"Keep your face twards the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you."
Walt Whitman
I collected the chickens last night. It was raining heavily and as I drove home in the pick up I kept looking in my mirror and seeing six little pairs of eyes peering out of the crate which the farmer had allowed me to borrow.
I thought the best thing to do was to put the crate inside their new temporary house and open the lid, ensuring the house was secure.
This morning the hens were out of the box so I opened the roof and left them to their own devices. I kept checking on them every hour or so and each time I could see they had gained more confidence as they became more familiar with their new surroundings. It wasn't long before 2 of them found a gap in the fence and made their way to the goose hut where they spent most of the morning.
Later this afternoon they had worked out they wanted to be back with the others so I caught them and gently put them back, making sure the gap was sorted.
I think they are going to be quite at home!
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28 comments:
Oh, I am so JEALOUS!! I'd love to have chickens!!
How exciting! let's hope they don't form an escape committee LOL Enjoy your girls, Kath x
What is flying through the air in that first photograph? For a moment I thought it was the hens!
I know that excited feeling when you get new hens - it is lovely how quickly they settle in.
Pat the things in the sky are bows made from old carrier bags to deter the hens from flying over the fence! I did make them in nice co0ordinating colours! lol!
Congratulations on becoming a Mother Hen! xx
CG You can be Godmother to Olwyn!
Lovely girls! Looking forward to many more photo sessions with them.
Congratulations with the new chickens - they seem to behave themselves!
PS If I had lived a bit closer I would have put in an order for fresh eggs, but they have closed down the ferry :-(
Congratulations. I'm looking forward to more chicken adventures.
tpals, there will be a profusion of photos!
RunE If you lived closer II woulld have cooked you a breakfast! lol!
Sara,
Thanks, from one mother hen to another!
I wonder how the duck feels with all this competition
Oh and nice SWF pix
Are we going to have chicken run situation here? Mad as always. I have to say readers. Mrs Nesbitt really is like this, full of enthusiasm.
Thank you!!
What a beautiful outlook :-)
I've seen skywatching chickens here in the US. They run from tree to tree to hide from the hawks that fly around. Those are smart chickens.
Don't have chickens but often house/chicken sit up the coast. They roam at large at their own risk as eagles are a constant threat so they stay pretty close to the hen house. Great photos and enjoy your new friends.
Smiles
Lots of lovely eggs and super chicken poo for the garden and compost. Lucky you!
Like the bees too, maybe you should get a beehive as well???
they are loevly and look very young!
have you clipped their wings yet?
might be good to do so especially if they are new to area!
if you can get a cockerel do so...I would always advocate a bloke with the girls....they will enjoy a man around andwillbe happier hens!
good luck
Okay, pardon my "city girl's ignorance" but do you need a rooster for hens to lay eggs?
Libby, Neither Jon or me like honey so keeping bees doesn't seem necessary. The bees inside the shed are bumblebees, under threat due to the use of pesticides so we are doing our bit.
John, Hello! Yes I can see where you are coming from, being a chap lol our girls are not having a cockeral as we dont want chicks etc. We did all that many years ago so at this stage it's just the girls.
Leslie, no a rooster is not necessary only to fertilise the eggs. We'll see how they go! Dont worry the first egg will be well documented here! lol!
Suddenly I want an omelete
Oh, they've arrived! How exciting. What kinds have you gone for?
I remember the thrill of our first egg.....we took photos....of course! There were three of us in the house at the time so it had to be hard-boiled and split in three. Only problem was that fresh eggs are not good for hard-boiling, the shell is very difficult to peel off. We lost quite a bit of egg in the process and it hadn't been very large to begin with!
It still tasted wonderful.
Thank you for your comments on my blog - it does not surprise me that you lost a tent in Wales... not at all.
some happy chicken here, have a great weekend.:)
Interesting take on skywatch friday! Chickens look healthy - oh for a fresh egg!
Great series of photos, these chickens seem to be making themselves quite at home.
They look entirely at home - how lovely! I wish we had room for chickens, not that I could eat the eggs, but just for the joy of seeing and hearing them. I hope they give you lots of fresh eggs.
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