ajm200 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Just had a mad panic searching for the 6th chicken doing head counts through the main and nest box door. After searching the garden twice we spotted her 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Little minx! There was a time when my bantams had the run of the garden, that I had to pluck them out of a tree every night! Then we decided we needed a garden again so they became more confined. They still prefer to perch though rather than go in the cube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 I’ve had pekins perching there 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 1 hour ago, mullethunter said: I’ve had pekins perching there 😂 Me too but could never manage to get a photo. My culprit was Lily who is the biggest pekin of all of mine. How she fitted up there I have no idea. She doesn't do it anymore because every bedtime I would take her off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 We’d spent an hour searching the garden in a panic and cursing every fox that ever lived as the last thing the kids needed that day was to lose a chicken to the fox. Only spotted her because she moved and the partition moved with her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeAyeMagpie Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 We block the entrance to the nest box at night so our chickens have to sleep on the roosting bars, but one of our Silkies routinely hope up and over early in the morning to lay an egg. I was so perplexed the first time she did it when I found a mystery egg in the closed-off nesting box with no chicken in sight. They're such characters, aren't they? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natspringy Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 This is awesome! So cute! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 There were 3 up there tonight. Going to pool there fun though as next time I take the roof off that partition is coming out and I’m putting two mini trugs into the nesting box to make it easier for two to lay at once. Several are crouching now so hoping for eggs by Easter 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 *spoil their fun. I see my special typing is back with help from autocorrect. Sorry 🤦♀️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
