It's been a while since I posted any photos, so please bear with me...
We'd let our flock dwindle to two- one ex-barn hen rehomed via the BHWT and our Chalkhill Blue (she of the 816 eggs and still laying!)
We're now back up to full strength thanks to the addition of a Light Sussex from Fred Ham's cherry orchard lineage
together with a cream legbar (a pure breed this time) and two white leghorns, all from Fred's recommended breeder in Edenbridge (I won't give her details as I haven't asked).
The two leghorns have been named Holly and Alice after our twin nieces who are likewise hard to tell apart :lol:
I think this is Alice, but I can only really tell when they fan their tails out, as Holly has a feather missing at the mo (i.e. she has a "holey" tail )
The run has been divided in two with chicken wire for the quarantine / "getting to know each other" period. This means that Sophie and Nadia are having to make do with half their usual space & are having to sleep in the greenhouse. They're not impressed!!
The Light Sussex is around 6 months old & looks as though she should be in lay- many of her flock mates are laying, so I might yet get a few more eggs per week before Christmas. I'll be pleasantly surprised if I get any white or blue eggs this side of spring though, but we'll see.
It definitely looks as though the Light Sussex will be the new head hen. She's certainly throwing her weight around, and there's plenty of that!
We'd let our flock dwindle to two- one ex-barn hen rehomed via the BHWT and our Chalkhill Blue (she of the 816 eggs and still laying!)
We're now back up to full strength thanks to the addition of a Light Sussex from Fred Ham's cherry orchard lineage
together with a cream legbar (a pure breed this time) and two white leghorns, all from Fred's recommended breeder in Edenbridge (I won't give her details as I haven't asked).
The two leghorns have been named Holly and Alice after our twin nieces who are likewise hard to tell apart :lol:
I think this is Alice, but I can only really tell when they fan their tails out, as Holly has a feather missing at the mo (i.e. she has a "holey" tail )
The run has been divided in two with chicken wire for the quarantine / "getting to know each other" period. This means that Sophie and Nadia are having to make do with half their usual space & are having to sleep in the greenhouse. They're not impressed!!
The Light Sussex is around 6 months old & looks as though she should be in lay- many of her flock mates are laying, so I might yet get a few more eggs per week before Christmas. I'll be pleasantly surprised if I get any white or blue eggs this side of spring though, but we'll see.
It definitely looks as though the Light Sussex will be the new head hen. She's certainly throwing her weight around, and there's plenty of that!