The new girls have settled in really well. Last night was a test and they passed. They put themselves to bed again. We went out and got back at eight o’clock. I checked the girls and the main flock were in their shed and the new girls were snuggled up in their little coop. I closed the ramp.
This morning when I opened the ramp to the little coop the new girls came out straight away and went straight to the food dish.
They have already got the hang of the treats. When I went in mid morning with the spinach the new girls looked interested. I gave them some spinach and they pecked at it straight away.
The new girls enjoy some spinach
They are so cute
This morning Speckles and Caramel raised their ruffs at each other through the wire. It’s always the bottom girls that do this. It was very short lived though. It seemed to be a half hearted show to each other and was over in moments. There was no pecking which is a good sign. There is a double layer of wire so they can’t peck each other but it’s good to see that they weren’t trying to.
This afternoon Caramel was perched on the top of the hatch that separates this part of the run. It was the first time I had seen either girl off the ground. By the time I grabbed my camera she had jumped down but then Pebbles flew up to the top of the little coop.
Pebbles on top of the little coop
We have now put a little perch by the hatch but lower down. We will also put in a lower perch in the main chicken shed as I think the existing perches will be too high for these little girls.
And not to forget the rest of the flock.
The original flock are chilling together before bedtime
This perch seems to be the latest preferred spot to sit together. My flock of five and flock of two all seem happy in their own areas. I wonder how soon I should dare to start mixing them!
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They are lovely.. Bit too small for me .
I was thinking the name caramel so great minds think alike .
They are tiny but as you know I like tiny! Funny but I liked the name Caramel but wasn’t sure if it was enough of a name, if you know what I mean. I kept coming back to it though so decided it was the one and now I am getting used to it, it feels right. It’s good to know you were thinking of it too.
They are totally adorable.
Thank you, they are sweeties.
Good to them so chilled, they really are so pretty.Allso good to see the rest of the girls happy and so together.
So far so good. Today I am going to give the new girls a bigger space. I am going to give them half the run and let them explore a bit more.
They do look lovely; their feathers are really silkie-like.
They come in three feather sorts, straight, silkied or frizzle. These are silkied and they are really soft like chicks feathers. They are probably very like silkie feathers. They are little balls if fluff.