Mrs Nesbitt Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Sooooo.... after a 4 year hiatus, I finally picked up some new chickens... Yay!!! Previously had 5 girls back in 2011 in a green eglu but in recent times the rabbit took up residence (minus the perches!). Rabbit still going strong and it didn't seem fair to turf him out and back into an old fashioned wooden hutch without permanent access to a run, so I bought a secondhand red rabbit eglu yesterday, moved the rabbit in, moved the green eglu onto the old veggie patch and picked up the new girls for the original chicken eglu today... Kids are very excited (me too! me too!) and we've just decided on names... so meet Daphne the partidge , Shirley the sussex , Pamela the Dorset gold and Mavis the copper blue maran Will eventially let them free range behind netting, but for now just letting them settle in and know where home is Happy days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 N'aww I can't imagine our garden without chickens, glad to see they're back in yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixieDust Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimi5 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Lovely Enjoy your girls (and the yummy eggs ) There's something about free ranging chickens in the garden..........sort of relaxing/therapy to de-stress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 N'aww I can't imagine our garden without chickens, glad to see they're back in yours Just checked out your blog Lewis. Brilliant. Interesting to read you have had experience with guide dogs too. Good luck with your studies (you look like your having far too much fun). Sonya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Sorry Mrs Nesbit, I love your new chickens. Looks like they're going to have lots of lovely grass to enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 N'aww I can't imagine our garden without chickens, glad to see they're back in yours Just checked out your blog Lewis. Brilliant. Interesting to read you have had experience with guide dogs too. Good luck with your studies (you look like your having far too much fun). Sonya Ahh thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken shack Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 N'aww I can't imagine our garden without chickens, glad to see they're back in yours I couldn't imagine my garden without chickens either! Those poor pigs in your blog. I live in Norfolk and it's so nice to see the pigs and piglets out in the feilds. I know our animal welfare is not perfect but it is one of the best in the world, I think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eve Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Lovely girls always makes me want to get more.that morehen disease starts again ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Funny how they don't seem to like dandelion flowers But a lovely photo and it looks like they will have a fab garden to play in later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Nesbitt Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Ahh thanks peeps... They're settling in really well and getting much tamer every day - they now come running to the fence when I walk down the garden We've also had three eggs for the last couple of days and had 2 eggs a day from day after getting them Clever girlies!! x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
