Topic: getting the chicks monday

[grawrc]

Woohoo!! Lucky you!! Don't they look great though.
Just back from lifting the rest of my onions, soaked through and shivering. Your pictures have got me smiling again.

[manicscousers]

get warm and dry, grawc, I believe it's going to be the same tomorrow, our turn to put the 'girls' to bed, I may have more time with them tonight, no grandchildren with me  ;D

[Old bird]

Manics - they are in pretty good nick in comparison to my friends featherless brood!

They look great and what a lovely egg!

We have had hefty showers here today too!  Luckily they don't last too long and then we get sun in between!

Nothing like putting them to bed - nice bit of quiet with a few chooks chatting to you!  Perfick!

Old Bird

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[manicscousers]

been to put them to bed, 3 more eggs, lovely..one had a bit of a soft shell so we've put the grit in for them..some even came out of the shed, into the run so they're obviously making themselves at home  ;D
managed to dodge the showers  ;D

[grawrc]

Great stuff Mal! Can I come and visit? ;D ;D

[kt.]

How many hens did you get?  Reading the rescue website - you should get an average of 5 eggs daily for every 10 rescue hens.  It looks a decent size egg.  Who won the fight to eat the first egg ;D

[katynewbie]

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Congrats Manics! The girls look great, am sooooo jealous!

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[ceres]

They're great manics and obviously feeling completely at home already.  Well done!

[manicscousers]

any time, anne, always a room spare  ;D
kt, we got 18 so we're looking for a few more, Callum got the first, we've just eaten one between us, lovely..can't wait for tomorrow  ;D ;D
now have one called ginger, bit short of feathers but pretty with it  :)

[katynewbie]

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Lol, one between you? Who carved?

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[manicscousers]

Ray carved, very professional job  ;D
 one of the other 'little' chicken keepers, daniel ,got one and there's one left..bet we never get a dozen, they'll be eaten as soon as they're laid  ;D

[manicscousers]

got 5 eggs today but one had been eaten, I think the morning crew must've missed one, all been out enjoying the sunshine, scratching around and eating corn/grit so well settled  :)

[Smileyk]

Cool.  We're getting some ex-bats on 6th September. Need to build the chicken coop this weekend and go shopping for whatever else we need. Any tips??

[manicscousers]

good on you, smiley..depends where you're getting them from, ours were from the battery hen welfare trust, not as bad as some, here they are outside, got 8 eggs today so, we're taking 6 on holiday  ;D

[teresa]

Oh they look so happy, good on you, enjoy your eggs.

[manicscousers]

thought I'd update on the chooks..before the moult starts..eggs are down to 12 per day from 16/17  :)
waiting for some worms and things  ;D

[louise stella]

Mine are offered anything in the fruit and vegetable spectrum.  They LOVE apples - I generally halve them so that they have something to bite on (so to speak) Their teeth aren't very sharp yet!!!!

I get all the sub standard fruit and vegetables from a small veg shop and they are offered allsorts.  They do not like citrus of any sort - root veggies need to be cooked they LOVE melons grapes any and all greens tomatoes (again I break the skin for them) not so keen on mushrooms, strawberries - so basically most things they just love although they take a little while to work out some things like avocados and such like!

Brilliant I bet they are happy birds today!

Best wishes

Old Bird
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Noooooooo Avocados!!!!  They are poisonous to chickens!!

Louise