Fur 'n' Feathers Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 (edited) Well it's been a long time since we posted. Kokkino continued to feather pull, even round a bumper bit & lifting up a saddle!! Eventually she settled when there was just Kota & her & she'd stopped laying. We had to let the flock reduce and she was the last but one to die. Kota is still laying & quite happy on her own. So, we moved her into the eglu on the lawn on Saturday while it was cold but sunny(thank goodness we didn't di it Sunday as it persistently rained & then snowed. We thoroughly cleaned & power-sprayed the cube & run.... then today we went to Hen House Poultry at Teston & bought 7 new POLs!! We haven't named them individually yet, but they will be as on the signature (basically 1-7 in Greek!!). We have a: Heritage Skyline Black Copper Maran Mendlesham Ranger Coral Fenning Cou Cou Suffolk Blacktail Fenning White. It already looks like the HS or the BCM will be top hen and the FCC is definately bottom - she hid in the cube not long after arrival as she was picked on. Ah well....had forgotten about the joys of establishing the pecking order. All in bed now ....and quiet! Edited February 13, 2013 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Congratulations, thats quite a selection I can see you at the suppliers trying to apply chicken maths and saying 'shall we just have one of each?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyripkim Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Wow what a lovely selection, you will have to post some photos, you must be very happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fur 'n' Feathers Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 Congratulations, thats quite a selection I can see you at the suppliers trying to apply chicken maths and saying 'shall we just have one of each?' Alas, one of each would have meant we'd have come away with 11, not 7 We'd have liked an amber but they didn't have any. Went for the fenning white instead. Were going to get another fenning black (bovans nera) but the black copper maran took our eye and they are supposed to lay dark brown eggs, though probably not as dark as a pure bred. The rest were a combination of "haven't had that before" or "let's have another of..." Ben keeps them in 2 pens although they've come to his place together. He said they should be okay together as they're arriving at the cube together. You know, this is the result of buying an Omlet walk-in run!!! We only wanted 3 hens when we started. Now we've got 8 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Alas, one of each would have meant we'd have come away with 11, not 7 pfffft. Amateurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fur 'n' Feathers Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 Wow what a lovely selection, you will have to post some photos, you must be very happy. Will do when we get some decent light. Tried to take some when they went in the run, but the cou cou went in the cube & the others were in a dark area. When they're settled they'll probably be easier to photograph... possibly the weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fur 'n' Feathers Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 pfffft. Amateurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fur 'n' Feathers Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 Here are the girls! Mia & Tria: Eksi: Efta: Tessera: Dio & Pente: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmashazzie Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Adorable.Thats a good idea for a dust bath,the yellow bucket thing.I have a cat litter tray and they don't seem to like it.I will try one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaspersmum Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Gorgeous girlies - don't they look young bless them? We've had hens from Hen House Poultry and they are great, apart from Nellie the Bluebell who's a very noisy girl Hope they're all very happy in that beautifully clean run!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
good_egg Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Beautiful girls, they look so little. Made me wonder when mine became giants. Love the run, so clean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fur 'n' Feathers Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 Adorable.Thats a good idea for a dust bath,the yellow bucket thing.I have a cat litter tray and they don't seem to like it.I will try one of those. We got it from a builders' merchant. It's a size variation on the Tub Trugs - see here: http://www.faulks.co.uk/brands-4/tubtrugs/ As for them looking so young & small...we'll enjoy while we can the lesser amount of feed they eat until they start laying They look so cute all snuggled up in the cube as well We were admiring the aubiose this morning. It does look lovely doesn't it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LottyJ1 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Beautiful ladies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneyolktoanother Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 There lovely chooks, great pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs_B Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Wow you are very lucky to have such a lovely set of new hens! Lovely photo and gorgeous run Really liking your Skyline, she's stunning (but I am bias as I have a Columbine ) x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeshen Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Gorgeous photos - what a lovely selection you have! Did you use photobucket to upload these pics? It's not working for me any more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
