Britannia Ovens (esp Range cookers) your experience

[jimnpaula]

Got some new ladies today from Beacon Stud:

(The messageboard cuts off the side of the pics, so click the thumbnails to see the bigger pictures.)

 

Some of the new girls

 

Cuckoo Maran or Barred Rock? Thought I'd got a Rock but was told I'd get dark brown eggs Edit: we've decided she's a barred rock.

 

Magic Chicken (apparently lays blue and brown eggs alternately! we shall see) Possibly the owner of the egg laid on the way home! Edit: nope that was Lemon

 

Silver Sussex

 

Crested Cream Legbar

 

So far only magic chicken has a provisional name, of "Magic". I like to wait a bit before naming to see if it suits or if they do something particular and make/choose their own names.

 

Edit: So the Cream Legbar has dodgy parentage and lays almost white eggs instead of blue, she is now called Lemon.

The silver Sussex laid a couple of double yolkers then settled down to laying a nice dark brown egg, and cackling loudly about them, she is called Nimbus.

Magic is still called Magic, but as to whether she lays different coloured eggs on alternate days we still don't know as she has so far declined to lay any.

The barred rock is called Agate (which is a stripey stone ) She too hasn't laid yet, but she is still quite little so may be younger than the others.

Edited May 7, 2013 by Guest

[Valkyrie]

Well whatever they are - they look lovely

[blueandwhite]

Gorgeous they look well settled already. I've been to a farm today on totally unrelated to chickens mission - but they had a large range of girls ready to go. But I resisted.

[lisaroo2]

Those chooks look lovely. It's a great feeling getting new girls isn't it.

[Luvachicken]

They do look lovely.

I especially like Magic.

I hope she keeps that name

[mollyripkim]

What a lovely group of girls, will be interesting to see what colour eggs magic lays.

[jimnpaula]

Hmm, my 'Cream Legbar' has just laid a cream-pink egg