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Brilliant news! Pictures needed obviously )t'

That's an interesting one, I've never thought about intros of boys. You would assume they wouldn't need it but knowing how feisty our girls can be, I guess it's best to take precautions. Wouldn't want Tiny sitting on him {rofwl}

I'[m sure a name will come when you see him. I find that my hens kind of name themselves after a while.
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Glad all well with your lot, hmmm introducing boys now I will be very interested for all your info
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Big Treacle has been limping a bit & sitting down alot lately but I couldn't work out
why. Yesterday ds & I manhandled her for a good inspection, & we found a lump on
top of the webbing part of her foot. Thinking it was a bumble we looked underneath
it & found a hard black lump (it had been hiding in a wrinkle) I had a pick at it &
realised it was a big splinter of some sort. I managed to pull it out, it didn't bleed
but left a neat hole - like a pierced ear, in her foot. We filled it with sudocream &
I'm pleased to see her foraging with the others this morning! Poor Treacle!
She is a funny girl, she's so huge, and she sleeps in front of the coop pop-hole. In
in the morning when I open the door she likes to just sit there and look out for a few
minutes - blocking the way out! It so funny seeing beaks and head popping out
politely around her until someone loses patience, barges her aside & tumbles out!
She still sits there for a while, oblivious, humming her little morning song!
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Treacle sounds fantastic, I think it must be wonderful to live in a happy little world of your own )t'

Poor her though, good job you noticed the splinter before it did any real harm. Don't forget the hibiscrub - that and sudocream, the chicken wonder treatment!

Any news on your boy yet?
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I'll be picking him up on Friday, his name is Bill.
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Today I gathered warm water, towels, kitchen roll & scissors. Then I gathered
Treacle onto my lap & set about cleaning & trimming her bot! She often has
quite loose poops & they just don't bounce off those fluffy bloomers! I had just
about finished when I noticed some poop on her back, the more I picked out the
more I found, it had gone right down under her wing, yeuc! it took ages to clean
it out. Then she spent most of the afternoon grooming the bit I'd washed. So
bedtime was rather a palaver tonight, I couldn't leave Treacle sleeping on the
floor in the middle - where she was being pooped on by the girls on the perches!
So I put her in the nestbox bit, this upset Pointy as SHE likes to sleep there, and
Treacle is so huge it was rather a squash! Then I had to put Beany in - (she is
broody in a box in the run, but since finding a weasel in the run this winter I don't
like leaving her there at night) Usually I put her in the nestbox, but it was full of
Treacle! So I put her on a perch & closed up. There was a lot of bocking, & when I peeped in the coop Beany had settled down in the middle under all the bums!!
I pushed her aside a bit & left them to it. I think I need a bigger coop! I peeped in
on Giblet & Tiny too, Giblet is also broody, so sleeping in Tiny's spot in the
nestbox - Tiny was comfortably settled down on Giblet's head! :?
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Goodness me the sleeping arrangements sound very confusing {rofwl} Treacle must have enjoyed her salon treatment )t'
The Pink Ladies..Audrey,Ingrid-Bergman,Madeleline,Norma-Jean,Dora,Janice,Jo,Robyn,Chrissy and Joyce
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Hi, I just cannot believe why chickens want to be pood on . My girls have all the space to get 6 inches between them . Cannot count them as all feathers and bits sticking out . They never stay where you put them .Funny to watch though.
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All this broodiness around seems to be having a strange effect on Tiny. She laid
her egg next to broody Giblet, then sat there for an hour. I moved her off the nest
but there was no fluffing or growling, she just looked a bit confused then started
chasing all the other hens round the garden! I think she was having one of her
hormonal cockerel moments. I hope she goes back to being a hen tomorrow when
Bill gets here!
Little Nettle & big Treacle hanging out together this afternoon
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{rofwl}

Brilliant juxtaposition!
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Meet Bill
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He's spending the afternoon in a sectioned off part of the run while they all get
used to eachother. The girls are curious but not too bothered about him, except Misspiggy who immediately started crouching for him, before he was even out of the
box!
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Bill is VERY loud - I hope once he settles in he doesn't feel the need to crow too
much!
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He's a corker!
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LOve Nettle and Treacle, little and large {rofwl} My what a handsome boy Bill is )like(
The Pink Ladies..Audrey,Ingrid-Bergman,Madeleline,Norma-Jean,Dora,Janice,Jo,Robyn,Chrissy and Joyce
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I waited until a respectable time to let them out this Saturday morning - 7.45.
Bill was beside himself with excitement, he immediately jumped on Misspiggy
then danced round all the others, they managed to dodge out of his way though.
Tiny wasn't impressed by being chased up and down the garden! In the end he
gave up & as Misspiggy was the only one that submitted to him she had to put up
with his attentions. He then led Miss p & Bonny around the garden, flapping his
wings and bocking at everything he found for them. They've all wandered off and
left him alone in the middle of the garden now & he's crowing away...ooooh pretty
loudly! I better go & speak to the neighbours today, I hadn't realised how quiet
old Smidge was.
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I've really enjoyed our first day with Bill, he's the dearest little chap! After the
morning crowing he stopped for the rest of the day & just enjoyed exploring the
garden with the girls. He's extremely friendly, happy to be picked up & seems
to really enjoy being cuddled. He followed me into the greenhouse & dh into his
shed and was happy to be stroked like a little dog! By the end of the day I couldn't
imagine the garden without him.
Tiny HAS gone broody, so her & Giblet are piled into their nest together
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