Recent content by Ninja Squirrel

Bwaark! I'll beat that smug Henrietta this year, I've put "feather-be-gone-instant-moult" in her water. :tongue

So many fluffy little butts!! :love

Oh my heart just exploded. I love Beaker!! (Muppet and chicken.) :love:love

This is Norbert the cockerel. We took him in after finding him and his 2 brothers abandoned with no food, water, or shelter in the pouring rain in winter. Best cockerel we've ever had. Our girls love him.

My sweet little pekin (cochin) bantams.

Thanks Ridgerunner! I don't really mind too much, I always tuck them up every night regardless. It just seems a bit odd and I'd rather they were all safely away before it gets dark. Yes, there are roosts in the run, which they hop up on, and then more roosts inside the coop. Admittedly I...

They're almost 2 years old, and I've had them for 3 months. They stay out even later than my pullets ever did.

Thanks 50! Thanks Grits! I'll get something set up on a timer. I just wonder why they stay up so late? Maybe they're just loving their new found freedom (although I thought after 3 months they would have settled in).

Hello poultry friends! I wonder if anyone can offer some suggestions on how to get out of a pickle I've got myself into with my latest additions - some ex bats who are now a little spoilt. I have an original flock of hens with 2 roos, who all take themselves off to the coop at dusk, just like...

One of my girls gets really "hormonal" for several weeks before she finally realises she's broody. Hard to describe but she's just really grumpy and keeps flapping and screeching for no obvious reason, and walks around making that annoyed "bok bok bok" sound, like a confused teenager who knows...

I'm so sorry to hear you lost your beautiful little hen. As a newbie too I had no advice to offer, but I was rooting for you both. Lovely that you gave her a nicer life and more care than most chickens will ever know. :hugs

Wow!! I am totally blown away. This is incredible and thank you SO much for the little details, they're genius. There's so much in your post that I want to use, I'm going to use this as a reference. Thank you!

Awwwww, they're beautiful little birds! Smart too, and sooo much personality. Mine love a close up!

When your work colleague sneers and asks you in a really condescending tone "do you think they all have their own little personalities?" :hmm And you reply with "do you think your children do?" :smack

Oh wow, you're not too far from me! :frow