Speedy the Australorp/Wyandotte chicken

[GlenChick]

Speedy the Chick and her foster mum 'Gladys'



Murial #1 and Murial #2 checking up on Speedy and Gladys



Speedy a few weeks old



Exploration outside the coop and digging for insects



A couple of months on and she's in her first moult



She's growing into big girl



Speedy (and the three other girls) having a great time digging bugs from out of the compost heap

 

[youngchooklover]

Love the pics.

 

[N F C]

Nice looking bird Speedy is. Thanks for sharing your pictures!

 

[GlenChick]

Speedy laid her first egg today (her egg is the first one on the left).

 

[N F C]

Congratulations Speedy, good job!

 

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

Aw Speedy! Her first egg is lovely! I bet you are glad she is a girl! My hens always give me roosters.

 

[N F C]

Aw Speedy! Her first egg is lovely! I bet you are glad she is a girl! My hens always give me roosters.

 

[GlenChick]

Update - after three weeks of laying small eggs, Speedy has now decided she wants to be 'Broody Hen'.

Sadly we're not allowed a rooster here, we don't have room for more chicks, and we don't have a separate metal cage to separate and de-broody her.

Anyone got tips on how to cage-less de-broody a young pullet?