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| Miss Brandy and Miss Cream |
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| Finger Lickin' Good! |
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| Miss Brandy and Miss Cream posing. |
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| Miss Kate Middleton - (fake tan) |
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| Miss Rhonda Burchmore |
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| Miss Brandy "Sitting Pretty!" |
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| Miss Effan from the "Kay-Effan-Cee" trio |
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| Plants soon to be destroyed! |
All of the girls have names of course;
Light Sussex
Australorp - Oprah
Wyandottes – Kay (turned out to be a rooster), Effan, Cee
Buff Orphingtons – Pippa and Kate Middleton (faked tanned)
Lohmann Brown - Miss Noelene Brown.
Ex battery hens Lohmann Browns - Miss Camilla Faith and Miss Elizabeth Hope
We are trying the deep litter method which appears to be working. We top dress the yard with garden and lawn clippings which the girls love. We are slowly introducing the dogs our new extended family. Spirit is fascinated and wants to round them up while Miss Maddy just wants to go inside the hen house to drink the water.
2 July 2011....Well Miss Beatrice decided to get her first egg stuck. I dropped her off at the vet yesterday. Fingers crossed after being poked and prodded she does what girl cooks do. Who would every have thought that eggs are able to get stuck and block a tube. o way I could poke my finger up a chook's bum. Too rude for this little farmer.
They girls have settled in really well and to date are enjoying dust bathing in the nearby pine needles and scratching around the composting mulch nearby. Fingers crossed they have left the rest of the garden free. I know it is only a matter of time. Once they commence destruction we shall split the back yard giving them one third to ruin. In this third I intend to plant rotational vegetable gardens (with removable fences).
9th September 2011..... Well a lot has happened here at Cluckingham Palace. Miss Eugenie also had an egg stuck and is now in heaven with Miss Beatrice. No more Barnevelders for us.
Well the flock has grown to thirteen. with the addition of Miss Noelene Brown and our two ex battery hens; Camilla Faith and Elizabeth Hope who have their own blog entry.
Destruction of the garden along with our desire to allow the dogs access to the rear block we have built the girls their own run.
We have more girls coming from Andrew O'Hare ( www.backyardpoultry.net ). We have ordered two more Light Sussex; to be named .... Miss Alex and Miss Zanda.........this will give us four Light Sussex in total; Brand Cream Alex Zanda.....Ha ha!
25the September
We have planted CLUCKER TUCKER - barrel medic, bok choy, buckwheat, forage chicory, clover, cocksfoot, linseed, lucerne, millet, forage plantain, silver beet, sub-clover and sunflower seeds. Fingers crossed we can keep the girls off their crop....to allow it to survive.
I am getting a bit excited as our chicken that Meg has at her place are heading home this week. It will be great to see how much they have grown and to see if they turn into beautiful birds.
28th September 2011
Well the kids have arrived home and have settled in well. Lucielle, Alex and Zanda are big girls now. They place with the chickens during the day and sleep in the big chook house at night. Our chicks are stunning and have settled in well.
2 July 2011....Well Miss Beatrice decided to get her first egg stuck. I dropped her off at the vet yesterday. Fingers crossed after being poked and prodded she does what girl cooks do. Who would every have thought that eggs are able to get stuck and block a tube. o way I could poke my finger up a chook's bum. Too rude for this little farmer.
They girls have settled in really well and to date are enjoying dust bathing in the nearby pine needles and scratching around the composting mulch nearby. Fingers crossed they have left the rest of the garden free. I know it is only a matter of time. Once they commence destruction we shall split the back yard giving them one third to ruin. In this third I intend to plant rotational vegetable gardens (with removable fences).
9th September 2011..... Well a lot has happened here at Cluckingham Palace. Miss Eugenie also had an egg stuck and is now in heaven with Miss Beatrice. No more Barnevelders for us.
Well the flock has grown to thirteen. with the addition of Miss Noelene Brown and our two ex battery hens; Camilla Faith and Elizabeth Hope who have their own blog entry.
Destruction of the garden along with our desire to allow the dogs access to the rear block we have built the girls their own run.
We have more girls coming from Andrew O'Hare ( www.backyardpoultry.net ). We have ordered two more Light Sussex; to be named .... Miss Alex and Miss Zanda.........this will give us four Light Sussex in total; Brand Cream Alex Zanda.....Ha ha!
We have another Rhode Island Red arriving to befriend Miss Julia (Gillard) and Miss Rhonda (Burchmore). In true show girl style, how could we not introduce you to Miss Lucille Ball. To be friends with our Lohman Brown named Noelene.
25the September
We have planted CLUCKER TUCKER - barrel medic, bok choy, buckwheat, forage chicory, clover, cocksfoot, linseed, lucerne, millet, forage plantain, silver beet, sub-clover and sunflower seeds. Fingers crossed we can keep the girls off their crop....to allow it to survive.
I am getting a bit excited as our chicken that Meg has at her place are heading home this week. It will be great to see how much they have grown and to see if they turn into beautiful birds.
28th September 2011
Well the kids have arrived home and have settled in well. Lucielle, Alex and Zanda are big girls now. They place with the chickens during the day and sleep in the big chook house at night. Our chicks are stunning and have settled in well.
I absolutely adore your naming system! Priceless!
ReplyDeleteWhy thank you, we are having fun coming up with names. We now have nine more babies to name....we just need to work out males and females and then we will get creative.
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