well..we picked up 5 new pullets today..
3 black jersey giants, 1 salmon faverolle, and 1 danish leghorn.
they are almost 5 months old and still quite a bit smaller than my 6 birds here, but the gal i got them from said to go ahead and mix them in...they'll figure it out.
well, they did get the initial pecks, but for the most part the other chickens were just curious about them. the black jerseys stayed in a group and immediately got familiar with their water and food source..haha they seem to be settling in. the salmon is quite shy and hid behind the trashcan that holds their feed. the leghorn wasn't quite sure where to go so flew up on top of the nesting boxes..haha i'll go out and check again in awhile and get some pics, but so far so good..
i didn't realize how big the jerseys will get!
that's cool though, we have space..
we also found a home with the feed store i got these gals from, for our extra rooster.
she said she'll find a home for him and while it's nobody's business what the chicken is used for once it belongs to someone else, she said she always asks if they are going to be used for pets or meat. then she discourages anyone from buying any for meat unless that's the type of chicken she has..haha she even asked me what we were doing with the 5 gals and what our set up was like..
AND she has nigerian dwarf goats, so in a month we are getting a pregnant mama from her!!
salmon faverolle:
danish leghorn:
black jerseys:
clementine checking out the new gals:
the boys:
we also found a home with the feed store i got these gals from, for our extra rooster.
salmon faverolle:
danish leghorn:
black jerseys:
clementine checking out the new gals:
the boys:
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