Meet my wee Bantam!

[calismum]

Got a new Bantam. A Silver Laced Wyandotte. She has been here a week and had been very nervous. Let her out today for the first time and she was really interested in what was going on.
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and lastly - what do you mean it's a small 3 hen ark, we'll fit in here fine! :roll:
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[Moli]

She is very pretty CM, looks like she has settled in fine.........

[angieh]

She's a very pretty little girlie CM - all those birds look well feathered for the winter. Will you be giving them warm mash for breakfast when it gets really cold?

[dandysmom]

What a stunning chook .... never seen feathers like hers! What's her name?

[Leesy]

WOW, what a lovely looking chook, I too have never seen markings on their feathers like that either.
She looks fantastic and does look to have settled in nicely:D

[calismum]

She is very pretty CM, looks like she has settled in fine.........
Yes, she's fine now - they had been kept in a shed with no access to outside stimulation - the wee silkie is still in the ark and only pops her head out now and then. I'm sure now her pal is out and about it won't be long before she follows.
She's a very pretty little girlie CM - all those birds look well feathered for the winter. Will you be giving them warm mash for breakfast when it gets really cold?
Two of them are actually very sparse - the Welsummer and the Cream legbar. I never thought about warm mash. How do you make that up? Just warm water in their pellets?
What a stunning chook .... never seen feathers like hers! What's her name?
She has been adopted by my niece who has named her Phantom (the Bantam) because at first I was told she was solid black. The name was quite catchy so it has stuck..

Other niece has adopted the Silkie and called it Angel.

[calismum]

WOW, what a lovely looking chook, I too have never seen markings on their feathers like that either.
She looks fantastic and does look to have settled in nicely:D

Thanks - it is her legs that amaze me - they are so yellow compared to the rest!

[angieh]

Yes, just some hot water - I used to feed layers mash rather than pellets, but I'm sure it would be fine in pellets too. Just to warm them up on a cold morning especially if there's frost on the ground. But only make as much as they will eat as it will freeze too!

This looks like an interesting blog (http://successwithpoultry.blogspot.com/2008/10/winter-mash-homemade-chicken-layers.html)!

[calismum]

Yes, just some hot water - I used to feed layers mash rather than pellets, but I'm sure it would be fine in pellets too. Just to warm them up on a cold morning especially if there's frost on the ground. But only make as much as they will eat as it will freeze too!

This looks like an interesting blog (http://successwithpoultry.blogspot.com/2008/10/winter-mash-homemade-chicken-layers.html)!

Must give them a mash and see what they make of it!

Good link, thanks.

[farthing]

what a lovely bird, beautiful feathers.

Good idea about the hot mash in the cold mornings, would probably do my oldies the world of good.:D

[random]

Ohhh, what a pretty wee girly she is!

[Tink]

She's so pretty..where did you get her from?
That last pic is so funny, it reminds me of how my ferrets will all pile into one hammock till they are busting out of the seams when there's plenty of others to choose from :lol:

[calismum]

Ohhh, what a pretty wee girly she is!
Thankyou - she is pretty
She's so pretty..where did you get her from?That last pic is so funny, it reminds me of how my ferrets will all pile into one hammock till they are busting out of the seams when there's plenty of others to choose from :lol:

Friend asked me if I would take her and her friend who is a lovely blue/grey Silkie. They were kept in great conditions and loved but had no access to outside or to run free. The owner woriied about them so was looking for a good home.

They are both around 6 months old. Both were very nervous - the Silkie still runs back inside the wee ark every time I appear. Not managed to get a pic of her yet.

[dandysmom]

CM, that first pic would make a nice avatar when you're ready for a change! Been meaning to ask, what is your current one? Looks like a hydrangea head to me ...???

[calismum]

CM, that first pic would make a nice avatar when you're ready for a change! Been meaning to ask, what is your current one? Looks like a hydrangea head to me ...???

Yes - last one in the garden about three weeks ago.

[dandysmom]

Aaah, thanks. The avatars are so small sometimes it's hard to tell.

[calismum]

Aaah, thanks. The avatars are so small sometimes it's hard to tell.

http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd360/calismum/cats/PB080215.jpg

Love how blue this one is.

[angieh]

That's a wonderful colour CM! I agree with DM - sometimes it's hard to tell with the small avatar. I wondered whether you'd been dying broccoli in your spare time!

[calismum]

That's a wonderful colour CM! I agree with DM - sometimes it's hard to tell with the small avatar. I wondered whether you'd been dying broccoli in your spare time!

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