The chicks...

Now 5 weeks and 2 days old...

Goldie

Surf

Green legs aka Might be a Cockrel aka Cock-a-doodle

Tufty

Sad news

Yesterday morning we found Sooty, our maran hen, dead in the coop - she had been very ill for a few days but treatment didn't seem to help. Goodbye, little lady

Some new arrivals...

From the poultry fair last weekend....


One of our pair of Runner ducks
Phoebe, a pekin hen


Unnamed as yet, our light buff Sussex


Polly, a splash/mottled pekin


The other half of the runner duck pair

The chicks

Surf
Might be a cockerel

Dark ear

Partridge behind and Surf in front

All aged 3 weeks

An update and some home improvements

Well, everyone is doing well - Ruby and Delia are back on lay having given up on being allowed hatch any eggs! Butter is now broody and we're debating putting her on some Legbar eggs for green egg layers... There's another bring and buy sale this weekend and as it's my birthday on Tuesday we're off looking for some new additions. Pekins hopefully and whatever else we fancy.

Project Cathy's Field Ducks is coming along nicely, we've settled on a breed; Indian runner ducks due to thier inability to fly, thier prolific egg laying and, it has to be said, thier rather ridiculous stance! We'll be keeping any eye out on sunday at the sale so watch this space!

We made a few changes and improvements to the coop today to accomodate our newcomers - the feeder is now hung to stop any greedy chooks, we also built a new roost to give everyone some wing room.


Butter the silkie bantam tries out the new perch

The coop with improvements

Ruby the wyandotte using her nest box.