Purplemaniacs Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 That is good news. They all look very happy together. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Fab pics! Lovely to see them all scratching around together In a few short weeks they will resemble the other three in feathering and be hard to tell apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Lovely to see them all getting on so well together. I think slow is the way to go for intros and I might try slower for my next ones ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 They do look very happy hens Bet they'll be glad when their feathers come through - it's a bit chilly for naked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 Bet they'll be glad when their feathers come through - it's a bit chilly for naked! Oh I know, poor fauna, the one who had sour crop does shiver sometimes, I am trying her with a little tuna to up her protein but she isn't really interested in anything other than her mash. They are all together in the cube at night now so at least they keep each other warm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Cat food seemed to do it for mine. Mash became pellets and porridge, pellets led to corn, and then they discovered the taste sensation that is cat food . Maggots also go down well, if you can cope with them - we get then from the local fishing-tackle shop. They don't bother me, but my dad just can't touch them at all Now that the littlies are with your big girls, they'll probably eat whatever they do and it should be easier to get them to try new foods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 The problem for me dancing cloud is I think my big girls have regressed they are loving the mash that is readily available and are not going anywhere near the pellets! I am just waiting for the results of a poop test and when I have that I will remove the mash and they can get on with the pellets. Subject to the poop test I am going to worm them all next week so they will get pellets and nothing else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Oh well done gavclojak it is truely heart warming to see your new girls doing chickeny things in with the others May they all soon have fully feathered little bodies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 Oh thank you CC, I am so attached to them already!! They are all sleeping in the cube now and I have blocked off the pop hole at night as they kept sneaking in there and pooing They are together permanently now and they really are becoming a little flock already! Fauna needs to gain a little more confidence but after a week of me shoving a syringe of nystatin down her twice a day, I'm not surprised she is a little reserved. The poop test came back clear for coccidiosis....phew big relief but they do have worms!(not much of a surprise TBH) So flubervent as from tomorrow it is All in all, I couldn't be happier or prouder of my old and new girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Wow, they are all doing so well together, well done!!!! I think my next chucks will be ex-commercials of some description. I started with ex-batts and moved on to "pretty chucks" but I've missed having the rescue girls, even though some of them didn't have a long retirement, others did very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 I know bramble, my poor merryweather only lasted a few days, it was so sad, she came so close and that's what I founf the hardest. When I do hen rehoming with BHWT I pray they make it through the rehoming day but it's such a stressful time for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimnpaula Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) I'm so glad to see them getting along and becoming one flock, mine are still two distinct groups that happen to live in the same run! The colony girls still put themselves to bed in the eglu and the posh madams have the cube, (unless they're being silly.) Edited November 12, 2014 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 It's funny isn't it how they choose to behave! All the girls are spending lots of time in the "quarantine area" where the door is kept open, it has become the "play area" with a massive new dust bath, hanging feeders and logs to perch on. Flora is accepted as "one of the girls" but fauna is not quite there yet but she seems to have found her place in life, she is the smart one though as she is always first to bed and is settled by the time flora comes to bed and as she is always last she has to run the gauntlet of the big girls who sit around the entrance of the cube. They give her a few pecks for the sheer audacity of disturbing them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
