Chicken deficient Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 At last! We've got a green Eglu arriving on wednesday and on friday I'm collecting four little Pekins to go in it!!! I'm very excited, mixed with anxious mother-to-be worries. Luckily it seems that other people have already worried about similar things and had very helpful replies on here. The people we are getting the chickens from have been great too. My other half has finally seen the light, (after a few months of gentle persuasion) - he even went round to the neighbours to make sure they'll be happy having chickens next door - we are getting a cockerel too - though i don't think that a little Pekin will be able to add much to the big cockerel three doors down that does proper REALLY noisey cock-a-doodle-doos! Now I just need to think of some good names for them. I'd like to call them after herbs and spices. I'm thinking Rocket for the cuckoo cockerel. We are getting a cuckoo, a black, and a black mottled hen. I'd like to call one Myrtle. Any suggestions for the other two would be greatly appreciated! I'll post some photos when they are settled in, if it ever stops raining long enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Congratulations! you will love them! How about Borage, Comfrey, Basil, Parsley, Oregano? Any questions ask away, someone is always on line to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 ooooooh, how exciting. I bet you spend all the night before grinning (we did) dont worry about asking daft questions, there is always a chicken guru around to answer (dont ask me - still a newbie really ) need pictures as soon as possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasnett Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 i have only just got my pekins - you'll love them! we have called ours Chocolate, barbarella and peggy. Do you know if they sleep on roosting bars like larger fowl? At the moment ours are sleeping in the nesting box.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 I know they arent spices but hows about Rhubarb and custard after the great childrens cartoon? (with wicked music) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken deficient Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 i have only just got my pekins - you'll love them! we have called ours Chocolate, barbarella and peggy. Do you know if they sleep on roosting bars like larger fowl? At the moment ours are sleeping in the nesting box.... I just looked at your photos - they are lovely! How old are they? Ours will be about 9 weeks when we get them. I know Pekins don't do stairs very well, so they probably wouldn't like a cube as much as an eglu, but I think they're fine with roosting bars. The eglu ones are narrower than the ones in a lot of chicken houses, so should suit them better. Maybe they didn't have bars at the breeders - the ones I visited kept their little ones just on bedding. I'll let you know what mine do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasnett Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 thank you we adore them already and we only got them on saturday, they are 10 weeks old. i've read somewhere on the forum that you should put a football in the nest to teach them to use the bars but thats seems awfuly harsh on them so young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbieboy Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 We have to find names for 5 or 6 hens soon but all the names must begin with the letter M, just to go along with Molly(big) and Mabel (wee) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasnett Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Maggie, Mavis, Myrtle, Mildred or Miriam? I let my nieces and nephew name ours - hence Little Chocolate Lolly! Beautiful dogs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbieboy Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 So far I have thought of Marge / Marjorie Mavis Moira Morag Marigold Moira is a cert as that is the name of the chicken in the Knorr stock cube advert .....and also the name of an older woman that I "admired" when I was young...er. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Martha? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbieboy Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Martha? Nah! That was my gran's name, I might change my mind if one of them turn out to be bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 .....and also the name of an older woman that I "admired" when I was young...er. Moira Stewart?? Not Moira Anderson surely???? I love the name Martha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbieboy Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 .....and also the name of an older woman that I "admired" when I was young...er. Moira Stewart?? Not Moira Anderson surely???? I love the name Martha Nope! A lot less famous than those two. She still lives near my dad in Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
