The Poultry Keeper The Independent Forum for Poultry Keepers    FAQ   Search     Register   Log in  It was SOOOOO difficult!!!! Goto page 1, 2, 3  Next          The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> General & Misc Author Message Pete&Jackie Joined: 03 Sep 2005 Posts: 209 Location: Hertfordshire Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 4:24 pm    Post subject: It was SOOOOO difficult!!!! So which 3 did we choose????? Back to top Deb_Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 3661 Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 4:45 pm    Post subject: I bet you came home with all four! Last edited by Deb_Moderator on Sun Jan 01, 2006 8:38 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top Pete&Jackie Joined: 03 Sep 2005 Posts: 209 Location: Hertfordshire Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 5:37 pm    Post subject: You may well be exactly right!! 4 of the little blighters returned to base!! They are all in the run together now and sorting themselves out. I just hope when it comes to bedtime the new ones go in the house!! For the record we have 4 new Orpingtons, Geraldine the Gold Lace, Sybil the splash, Cilla the Black (mmmmm!!) and Hetty the Blue. I have taken some pics but can't remember my name for registering in the gallery or my password!!!! Back to top Lisa Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 3237 Location: Milton Keynes, Bucks Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 5:41 pm    Post subject: LOL!! Yep - mathematical skill goes out of the window when it comes to counting chickens. 3? 4? same number aren't they? Congratulations on your new girls! Back to top Pete&Jackie Joined: 03 Sep 2005 Posts: 209 Location: Hertfordshire Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 5:49 pm    Post subject: The 5 "Old Timers" are in the house on the perch and the "New" girls are padding about the run looking perturbed!! What next??? Back to top jooles Joined: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 668 Location: Bedfordshire, but craving to live in Cornwall Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:33 pm    Post subject: Congratulations! Can't wait to see some pics Back to top Lisa Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 3237 Location: Milton Keynes, Bucks Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:50 pm    Post subject: Pete&Jackie wrote: The 5 "Old Timers" are in the house on the perch and the "New" girls are padding about the run looking perturbed!! What next??? If they can't find their own way in, you could try a torch in the hen house for a short while to help them find their way in. Lots of peeps say that works! Back to top NannyP Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 11631 Location: 86310 Nr St Savin Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:53 pm    Post subject: You could also pick them up and put them through the pop hole, they'll soon learn where home is. Mmmmm Black (I'm pleased you got a Black) this is my black and I think she's pretty stunning [/img] Back to top Pete&Jackie Joined: 03 Sep 2005 Posts: 209 Location: Hertfordshire Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:59 pm    Post subject: She is stunning! I did the NannyP way, well WE did, got in and put them through the door. There was some squawking, the oldies up high, the newbies on the deck looking all sorry for themselves!! I hope they settle ok and don't fret too much and get up to roost eventually. They are in danger of being deposited on where they are!! YUK! As for pics, I tried, but I can't remember either my user name on the gallery or my password and I can't work out how to put them on here... useless really!! Back to top CP Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 16285 Location: Hampshire Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:30 pm    Post subject: Just knew you wouldn't be able to resist getting all 4 of them! None of us could, so why be any different? Pics as soon as you remember your password! Back to top Pete&Jackie Joined: 03 Sep 2005 Posts: 209 Location: Hertfordshire Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:56 pm    Post subject: Pictures added to the Pete&Jackie Gallery!! At last!! Back to top jooles Joined: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 668 Location: Bedfordshire, but craving to live in Cornwall Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:42 pm    Post subject: They're gorgeous Back to top NannyP Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 11631 Location: 86310 Nr St Savin Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:11 pm    Post subject: Lovely, remind me, are they Large Fowl? Mine are bantams Back to top debcat Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 8856 Location: Isle of Lewis Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:14 pm    Post subject: Lovely have got to get a splash Back to top Pete&Jackie Joined: 03 Sep 2005 Posts: 209 Location: Hertfordshire Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:20 pm    Post subject: Yup.... they are the biggies!! I thought Gloria, our Buff was big, the Splash is massive and she's only 26 weeks old!!!! Colin from 2 pots is going to extend our run to double its size, with help from Little Acres. Mind you, they are out in the garden, free to roam from early morning to dusk, they only go in the run before bedtime and sometimes for an hour in the morning!! To think, when we started looking properly at the end of August we were going to go for an eglu and 2 chucks!! Thing is we can't get any more now, house is full and garden would need to be bigger... and NO, we aren't house hunting!! Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> General & Misc All times are GMT + 1 Hour Goto page 1, 2, 3  Next Page 1 of 3 Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group