Hi all
well what a day! IM totally worn out now but have had a good day really.
I wanted silkies and or polands really and nearly had some lol but the prices went too high! :shock: there was some what looked like brahmas to me but sold as cochins...... i bidded on those but dropped out at just under £15 for 6........ wish i had gone 1 more really lol. dropped out of lots of auctions on the silkies n polands at around the £15 to £20 mark pairs n trios.
anyway DD no2 loved this mum just a bog standard hybred with 5 babies so guess what...yup i bought them lol hehehhee all now safely in there house and settling in well. Was a mre getting them out of the cage tho as it was 6foot up! and some silly man thought i was struggling to get them out and *helped* by moving my bodily out of the way and getting mum out before the chicks. So then of course the chicks did their nut wanting mum and 1 chick jumoped right out and lwent runnign round like a .well ok like a headless chicken lol
:roll: so i had to chase it somewhere safe from big feet and the RSPCA officer was trying to help catch it too :oops: Well caught it was by a quick little boy and so we came home very happy.
I know a few of you have said you wouldnt buy from auctions, and there was some ill looking hens, mainly flicking heads about like they had mites and a pair of buff orps.... OMG the hen didnt move from under the cock (who had a small injury to his comb at the base) and they must have both been well over 2 yrs old and yet they still fetched silly money. so nope i didnt buy them :roll:
Snyway enuff waffling heres the pic more will foloow when i get them uploaded. Mum wasnt happy when we fisrt got them and pecked me a few times so they aint been handled uch but once in the house with food and water and a comfy bed the pecking stooped. At a guess the chicks are 2 to 3 weeks or so old.
Jeanette
PS DH went and got th sausages form D&M and a lovely piece of stilton for me yummy, i got a big colli for 60p so teas sorted lol.
pps will de louse them later just incase :oops: