Guess who's followed me home!

[MaureenHall]

Yes folks, Basil the Bluebelle has arrived chez Chuckingham Palace (and annex) this afternoon. I went to see Jude at Cotswold Chickens and would you believe it, Basil jumped into a box, closed the lid and somehow managed to get himself into the boot of my car! Well, I just HAD to bring him home didn't I

Yes, I will post some piccies a bit later when he's settled in a bit. He's only 15 weeks old, so feeling just a little bit frightened of this new place. He's moved in with the babies (who aren't that much smaller than him now!) and I've closed up the coop after chucking the tiddlies out of it for the afternoon. I'll open it up again around 8ish so he can have a quick look outside before bed and before the little ones want to settle in for the night. He's so lovely

[OverWyreGrower]

Norty Basil - what a clever chook!!

Welcome to your new arrival!

[Hans Mum]

norty maureen leaving her vehicle unattended so strangers can hitch a ride back to a desres.

looking forward to pix of the new boy on the block

[Glutton4...]

Oooooooh, on the Norty step with you! Unless you post piccies soooooooooooon lol

[bluemoon]

Tut, tut. I think half the chickens in Britain must have seen Chicken Run, the japes they're coming up with. I'd like to see a piccie too, you see the girl Bluebelles all the time, but I've never seen a boy.

[Flummery]

Oh, it could have been an AXE MURDERER! Never leave your boot unguarded (unless at a chooky place!

Looking forward to seeing his picture.

[FionaH]

Sneaky things these chooks, same thing used to happen to my friend with ponies down the new forest, they would sneak into her trailer Piccys soon?

[lynda66]

is looking forward to baby basils

[MaureenHall]

They'll have to be "the herbs" won't they Coriander, Marjoram, Rosemary, Parsley, Thyme

Ooooo hark at her! Not even got any fertile eggs yet and already naming chicks!!!

[HayleyB]

Yes but......
BASIL................ *in high piched voice.....
I have images of Fawlty Towers less Chuckingham And don't mention the WAR And the rat...........
AND he's an illegal immigrant stowaway too - Norty Norty Norty Very Norty

[MaureenHall]

Well pictures I promised so here they are. He's a lovely boy and seems to be settling in well. There were a few "iffy" moments when I first brought him home, but I shut him in the coop for a while, then he made the acquaintance of the other chicks before they all settled down together for the night. He's eating and drinking ok and just exploring his new home - maybe even eyeing up the laydees in the next run

[bluemoon]

He looks lovely, Mo. Though he's got that look in his eye that says he's going to be something of a character.

[Birdie Wife]

Oooh he's a looker. What a clever chap! I'm sure he'll keep your ladies amused

[hmk]

Yes folks, Basil the Bluebelle has arrived chez Chuckingham Palace (and annex) this afternoon. I went to see Jude at Cotswold Chickens

I live about 2 miles from Jude!
Gladys and Dandelion came from Cotswold Chickens.

HMK

[MaureenHall]

Well Basil seems to have settled in really well. He toddles off to the coop at bedtime with the others, gets up and eats and drinks with them all too. The only "problem" I have at the moment is 2 of the little cockerels trying to work out who's the boss! bit of fighting going on there, so I think it's nearly time to split them up