Author Topic: 3 new girls turned up yesterday! (Read 2129 times)

Drummournie · « **on:** February 17, 2013, 06:48:31 pm »

Just arrived up here in the highlands all the way from Durham of all places! they are settling in nicely considering we are first time keepers!!!!

chrismahon · « **Reply #1 on:** February 17, 2013, 06:51:40 pm »

Pretty girls. Names then eggs. You will soon get Morehens disease -need more hens!

Mammyshaz · « **Reply #2 on:** February 17, 2013, 07:14:39 pm »

Congratulations on entering the addictive world of poultry keeping

You'll have fresh eggs before you know it and there's no better taste

Drummournie · « **Reply #3 on:** February 17, 2013, 07:50:38 pm »

They are 17 weeks so maybe I have a couple of weeks to wait for eggs?!

The grey one is a bluebelle so that's her name, black one is a daisy and golden one is a gold star I think!!!
All huddled up in bed now but they need a bit of encouragement to come out in day and in at night I suppose they will get the hang of it eventually !

Mammyshaz · « **Reply #4 on:** February 17, 2013, 10:07:09 pm »

They are pretty girls

I do like the look of bluebells, they seem a good chunky bird and recorded as good layers

you should get plenty of eggs, especially the first year.
One of our hybrids hasnt stopped laying since we got her 2 years ago

We are very inexperienced with only 2 years of hen keeping. Started with 4 hybrids from Durham. One is similar to a black rock. She has a gold neck and green sheen. All four took a couple of months of handling to settle down but she was wild until she started laying. She was also last to lay, at appx 32 weeks compared to 22 - 26 weeks for the others. Glad to say they all come running as soon as they see us now.

I read so much about keeping them beforehand but there's nothing quite like learning on the job. And so much fun with it.
Enjoy your girls and

for early layers