine them tootling about across the Highlands and Islands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 They're gorgeous . I'd imagined they'd be identical but they're both so different . Those names are fab - so appropriate . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysmum Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 fabulous names! Is their home the Isle of Struay? You know that scores of people write to Katie Morag c/o the Isle of Struay every year They are lovely stories & my flapjack recipe was Katie Morag's Grannies "Porriges" Thanks for all your comments, all being well these will be the first hens I haven't worried about in the winter or indeed our current summer Thanks Vicki You also get the odd white one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakjon-98 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I really want a dumpy! I would have had one but the breeder didnt have any Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Lovely girls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pips_pekins Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Oh no, morehens strikes again . When I started looking for chickens I saw these in one of the breed books. At the time I was not too sure but now I have seen your gorgeous girls a dumpy is definitely on my list. They look like great characters. Lovely names too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
