End of an era

[Daphne 51]

Lucky you...its the whole cycle, all you need do now is hatch some of hers next year.  Congratulations😀

[mullethunter 173]

18 hours ago, Daphne said:

Lucky you...its the whole cycle, all you need do now is hatch some of hers next year.  Congratulations😀

They would have to be campine x sablepoot - not sure how that would work!

[SeramaSilly 25]

4 hours ago, mullethunter said:

They would have to be campine x sablepoot - not sure how that would work!

Did the sablepoot turn out to be a boy then and are you able to keep him?

[mullethunter 173]

Yes Pootle the Sablepoot has been crowing his little heart out for the last couple of weeks. He’s a lovely little chap and so pretty. The crowing is ok at the moment but I don’t think we will be able to keep him when he’s crowing in the summer at 5 in the morning! He’s so pretty that I’m hoping someone might want him to breed from in the spring.

[Lewis 110]

Great news on the egg front!  

[Cat tails 235]

1 hour ago, mullethunter said:

Yes Pootle the Sablepoot has been crowing his little heart out for the last couple of weeks. He’s a lovely little chap and so pretty. The crowing is ok at the moment but I don’t think we will be able to keep him when he’s crowing in the summer at 5 in the morning! He’s so pretty that I’m hoping someone might want him to breed from in the spring.

He IS very pretty!

Somewhere in the not very near vicinity of my house there is a cockerel who crows all through the night... I have heard him at 3 am, 4 am, 5 am, 6 am...

[Cat tails 235]

Can add 2:15 am and 7:30.... This bird is tireless!

[mullethunter 173]

On 12/6/2018 at 6:30 AM, Cat tails said:

Can add 2:15 am and 7:30.... This bird is tireless!

Don’t say that CT! He already crows at bedtime!

[Cat tails 235]

6 minutes ago, mullethunter said:

Don’t say that CT! He already crows at bedtime!

But Pootle must be much more well behaved than this bird! 😉

[Luvachicken 158]

He is extremely handsome and I'm very surprised that he has bigger slippers than my girls  

[mullethunter 173]

19 hours ago, Luvachicken said:

He is extremely handsome and I'm very surprised that he has bigger slippers than my girls  

He does have MASSIVE boots. In fact often even though he’s funny to see I do feel sorry for him and think it’s a mean bit of breeding - he finds perches especially difficult and often steps on his own foot feathers and falls over! Poor Pootle.

[Luvachicken 158]

I can always hear my girls shuffling along.

It always sounds like they are wearing extra long trousers that drag along the floor.