I think you can see who is who. 🙂
The Leghorn is Sparkle, the darkest Warren is called Heather and the lighter warren is called Nugget.
They are free range most of the day is one third of our the garden as they are still small, but when they are older I plan to let then range in all of our...
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As promised, would show you a photo of my pullets.
I might also upload some photos of them in the photo section.
So we got them a couple months ago, the breeder said the white chick was a Leghorn, the others were Warren.
At first I couldn’t find much info on Warrens, so I thought they might...
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Thanks for the reply.
I also though about the size but they gobble up massive earthworms with now problem, I think I might have mentioned it in the start of thread.
Tigers and dendrobeanas work very well together, they are commonly used as compost worms but I have indeed heard they are...
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I still can't understand why they eat earthworms but not the other worms 😂
To be honest, I do find it fascinating - I'm sure chickens are smarter than we think!
It's strange though - even when one of the chickens begin to peck on it, they soon drop it and just stare at it - all three...
Yep, it's amazing to see how they have grown, even though I knew what I was getting myself in to!
I don't plan on getting anymore chickens...I doubt my garden will remain as nice as it is now if I do 😂
Note:
I understand that earthworms and other worms can have "parasites" and I am aware that I should only give worms occasionally, as a treat. 🙂
However I believe that chickens will be chickens, and you can't stop them from digging up a few worms in the garden - but in my garden there aren't...
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Not sure is this is the right place to post, but its related to chicken behaviour.
So, my 3 pullets enjoy digging up earthworms in my garden, and when I'm outside doing some gardening and digging, they happily eat any worms that I dug up, and even run around, chasing each other for the...