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calismum
10-07-2009, 09:27 PM
Let them out yesterday and they had a ball. They have been out since 2pm today and are still pecking and scratching - hopefully they'll put themselves to bed again.

I really thought they were going to take off with the amount of wing flapping and running up the field.

Anyway as I promised to bore you all to death with my chooks here are some more pics of the girls.

Hilda
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd360/calismum/hens/P7080534.jpg
Martha
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd360/calismum/hens/P7080505.jpg
Doris
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd360/calismum/hens/P7080567.jpg
Matilda
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd360/calismum/hens/P7080573.jpg
The three girls having a discussion about the dust bathing area
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd360/calismum/hens/P7080536.jpg
They won't let wee Matilda join in - so I gave her one of her own:)
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd360/calismum/hens/P7080555.jpg

....and lastly, a visitor to the hen coop!!!!!!
http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd360/calismum/hens/P7080502.jpg
Mags
10-07-2009, 09:37 PM
Wonderful pics CM!:D

Love the one with the lamb in mid leap! :lol:
dandysmom
10-07-2009, 09:46 PM
I for one am neither bored with nor tired of chook pics! It is so lovely to see them outside being normal chickens, pecking, scratching and dust bathing...what a wonderful change for them ..... the way they should live. And like the visitors too ... lamb jumping is so cute!
angieh
10-07-2009, 10:07 PM
They are really looking good CM. I promise not to get bored with chook pictures either! Hilda still gets my vote for prettiest girly. How many more eggs have you had ..... are you managing to eat them all???
calismum
10-07-2009, 10:18 PM
They are really looking good CM. I promise not to get bored with chook pictures either! Hilda still gets my vote for prettiest girly. How many more eggs have you had ..... are you managing to eat them all???

Hilda is a very nice hen. When the sun shines on her the colours are quite amazing.

Doris has given us a blue egg every day.
Martha has laid a lovely pale brown egg every day bar one.
Hilda has laid one spectacular galaxy chocolate coloured egg.
Matilda is POL and is just thinking about it! Her comb is still quite pale so a wee while yet I think.

So far OH and I have only had one each. The rest have been taken by family/friends for tasting sessions!!!!

They are so addictive - I could watch them all day.
Moli
10-07-2009, 10:52 PM
Love Chooks, they look very happy in their new home, Martha is lovely...Good to see the lambs too....
dandysmom
10-07-2009, 10:53 PM
I'm a Martha fan too ...and she lays brown eggs!
dinahsmum
11-07-2009, 09:41 AM
Lovely - no boredom here either,
Isn't it funny how some names just fit hens? All yours have wonderful henny names!
Leesy
13-07-2009, 07:19 PM
Lovely pics CM, it is great to see them out and about doing exactly what they should be doing:D
calismum
13-07-2009, 07:27 PM
Glad you all enjoyed. Poor souls are hiding under the hedge today asit is so wet. I love to watch them from the window just scratching about and having a great time.

Matilda will let me pick her up for a cuddle now - :)
Leesy
13-07-2009, 07:30 PM
Awwwww bless that sounds so sweet, you wouldn`t think that chooks would like to have a cuddle:D
random
13-07-2009, 07:33 PM
Lovely pictures of them, good to see them enjoying themselves.
dandysmom
13-07-2009, 08:13 PM
Awwwww bless that sounds so sweet, you wouldn`t think that chooks would like to have a cuddle:D

Oh but they do ...or at least some of them. I had a pet rooster when I was little (back in the bad old days when they sold little peeps in the stores at Easter time) and Henry liked to lie on his back in my lap and clasp a foot around my finger...really! I was devastated when someone complained about the crowing, the police came, and we had to re-home Henry with the eggman! :(