Wednesday 13 September 2017
Saturday 11 March 2017
New chickens
Having sadly lost Speckledy chicken last weekend when her hernia ruptured we noticed that the remaining two were in real disarray, they had lost their leader who kept them all in check. We decided that the best time to introduce new comers would be before the existing ladies had settled back down.
We went to the chicken farm and brought home Comet who is a copper black maran and Dart (named for her tendency for darting about at the slightest provocation).
We initially set them up in the broody box below with some green garden mesh to keep them apart but the big ones, Brownie especially, kept on trying to barge their way through to get them so we swapped it for some heavy duty metal bars. Judging by the reaction of the big ones, I think it's going to take a while to get them to integrate.
We went to the chicken farm and brought home Comet who is a copper black maran and Dart (named for her tendency for darting about at the slightest provocation).
We initially set them up in the broody box below with some green garden mesh to keep them apart but the big ones, Brownie especially, kept on trying to barge their way through to get them so we swapped it for some heavy duty metal bars. Judging by the reaction of the big ones, I think it's going to take a while to get them to integrate.
Sunday 5 March 2017
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