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[Snowy]

My babies are all grown up - although no sign of any eggs yet! The hybrids are laying like mad, but not these little ladies. Good job they are cute, eh?

We started with their eglu and the run on the lawn, but as the winter progressed and the ground got wetter, they spent more and more time in the eglu Obviously didn't suit them. So I partitioned off the walk in run and moved the eglu into there. Much better! And of course they have been eyeball to eyeball with the big girls all winter

So today I gave them their freedom:

At first they stayed in the big run, but a bit of Kippensnoep sprinkled about aroused their curiosity.

Ping was out first, closely followed by Mimi, while Lulu hid behind the post:

Just a little peep out to see if the big girls are still watching:

Oooh, they are still there, better hide:

Mean Stanley chased them back in again:

But as soon as her back is turned, out for some more yummy Kippensnoep. Lulu stays by the eglu and pretends that it really is not the tastiest thing she has ever had:

Getting brave and standing their ground (well, all except Lulu who is still hiding):

Brave girls:

[Groovychook]

Lovely little fluff balls!!

[emmastar]

Very nice girls , and a great photo story ,

[Duncan08]

Gorgeous

[keyhole kate]

Oooh they are seriously gorgeous

[Adelochick]

Snowy, they are beautiful pekins, and your other chickens in the pics are lovely too. Can I just ask what is 'kippensnoep' ? Jx

[scubababe]

Post by Adelochick » Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:19 am

Snowy, they are beautiful pekins, and your other chickens in the pics are lovely too. Can I just ask what is 'kippensnoep' ? Jx

 

Yep I have the same

 

They are gorgeous. Really beautiful story as well

[Mum]

Great photo's and very amusing commentary

[Cheeky Chooky]

Oooh cute little girls

[superkitty]

Beautiful! And brave

[Henslaved]

Beautiful girls, great story .

[Snowy]

Can I just ask what is 'kippensnoep' ? Jx

 

Chicken snacks (although that is probably not an accurate translation) made by Garvo, contains grains and dried insects - they love it! My pekins are fussy and refuse to eat normal treats (pasta, porridge etc) but they go mad for stuff you can scatter on the ground, especially this!

 

Edited to add - brilliant, just used Google translate and it comes up as Chicken Candy! How appropriate

[Purplemaniacs]

They look lovely Snowy

 

Do you intend to keep them seperate in the WIR from the big girls or will you try to merge them together in the end?

 

Chrissie

[Snowy]

I intend to merge them Chrissie - they all went to bed in their correct places last night and I did debate leaving the partition open, but will give it a bit longer. They are not laying yet, but are crouching and getting a bit more confident. At the moment they are still a bit wary and I am not confident that they would stand up for themselves if the biggys did launch an attack! I could leave them as they are, but if one does go broody, I will need the dividing mesh panels to make a broody run

[LizzieLloyd]

Aww so jealous! A lavendar pekin is on my wishlist but my local breeder wont have any at POL until April. Makes me want one even more now - they are gorgeous!

[Luvachicken]

Lovely pics and story.

[Chortle Chook]

Those Pekins are seriously beautiful! I particuarly like the millfleur but the mix of the three different colours is stunning!! (Loved the commentary too)

[keyhole kate]

Snowy what kind ie colour description is Ping I ask because my sikie X baby looks as though ping could be a relative

[Snowy]

Ping is a Mille Fleur. Gorgeous colour isn't it? I'd always wanted one but when I got these they were only tiny and I couldn't tell what colour they were going to turn out. Am delighted with Pings colour obviously! Mimi is blue, rather than lavender, and Lulu is mottled.

[Kazzy73]

Such pretty girls and so lovley to see them getting bigger and bigger oooooo I do love pekins.

[Plum]

So grown up now, they're lovely. Their legs are a lot more feathery than my crow.

[Lewis]

Very cute!

 

Hatching plans already?

[Snowy]

Very cute!

 

Hatching plans already?

 

Of course!

[chestnutmare]

They're alright, I suppose.... you know, if you like that kinda thing...

 

 

They are lovely! They are such beautiful colours too. No wonder people find them addictive!!