I can't believe I didn't get around to posting about the chickens! The Summer was busy and the start of term has been even busier, and time is flying by. They've been with us for 10 days now and seem to be settling in nicely. I've not noticed any problem with them establishing pecking order, they did peck each other a bit at first but nobody got hurt and it seems to have calmed down for now. They eat well (I think) and drink well. They like tipping their water feeder over and making a big muddy patch. They enjoy scratching around in the dirt, the Easibed I put down looks awful already and I'm not entirely sure what its purpose is! The roof is keeping them nice and dry when it rains. I haven't seen a fox yet. They went fairly nuts when they saw Phoebe the cat so I can imagine they will alert me if I'm around when a fox comes to call! I haven't let them out of their pen yet, but I think I probably will at some point.
This is Lucy with Bellatrix. She's *gorgeous* - she's black but her feathers have a sort of metallic green tinge to them.
Hermione at the front and Ginny at the back. Ginny is quite nervy and looks like she's going to be absolutely massive. She still has some of her white juvenile feathers which I'm hoping won't all fall out, because they're quite distinctive! The Omlet man said she looks more mature than Hermione despite the feathers. Hermione is a character. She's forever trying to peck at my red Crocs. How they can look tasty I don't know! She also adores sweetcorn.
On Saturday, just 4 days after the chooks arrived, the girls found an egg! It absolutely made their day, we were all SO thrilled. Sadly it's been the only one so far an I'm beginning to wonder if we imagined it.. but when they're properly laying it's going to be AMAZING and I can't wait. It will make all the poo worth it :)
I love this one :)
35g! Aww.
