introducing new members to our family

[Lisasbolt]

Finally after spending ages persuading the OH to add a few more ladies to the gang he has agreed, well i do not know if agreed or told i am getting them if you like it or not


We have not had a single egg off our original ladies for over a month now and they normally lay year round, so thought they are over the age of 3, they must have just stopped for the winter. Well i went and saved 4 new ladies, it was horrible the way the chicken man grabbed them by the wing dragged them out of their shoe box!! crammed with 4 others and held them upside down and stuffed them into a tiny box i said a few words but what else could i do its the norm out here, at least i have brought them to have a wonderful life with us from now on.

Well we have a massive area fenced off for the ladies and next to it another very reasonable sized fenced off area, so i have put them in there so they can get used to each other from either side of the chicken wire fence, well guess what i found!!!! in a over grown area.............a massive nest of about 30 eggs, damn those ladies i have been buying eggs and brought home 6 today, so now inundated with eggs, and now have 9 ladies.

They are very scared, but they will soon get used to us apart from their beaks being cut far too much they are actually looking really healthy.

So introducing Blanca, Blanco and i do not want to tell you what the OH wants to call the other 2

[Lisasbolt]

The 2 white ladies are the most scared and stayed laid on their backs till i picked them up and gave them a stroke, be nice to have white eggs, i don't know why but it will

[veggiechicken]

Love the stash of eggs Little so and sos!
The new girls look good. I'm sure they'll soon get used to each other

[Lisasbolt]

I hope so, i have never introduced them before, but going to leave them in the small penned off area till they gain a bit of confidence or they will def get beaten up and maybe lost
So nice seeing them being able to peck the soil and fluff out their wings for probably the first time in their life.

[vixylix]

aah well done Lisa - they do look healthy!

I can't wait to have ex bats of my own one day

[Verinda]

What beautiful ladies. It's just the best thing to rescue hens and give them the life they deserve so well done

[Nannysally99]

Big smiles from me Lisa, keep in touch with chicken pics

[Small pumpkin]

They look lovely girls. And wow look at all that lovely green stuff in there run! My poor girls have just got mud at the moment.

[Lisasbolt]

They are really very very timid, i have been going and sitting with them but if i blink they jump. So worried about mixing them with the others i guess time will be a healer. They won't eat anything green or red just their plain old grain. thats how i got my old ladies to fall in love with me, half a tomato and you have them in the palm of your hand.