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| 29/03/09
- Mrs Black's broody house has been moved into the hen run
as an extra shelter. |
29/03/09
- Mrs Grey now has her broody house and the small 6' x 3'
run will be handy for chicks. |
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| 29/03/09
- The door is open but the trio would rather eat a piece of
banana than investigate the garden. |
29/03/09
- Mr White surveys the perimeter of the run before deciding
who goes outside first. |
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| 29/03/09
- They eventually come out their run but prefer to investigate
the duck run first. |
29/03/09
- Next up, they go and investigate the new runs that are being
built. |
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| 29/03/09
- back in their run and Mrs Brown decides to try some orange. |
31/03/09
- Mr White struts off in a huff after being caught in the
back porch looking for food! |
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| 31/03/09
- The trio investigate the rest of the garden, making the
most of the warm sunshine. |
31/03/09
- Not content to go in the back door to the porch, Mr White
proceeds to try the front door! |
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| 01/04/09
- The day old chicks are now a week old. This is 'first born'. |
01/04/09
- Stripes is feathering up the quickest, with near full wings
already. |
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| 01/04/09
- 2 of the 3 amigos have dark flecks on a few of their white
feathers. |
01/04/09
- Mrs Black's solitary bantam chick has just started to get
tiny wing feathers. |
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05/04/09
- Late
yesterday I heard peeping from Mrs Grey's nest box. Today,
this is what I saw.
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05/04/09
- Hens snoozing in the spring sunshine after scratching about
in the garden for hours. |
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| 05/04/09
- The new chick run has 13mm mesh all the way round. Mrs Grey's
broody house no longer needs the small 6' x 3' run with all
this space. |
06/04/09
- BIG SURPRISE! Mrs Grey now has 3 chicks with her and is
still sitting on the other 6 eggs. |
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| 07/04/09
- Overnight, another 3 chicks have hatched out under Mrs Grey,
so we have a final total of 6 chicks. |
08/04/09
- Laid by Mrs Black in the small hen house, our very first
frugal free range egg, a lovely cream colour as opposed to
brown.. |
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| 08/04/09
- Mrs Grey brings her babies out into the nursery run for
a peck and scratch. |
08/04/09
- First born with the white wings was too fast to be caught
in a family photo session. |
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| 08/04/09
- The happy little family enjoy a brief spell foraging outside.
This picture just captures all 6 chicks with mum, Mrs Grey. |
08/04/09
- 5 of the 8 older chicks, feathering up and learning to roost.
That's 'Stripey' on the right and the greys are the lavender
Araucanas. Captain Beaky in the middle is still the biggest. |
