[Fluff]

Hello from my new girls. Happily settled in and now I am just waiting for some eggs.

[nettynoodles1]

they are lovely hope you dont have to wait to long for eggs.

[Porffor]

Lovely looking girls!

[Bodger]

Hello Gertrude and Hilda.  

[compostqueen]

they're lovely     Wonder how long they'll stay white    Mine get filthy     Mine began laying at 24 weeks and the last one to start laying was 27 weeks old.  So 3 eggs a day now  :shock:

I've started baking as my B & B guests aren't eating them all  

[Fluff]

they're lovely     Wonder how long they'll stay white    Mine get filthy     Mine began laying at 24 weeks and the last one to start laying was 27 weeks old.  So 3 eggs a day now  :shock:

I've started baking as my B & B guests aren't eating them all  

Been told they will change colour and probably go a russet colour

[compostqueen]

I wanted an amber one but he sold the colours first so I was too late. The three of them are different shades of brown so I can tell them apart  

[peggyprice]

Pretty girls  

My Amber (Little Miss Sunshine) is almost pure white, hardly any speckles at all - but dirty grey marks on her wings where she's been taking a dust bath in a pile of earth  :roll:   Think she's around 21 weeks now, so maybe she'll start laying soon ...

[Vember]

Ahh bless

Hello you 2  

[Jellyhead]

Aaaah luverly

[Fluff]

Girls doing well. They seem to be laying an egg a day alternatively.

Any one got any tips for alternative food.

Presently getting corn ,layers mash and some shell.

What do you feed yours

[Vember]

The same really,
they have fruit, bread, digestive biscuits, sweetcorn, mealworms and other things I have in at the time, but they are only given as treats  

[Fluff]

Really good fun keeping chickens.

I know it seems soft but they actually have character and traits.

The other enjoyable aspect that I had not considered is that the eggs are generally the same size but now and again you get something that looks more bantam like. I decided tonight to have the largest one laid to date with chips and was rewarded with my first double yolker.

As long as you have the time to look after them I would recommend them to anyone.

Also whilst i am on any other suggestions for getting calcium into their feed.  I have what I descibe as a shell type additive that I add to grain and layers mash but they dont seem to like it and I have started to notice imperfections in my egg shells.  Somebody suggested sharp sand?

[Foxy]

Hi Fluff, sounds like you are really enjoying your chickens,their personalities are so interesting!  
If the shells are nice and hard I wouldn't worry about adding anything  as it is quite usual to have an odd shaped or rough shell. If they start to regulary lay soft shell eggs then perhaps you may need to have a look at their diet.

[Aunt Sally]

Lovely birds Fluff


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