The bantys are getting used to me now and run towards me rather than away from me. They have sussed out that the treats are kept in the storage cabinet and run to the corner nearest the cabinet when I open the cabinet door. When I poop pick their area they don’t get stressed any more. They move out of my way but they don’t complain like they used too.
I have also stopped giving mash for the last few days to encourage the bantys to eat the pellets. I wasn’t sure if they were actually eating them or just flicking them out but today when I was watching them I saw them eat a good amount of pellets.
Today I dug over the big girls corner and a found a few worms for them. Then I dug over the bantys corner inside their gate. They weren’t bothered by me digging in their area and I threw them a worm which they both battled with. I think it was a bit big for them and they had a long tussle with it while the big girls were going crazy on their side of the wire.
I passed a few worms through to the big girls. At one point Pepper was running around as if demented with a worm in her beak while Dotty and Bluebell chased her.
When I had finished the bantys went straight to the freshly dug earth and had a good scratch about.
The bantys scratch in the corner that I have dug for them while Bluebell and Pepper patrol the border
The bantys enjoying a scratch around
All we need now is to get them all together.
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It will be fine ..I think you will have to bite the bullet . I reckon you are more scared than they are . It is amazing how much space you have managed to get for them .
I put them together for a bit last night and am going to put them together for a bit at lunch time today to try to speed things up a bit then I will write my next post, so watch this space!