We have been to Happy Chicks this afternoon to buy two new hens. The darker one in the front is a Cuckoo Maran & the pale hen at the back is a Bluebell.
We left them in a cage in the Landrover & have just been out to perch & ring them. It is better to leave them until dark, put them on the perches & when they all wake up in the morning the other hens seem to accept them better.
We now have one cockerel & eight hens.
They don't look too bothered by finding themselves somewhere different and they make a handsome pair! (I don't know if I should call female birds handsome but I think they are handsome rather than pretty!)
Ooh that cuckoo maran looks interesting. What colour eggs do you get from these girls? I think it's hilarious that if they wake up with someone new all is well with the world!
What gorgeous hens! Love their colors and texture of feathers. How lovely they must look strutting around. It's a beautiful life around your home, Pat.
great shot - my mum and stepdad have got into the whole chicken keeping thing...never appreciated how many breeds there are!! PLenty of eggs going in your house then!
over here, there used to be a slogan: "Brown eggs are local eggs and local eggs are FRESH."... a little jingle that stays with you! There is nothing like a fresh egg...
February 2nd, 2012
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