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[grracee]

Fingers crossed, on Wednesday I am hopefully going to be having a few pekin bantams, very excited! Going to look at a few so not sure on colours yet but going to be a mix

Edited February 2, 2012 by Guest

[mollyripkim]

Lucky you, the pekins come in some lovely colours, look forward to seeing the pictures.

[lindafw]

New chooks....I can feel a morehens itch

[BizzyMomma]

Oooh! Looking forwards to pics of the newbies!!! I might, just might, be adding to my flock late this week too...

[Plum]

Love my little pekin, have fun

[Mum]

Spring is coming;

Morehens is spreading

 

Lucky things getting some newbies!! Enjoy

[Luvachicken]

Spring is coming;

Morehens is spreading

 

I think I might need to get some antibiotics ready.

[Cheeky Chooky]

Lovely! How did you get on?

[grracee]

I have come home with a millefleur pekin & also a blue pekin They are lovely, they are settling in at the moment but will try to get some pictures tomorrow! Need some names now though........

[Cheeky Chooky]

Oooh lovely! Can't wait to see your pics!

[Chortle Chook]

"a millefleur pekin" Oooo I can't wait to see her picture. That is my favourite colour in chooks and one I haven't got yet. Forget the morehens itch, I have a morehens boil

[grracee]

"a millefleur pekin" Oooo I can't wait to see her picture. That is my favourite colour in chooks and one I haven't got yet. Forget the morehens itch, I have a morehens boil

 

Yeah, she is lovely!! Very nice hen, the cockeral was very nice too but can't have cockerals here because of lots of neighbours. Will definitely get some photos tomorrow to put up

[grracee]

As promised, some pictures of my new girls. I have noticed that they have some mud on their feet and read up beforehand that this is a problem with pekins. I will let them settle in properly first, but what's the best way of getting the mud off their feet?

 

 

 

 

[Luvachicken]

Awww, they are very pretty.

Have you decided on any names yet ?

[Chortle Chook]

They are both beautiful but that millefleur pekin must be the prettiest pekin I have ever seen. Boy am I I think you should call her Maralyn because of the beauty and the curves. Then the other little one could be called 'Jackie' as in Jackie Kennedy because she is so smartly dressed and stylish Then they'd both be Kennedy girls (Or have I been watching too much TV? )

[Plum]

They're gorgeous .

 

To get mud off feet I'd either soak or trim with scissors.

[mollyripkim]

Oh they are so beautiful, the millefleurs is gorgeous, you must be really happy.

One of my silkies has very feathery feet and loves the borders so a couple of times I have just soaked her feet in a bowl of warm water, she didnt seem to mind. It wasnt dried on so came off quite easily.

[Cheeky Chooky]

Ooooh absolutely gorgeous!

[Lewis]

Love the blue!

[LizzieLloyd]

They are really gorgeous

We have pekin bantham(s - one just died ) and you need to keep an eye on their feet when it gets really wet and the feathers do have a tendancy to clump up in the mud. Bathing in warm water doe sthe trick and a little gentle blast with the hairdrier afterwards sorts it out a treat! We have wood bark in their run just to keep them off the mud in bad weather.