The remaining 11 seem to be going well, the bigger ones with the darker feathers are getting more wing feathers through and the look so cute.
We still have 3 little yellow ones who seem to have yellow wing feathers and look slightly smaller than the others.
They are hard work, keeping up the water and replacing the feed, today i have to lift the bathtub out of the shed and hose it out while they have a bit of a play on the grass under the portacot, i really think Bella loves that time out scratching around.
Am heading down to the chicken shed today to give it a clean out, also going to try and put up some roosts for the girls, DP bought a trailer full of stuff back from his nans which had an old metal shelf (3 tier thing) - the shelves on it would actually make good little roosts so i pulled it apart and am going to TRY and rig up some way of putting them in the shed.
She also has an old cupboard in there (will get pics) that i am hoping to convince DP to allow me to cut up as the cupboard spots would actually be a good size to put in the second room for when the chicks go down there, somewhere safe and warm for them and we wouldn't need to build new nesting boxes, they would probably be big enough for our normal girls too.
Am going to charge the camera this morning and try and get some pics for my chickens album... let you all know what i'm talking about.... i could easily see myself getting caught up in these chicks and the like but DP reckons we are not keeping them all
Dansta a roo is yours if you want it, HotI there is a fair chance you could be getting a present for Miss A if Dp wont let me keep all the girls
We hatched a gunie fowl out their name is Freddie nerks. (random pet name dad used to give stuff, lol) and they're sooo adorable!!!
another two eggs are making pecking noises... not quite cherping plus another two eggs under casper and another 4 under hudni.
This weekend im fixing up the chook run so i can have them in there with out the dog getting in or them out and crows out as well - just need to cut a few holes in the shed walls and in this hot weather i'll be able to pop a sprinkler in there to keep them cool and hopefully keep any thing i plant in their watered!
Awww Chicks! How are they ZF? Can you tell hen or rooster yet?
Gunie fowl are cute, love the name.
I have ordered two more chickens. We are adding a Leghorn hen and Rhode Island Red hen to our flock. I might even pick up an Isa Brown when we get there. He said they always have Isa's ready.
Our Australorp is still clucky. I am just taking her off the nest quite a few times a day and just hope and it ends soon. On the plus side, she is becoming very tame.
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their name is Freddie nerks. (random pet name dad used to give stuff, lol) and they're sooo adorable!!!
it ends soon. On the plus side, she is becoming very tame.
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