Unsecure chicken perches

[happy_monday1984]

This is a bit naughty but.... severe morehens struck!!

Introducing Maggie May (RIR, 18wks) and Eliza Doolittle (Speckled Sussex, 14wks

 

Introductions went very smoothly, I was prepared for all hell to break loose, had spare hutch etc at the ready but the new girls just integrated straight in - is this normal?! All friends together after just one day, and they all toddled off to bed together as soon as dusk hit

Happy times!

Edited December 1, 2011 by Guest

[Daphne]

Lovely new girls

[Cheeky Chooky]

Lovely!

[Kazzy73]

What pretty new girls,its strange how some just fit right in and others take weeks to fit in??Such pretty pretty girls

[Henslaved]

What lovely looking ladies .

[happy_monday1984]

Thanks everyone for your lovely comments, I am completely smitten with them all! Maggie May is soooo friendly...

 

What pretty new girls,its strange how some just fit right in and others take weeks to fit in??Such pretty pretty girls

It really is strange, I was totally expecting complete warfare to break out but we've had barely even a raised feather! We had them in a pen up next to the older girls who made a couple of long "bokkkkkk" noises then the newbies escaped into the others' FR area and everyone got along famously! certainly no more than the usual posturing from top hen Jethro... Maybe they're all a bit more laid back as noone is in lay? Maybe it's just one of those things...

[Lewis]

Looking good

[memphisto]

Lovely hens you have!

 

My girls have always been great with intros, they've always pretty much integrated straightaway, although my flock in complete now.

 

However, sometimes there is handbags at dawn sometimes with them even now!

 

Enjoy your new girls!

[tracyann]

What pretty girls... Speckled Sussex seem popular at the mo. Let's hope there are lots of hatching eggs around in the spring!!