zf: yep the fuzzbutts have a play pen. that i move around the house yard - i'm looking into a rabbit hutch for them to move into very soon as they currently 'roost' in the bath! tilli is a friendly one. she'll come running to me and will sit on my sholder for a while before flying back down the ground. they're also in love with munching on milipeads.

Ausgirl: aww i'm sorry to hear that hun we've lost two chooks n 12 months. one was littarly keel over a die and the other a stray cat got her. *hug*

AFM: been busy with the fuzzbutts. they're three weeks old now and really cute. tilli is the friendliest of them all. and she'll come running to me. the others run away from me though unless i have oats. they love oats! the chooks in the shead are going well. off the lay it seems - dont really blame them with the weather we've had. hopefully next week i'll make up some roosting boxes for them and fix the chook run up so they cant escape - so then i can 'lock them up' for a week or two so they can learn where to lay - again. one of the chooks. dusty who was one of 4 chicks from hudini is now 3 months old - when can i tell if they're a rooster? im thinking spot maybe (who was from eather chook or casper) a rooster but its hard to tell! the dog chased bandit under the house today...didnt hurt her just scared her. but hopefully he'll grow out of it! i'm also going to look into getting some isa browns (the big friendly ones) so the kids can have some chooks to 'pat' (as the fuzzbutts are bantom/silky/mungrel chooks LOL) and i can also have bigger eggs. i've worked out 1 bantom egg = 1/2 a isla egg haha.