Milly, Molly and Mandy

[tosca100]

This morning we went to the market and bought three new girls. They are ex-commercials but in not too bad condition. One hen has a touch of frostbite to the tips of her comb which seems quite common here, but apart from that and being very pale they seem OK. They were about £7 for the three.

So please say hello to Milly, Molly and Mandy.





Don't know who is who yet, but Mandy is the one with the big comb and bossy nature.

[albertajune]

Hell girls Be prepared for a good rest of your life.
Their names remind me of a childhood friend who always had the Milly Molly Mandy books bought for her by her dad.

[jackian]

They are lovely girls and I am sure will be even lovelier in a few weeks.

Milly Molly Mandy ..Oh what memories

Jackie x

[HensAloud]

They're as sweet as sugar candy !

[tosca100]

Bless them, I have opened the door and they are all piled in a cardboard box looking worried. I'm sure they will come out eventually, they are survivors.

Edit; Bless them...there is too much Space in this room, there is too much Light, too much Green and Blue on the other side of the door. There are Hens Totally Overderessed out there. And there is a very noisy Man! So we will stay Safe in our little box.

[davina112]

Orrrrr they are gorgeous. I have a Milly and a Molly, but as yet no Mandy. I thought I had a Mandy, but it turned out to be man, he is a good looking one though.

[tomato]

Hello there Milly, Molly and Mandy. What beautiful girls

[Scrambled]

Oh, this has made me smile!

My parents got three chickens in the 70's and called them Milly, Molly and Mandy

Your new arrivals are lovely

[manda]

Cool pics...lovely chooks

[tosca100]

They're really sweet, they have come out into the big wide world and into an open building with sandy soil base so they can scratch when they want to, which we have not seen them do yet. They seem a bit weak on their legs but excercise might sort that out. Sevi is beside himself, it's a good job he doesn't know you can fly over a fence if you are a chicken, you don't have to try to go through it! I'm afraid he will not be having the pleasure of their company, as soon as the two boys have gone we will be re-organising the flock into his and hers, and my laying ladies are going to be manless...unless they all start fighting. Sevi will be boss of OH's shumen flock.

[sandy]

Milly,Molly and Mandy are beautiful girls love the peering out of the box

[Mo]

Hope they settle well.

I have a Milly and a Molly, but as yet no Mandy. I thought I had a Mandy, but it turned out to be man.

Mily Molly & Man.

Yes I read the stories too. And Amelia Ann.

[Chicken drumstick]

Three very lucky ladies with a better life ahead of them

[tosca100]

Well, there has been major upheaval in chicken towers the last few days. Our four young cockerels have all gone to their new homes, one with two girls in tow, so all three groups were mixed this afternoon. The only squawks coming from one youngster with twisted feet who Sevi decided was worth having a go at, but she is fine. The youngsters all filed in to see the new ladies (who OH has named the Scrawnies) and after a brief hello ate their food. The Sevi went in and made up to them but soon got bored. They later came out and all was well. At bed time all three groups went to their respective rooms which is fine for now. Tomorrow we will see what happens.

Meanwhile old habits die hard, and though the perch has been tried and approved in principle, being squeezed into a box is still the way to go.

[tosca100]

Thought an update was due on our three ladies.

The chickens have all been re-distributed now that all last years boys have gone to their new homes. There is the Shumen breeding group and the layers....or misfits. My hens. These are made up of the scrawnies, Darcy, a shumen with two dodgy feet who dances everywhere so she can keep balanced, Pearl who is too pale and very pretty, Chubba, a huge hen who also has a twisted foot and was Sevi's favourite as easy to catch, and Cagney and Lacey, brown hens, Lacey being a bit quiet and subdued today.

So now that they are getting used to their new mates, the scrawnies are showing their characters. They are all friendly, tending to follow you around. All have enormous appetites. Mandy with the floppy comb is a bit dim and can usually be found on the opposite side of the fence to the others (pen within a pen) Molly is inclined to get herself into tight spaces and need rescuing, so a door has had to go on the feed room, and area no chicken has bothered with before. This morning they were all waiting to get through the door first, the others coming out fifteen minutes later. They still sleep in a box together.

Milly and one other have laid their first eggs today. We were around when Milly laid her's, but the other was dropped in the pen. Milly, like a true battery hen, needed company and pushed herself in behind a rather put out Lacey to lay her egg!

Molly and Mandy doing what they do best....eating.


Milly pushing her way in behind Lacey.


Egg no 1 found in the run


And Milly's offering