Thanks, I think so. I don't know whether Grace's colouring has recently intensified or whether I just haven't noticed it before. Yesterday, she was looking very "blue". It has been hot, and the sun is bright, maybe that's why she is "glowing".
I just wish they trusted me more, they run from me....
potato chip ..... your two girls look rather young, and I expect that might be the reason they run from you. Still in the wary almost wild stages. .
Took months for my chickens to respond and be friendly - comfortable being around my legs, and listening to me. ( ??
). My Mindy Araucana - 3.5 years old is STILL wary - but in the evenings, when she is docile, will 'roost' on my arm quite happily. Likes sitting on my lap too to be dried off with a towel ( evenings ). If she gets saturated during the day, I towel her off ( with much protest and attempts at escape ) ... and leave her then to dry off in her coop. I don't like hens going to bed wet though !!
My 3 girls will still move quickly away, if they want to - they are laws unto themselves. However, if there is the merest hint of food in my hand, they are there at my feet, being pests and one flies up to try and see what I might have in hand or in bowl. They are
never starved in any way, always have their layer pellets to eat - but they adore anything that might be different tucker. They get sooo excited at the prospect.
Try getting closer to them in the late afternoons / early evenings - it's when they are at their best for handling ( for any reason ) as they begin to 'settle' for the oncoming night, and get docile and dopey.
Also, I expect they might not be squatting just yet, but when they begin that, it's a good time to give them a good scratch on the back, around the neck etc., --- they will submit to that, then get up, fluff themselves up - and that's the end of it.
Good luck,
Cheers -----