yay for babies! Theres many hatched shells in nests around here, but we are yet to sight the babies. Hope new boy settles in wellThe swap has happened!
And it was a bit of a fiasco. Firstly, Ciara and the female chose literally right before we were doing the swap to take a mud wallow, so the female was nice and covered in mud for us when we had to grab her to load her.
Secondly, the male got loose. All the way loose. We had to chase him down and catch him which resulted in me having to go through the woods and get covered in burrs.
So I was muddy, and full of burrs, but I now have a male and a female and I should have chicks this year from them, fingers crossed.
It wasn't White Band that they delivered. I guess he was one the son was too attached to to sell. So I got Black Band, the other male. He was, of course, the craziest one, lol. We weren't even able to actually get a band on him at the time, so really he became No Band.
But here he is:
He's got a very pretty paler blue neck. He seems very interested in the wooded section of the pen - the place he was living in before was designed more for growing out and breeding and not really a 'pets' type thing, and it didn't have foliage or especially not a wooded section. So he's enjoying picking through the leaf litter, and I'm sure he's gonna enjoy the apples that fall off the apple tree that overhangs their pen. Ciara eats them whole if they're small enough, lol.
And here's Ciara grooming after her mud wallow. No better way to cool down on a hot day:
If you notice, she's got a little nick on her neck. I don't know if that's from her and other female fighting, since hormones are setting in, or if she caught herself on a branch or something. I put a little ointment on it and it should heal up okay.
Oh, and she got lots of strawberries today, which she was very happy about.
Good evening Wunda 
