Windy hill chickens - first flock(s) of my own

[BDutch]

A few of them are great for the caption contest. !
(Look for caption contest submission).

 

[kattabelly]

A few of them are great for the caption contest. !
(Look for caption contest submission).

Yeah I've posted stuff there before. Not sure I can decide which of these to enter though.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Yeah I've posted stuff there before. Not sure I can decide which of these to enter though.

I like the one with the cabbage showing in the open beak.

 

[kattabelly]

I'm on the boat again (been down south this time) and the wifi is too rubbish right now to post photos or even use the 'reply' button to quote messages without the server timing out but I'll do it later.

When I got the boat down last night, three separate members of the crew asked if I had any chickens with me this time

 

[kattabelly]

I didn't want to do introductions today because of the weather but the two rock pullets were just standing by the fence in the rain, soaking wet and making lonely goose noises at the other chickens. I made sure they had full crops, then let them in to the main group's run and shut the door so they couldn't take off in a panic. After that they spent most of the day standing in the rain, making sad noises and occasionally running away from the other chickens Really wasn't too much pecking and chasing; they're just very timid. They wouldn't use any of the unoccupied shelter spots even though all but one has multiple exit routes, and I gave up trying to help because herding or grabbing them was just stressing them out more. Kicked all the others out for about an hour before roosting time so they did at least get some time to eat and explore. They weren't allowed yet but they still tried to roost with the others closest in age, which I'm taking as a good sign after how nervous they were earlier. They're sleeping by themselves tonight but out of the weather, and went to roost dry and with full crops, so I'm not worried - just a bit frustrating.

Grumpy Chick was especially good with them. She asked to come in when they were using one of the shelters for a minute and then crept in and made what sounded like reassuring noises at them until they got freaked out and ran away. The Sussex pullets did their usual thing of ignoring little chickens unless they're actually in the way of food, and the Norfolk Grey still exists in kind of her own world. I think she's going to be a Nora, because I like alliteration apparently. And the others do mostly ig-Nora.

Four eggs both today and yesterday - one green, two Hylines, one I think is Yellow Legs but not completely sure.

 

[Perris]

And the others do mostly ig-Nora.