With the molt you can see the difference in colour really well too. She was a dull, sandy sort of brown. Now she is dark chocolate! 🥰
17cm (6,7 inches)
I am strangely enough unfomfortable around any dead insects or bugs, when I was a child I was terrified of them! Always loved the live ones though. 😁
It always makes me very happy to hear that people safely relocate spiders instead of killing them. ❤️
Abbil, my L. parahybana surprised me with a molt today! Normaly when they are at this size molting takes up to 24 hours, but this must have gone really smoothly because I never noticed until I came home from work today!
Look at this beauty! 🥰
At the top left you can see a wee foot to show what...
I was honestly so delighted when Dandelion was "allowed" to come and perch in my arm today, I thought I was going to cry. 😅 I know I might be overly invested and that it might seem silly but they really are proper pets. I enjoy them either way of course, but I feel a lot of pride in the trust.
I am very happy to announce that breeding season is over in Peebles, Scotland, and that I have my pets back! 😁 😊
Prim has chilled out and is almost back to his normal self - I can pet and interact with the ladies, he loves his treats, it's all good.
Now just to wait for those feathers to come...
They will also be getting some younger sisters this summer!
I rehomed one of my pheasant girls and in return a got a pick of some chicks for the new owners to bring on before introducing them to our wee flock.
We're expecting a hamburg, one orpington and two standard silkies to join us later on...
My thought exactly! :) I'm also not too interested in shipping and selling. If someone wants to give them a go to hatch they can have some... though only one of the hens is laying now, and I think she's almost done too.
I find the duck eggs almost a little bit too rich to eat boiled but I'd...
Pheasant egg next to chicken egg. 🙂
I know I must have cut the chicken egg a bit wonky, but the yolk to white ratio in the pheasant eggs are impressive!