Henypenny Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 (edited) What a weekend it has been, new cube on Friday, new chooks on Saturday and first eggs today It has taken a while to figure out but if you click on my gallery link below I should have three albums charting these momentous occasions Im sorry some of the chook pictures are a bit blurry but the weather has been horrendous here this weekend ... typical hey? Many thanks to Emma AKA Crafthunnypie who put me in touch with Craeg Mhor Poultry and too all of you who have made me feel so welcome to the forum Watch this space for lots of questions over the next few days, weeks months....years!!!! Edited August 19, 2007 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 (edited) ooo lovely photos and chooks and garden and dog and everything. I love your dogs red scarf to match the cube Edited August 19, 2007 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenlass Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 An egg already!! thats great!! Love your dogs by they way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Congratulations! Lovely Photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen&Lee Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Wow!! Great Piccies - and eggs so soon Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moochoo Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 What lovely girls in their red cube They look so at home already. Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Oh I love the red cube! If I could have another - I think it would be red. It's lovely! Oh I do like the warrens with their fluffy bottoms. Your chooks are a lot older than the ones I got - mine have hardly any combs yet, just little pink beads on their heads. The leghorn has the most comb, tiny pink spikes. Your chooks combs are bright bright red - no wonder you've had eggs. I'm so pleased for you! Looks like they have all settled in nicely - I see they like the ladder! Have fun with them Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henypenny Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 I can't stop grinning, im like a cheshire cat!!! Had a few problems convincing the Warrens - Hermione & Henrietta to go into the cube last night, tried the torch trick without any luck so this evening I threaded some sticks into the ladder to assist the proceedings and it worked!!! They Leg horns (who seem to be at the top of the pecking order - especially Hafwen) went to bed first, as they did last night, followed by the two red star's and then Henrietta climbed up, Hermione did a few steps around the cube, realised she was on her own and then followed the rest of them up..... I then shot over and closed the door before any of them could have second thoughts! Morgan (the black & white Springer Spaniel) is still staring out of the window at the cube wondering where they have all gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 gorgeous pics! I too love Barkley with the red scarf. The cube looks right at home in your garden, and a very nice garden and outlook you have too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arowland17 Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 Love the pictures, we've got lots of pictures of the 1st eggs, I photographed them when they were laid, then there was me with the egg, then OH with the egg, then the egg being fried....!! is amazing how excited you can get over an egg, friends must think we're very strange, I think until you actually have chickens of your own you don't understand how exciting it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanchick Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 Great pictures. And I love the permanent base you've set up, looks very smart and will be really easy to keep clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henypenny Posted August 20, 2007 Author Share Posted August 20, 2007 Thank you all for all your lovely comments, Barkley the dog has now lost complete interest in the chickens (which we suspected would happen) he is very laid back, however Morgan is still planning which one to have for his dinner... I have found that a water pistol is helping distract him some what from his decision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkkat Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 Our two greyhounds, Oz and Gypsy, and both are somewhat homicidal towards the chickens We are hoping as the chooks have only been here a week that the dogs will lose interest However, Gypsy is VERY focused and keeps trying to grab the girls through the mesh Nothing will distract her - as we're dragging her back in to the house it doesn't even break her concentration til the hen house is out of her sight! We have a couple of old pallets and some trellis propped up as a barrier - very stylish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
