At the moment I can’t quite believe how easily the new girls have settled in. Ebony briefly chased Flame but I think that was just to show Flame that she is below Ebony in the pecking order. Now that that has been established Ebony is taking no notice of Flame.
At bedtime last night I used my usual strategy on the first night of waiting until it was almost dark before putting them in because Flame wouldn’t know where the chicken shed was. As I expected Flame perched on the branch perch next to Speckles and Ebony.
The three girls on the branch perch
You will have to excuse the quality of these photos. I didn’t realise until I looked at these that I had a spot of dust on the lense.
It was easy to pick each girl up one at a time and put them on the back perch of the chicken shed. Tonight I will move on to the next stage of herding them in so that in the future Flame will know where to go.
The three girls in the chicken shed
Today Flame was having a lovely dust bath but when I went back out with my camera she was just shaking herself. I decided to keep this action shot.
Flame has a shake after a dust bath
As you can see here these two girls are no longer bothering each other.
Flame is quite calm when I get close to her
I think that Flame looks younger than Ebony. All we need now is for her to find the nest boxes and then she will be completely initiated into her new surroundings.
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Such good news.
I am blown away by how easy this has been. It makes a very pleasant change.
I can’t believe how easily they’ve been accepted into the flock. It really is fantastic.
It has been amazing. I can’t quite believe it myself.
Smoothest integrations ever!
It certainly has been. Just got to sort out the egg laying.