Boo!

[fran]

Ah gorgeous! Is she ever going to live outside or is she going to become a house pet?!!

[SuzyB]

Aww she's so sweet!

[lizzylemon]

Simply Gorgeous! What a lovely reward for such a job well done. Another baby to be so proud of. XXXX

[frias]

She/he's just so gorgeous. I want a house chicken. Do they make nappies that small?

[Snadger]

"What you looking at?" says she!

[its hilly]

Well done you (chook and picis) its great to see Boo, and so cute

[matthew2riches]

Fantastic Di! Looks really well.

Deffo some Norfolk Grey in him/her! Does look like Pingu though!

[di]

Thankyou everyone...she is rather gorgeous,but as for becoming a house pet?I seem to remember from about three or four weeks the chooky smell takes over and by five or six you're desperate for them to be outside!
Although the preliminary reason for getting a lil chum was to keep her company in the early days,the long term plan is to pop them both with the others and I know it's far easier to introduce two to a flock.We'll wait until Dandelion is ready to leave her babies & thses two are feathered up enough to handle the big wide world.
I can't remember what age we did things with the last lot,but I know they had a gradual move to outside,starting off with a few days being outside during the warmer part of the day & gradually working up to being out all the time.
The main problem we're having at the minute is mouth pecking...might not hurt a mummy hen when their babes do what's natural,but she makes a beeline for my mouth & it blinkin' hurts!!!

[RichmondHens]

They are attracted to the lip movement and light glinting off your pearly whites! Same happened to me yesterday with one of our 8 week old VERY tame cream legbar cocks - ouch! My fault for holding him so close really. I always said the only cocks we would keep would be functional (ie for breeding) or fattening. I have a feeling we may end up with a few "pets" as well. Ho hum!

[Bramble-Poultry]

Yes we end up with pet cockerels too, just cos I can't bare to let one go - especially if hes really lovely, I usually end up trying to find him hens to keep him company.

Cream legbars RH - sister is having a cream legbar cock off a lady nr Egdgefield called Sally ... conincidence??

[RichmondHens]

Then that would be me, if your sister is called Alison?

[Bramble-Poultry]

Ai thats her! Oh and between you and me - its actually for us

[Flummery]

She/he's just so gorgeous. I want a house chicken. Do they make nappies that small?

I believe chicken nappies ARE available - in the USA.

[MaureenHall]

I believe chicken nappies ARE available - in the USA.

Now why doesn't that surprise me? I bet if we looked hard enough we'd also find "wedding garments" for hens and cockerels too just as they have them for cats and dogs!!

[Bramble-Poultry]

only in America!!! and I'm positive you are right mo - chicken couture just what the world needs fancy dress chickens.

I was shocked to see ferret couture in a local petshop recently - i'm quite sure my ferret could live without a rhinestone hoody and i know my chickens could too!

I have seen a penguin in a wetsuit though at the zoo!