goodinparts Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Yesterday was a very exciting day for my 3 rescue girls...They discovered the world beyond the extended run & spent the day scrabbling, pecking at the remnants of last year's vegetable patch & generally behaving like real chickens. They were so sweet...Ivy, who is the friendliest of the 3, kept coming over to check that it was all OK & tell me about it, then going back to join in with her friends. Lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chestnutmare Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Ahhh how lovely. How long have you had them for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 That's lovely news.... There is nothing quite like an ex batt learning it's a chicken and enjoying life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Jane Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 How lovely. It's amazing how quickly they revert to "normal" chicken behaviour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 How lovely . Must do your heart good to see that . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mum Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 That is smashing news!!!!! My original ex-batt was a killer spider eater (who knew?) when we were demolishing an old shed to make way for a new one. She was in chook-heaven scratching for spiders and woodlice and the songs she sang (oh, ok, chookie purrs!) were absolutely fabulous. So comforting to know their innate nature survives the barrage of human dictatorship in the guise of battery farming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodinparts Posted December 28, 2011 Author Share Posted December 28, 2011 They are out again today I'm very tempted to let them free range with other girls, but they are still SO threadbare and scraggy that I worry they will be picked on quite seriously, so that will have to wait a bit longer. They've been with me 3 weeks now - don't LOOK any tidier, but are clearly happy and at home (and 2 seem to be determined to lay eggs despite my best efforts to talk them out of it). Think I'll try them on some tuna to encourage them to grow more feathers (lol...son came in then and asked, quite seriously, whether it wouldn't make them grow scales!) I'm so so glad they are here! Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 lol...son came in then and asked, quite seriously, whether it wouldn't make them grow scales! My four had a big bowl of cat food to share for their xmas dinner - hope they're not going to grow fur (or grow big, fat and lazy and sleep on my bed all day!) My Mistletoe's been out of her cage for just over a year now and says a big "hi and welcome to the world!" to yours. She came out in snow and thought the world only came in white for the first two weeks, till we had a thaw . There's nothing quite like chistmas chickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfer_chicken Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Just picked up my two today (they were my christmas present from my parents). It was dusk when we got home, so one of them hasn't come out of the eglu yet, but the other came out and was burrowing into my cardigan and scarf and walking all over me Can't wait to enjoy their company and watch them learning about the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 They are amazingly feisty Goodinparts so I reckon you'll be fine to let them have some supervised free ranging Mine were fully integrated in 3 weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 They are amazingly feisty Goodinparts so I reckon you'll be fine to let them have some supervised free ranging Mine were fully integrated in 3 weeks We got ours in March and they are still seperate in the Eglu and run. I am going for the slow and very gradual integration Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
