Meet me new girls

[Hans Mum]

got my 6 ex-batts last saturday 1st pic is when we got them home, theyve come on leaps and bounds. other pics are yesterday when i let them out in the garden, they loved it.....must admit i got a bit tearful seeing them doing chicken things scratting round, stretching their wings and just being 'free'. One even got through to next door;s garden but came back when i shook the corn tin theyre still looking scraggy no feathers and very scittish but i'm really happy that their here and being chickens. Ive introduced them to my 2 original girls and other than a bit of pecking its generally been ok. They now love porridge, corn, and my OH gave them some mealworms yesterday they nearly took his arm off. I'm spreading the word at work and think ive convinced a couple of people to take ex-batts - theyre gonna come and look at mine to look at the shed conversion. And they are laying (Sorry Beph) i sold my first 12 eggs yesterday so they are now contributing to their food bill.
sorry its so long but wanted to share with you all.

[frias]

So glad they've settled in and the others accept them. They will soon start to look different, as will that grass!

[lynda66]

wow they look loads better than when they arrived i'm itching for eggs now too lol

[RedThorn]

they look fantastic. congrats on your sale too, bet that felt good! (whispers... .has Beph still got no eggs?....sends laying thoughts to Beph's girls...)

Mine have been here 3 weeks now and they are no where near as skittish..... just wish 1 of them will peck our cats( this is still the one thing that makes them skittish.......)

[MaureenHall]

What a difference a week makes The lady in the snow looks so confident now doesn't she

[lynda66]

just wish 1 of them will peck our cats( this is still the one thing that makes them skittish.......)

it will come, asbo runs a mile when they come near him and he chased a staffie round the garden a while back , cleo wants to play with them and does that cute head butting thing

[digthatchick]

With the spring to come and all that warm summer sunshine, these girls are going to be so happy they were rescued, they look like they are settling in nicely.

[-pat m]

Well done they are lucky gals!

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[Glutton4...]

Lovely to see this pics. It reminds me how mine looked when I got them back in November. I still have two with hardly any wing feathers, but the rest now look like real chickens, all with shiny feathers and fluffy bloomers. It won't take long. Well done you.

[Flummery]

Ahh bless! They look so much different after just a week don't they?

[Nicos]

Oh lovely!..you've certainly done the right thing for them...give yourself a pat on the back!

[Hans Mum]

. just wish 1 of them will peck our cats( this is still the one thing that makes them skittish.......)

dont wish too much, my cat got in with my orignal 2 girls.....he came of worse!!! his tail and head looked like they took the brunt of it...he goes nowhere near them now although it was luck it showed us a major design fault with the run which could have been worse if Mr Fox had got in

[HayleyB]

It's amazing how quick they turn around. Though we've still got a couple from the November batch that still haven't got wing feathers. Mind you Alice looks like she was never in a cage she is so huge and full feathers with lovely markings.

Enjoy.......