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<\/a>Butterscotch and Speckles<\/p><\/div>\n
I had already separated off part of the run for them and as it was only a couple of hours until bedtime I put the dog crate up against the little coop where they are to sleep tonight. I then put in some shavings and a dish of pellets and water.<\/p>\n
<\/a>The new girl’s home for this evening<\/p><\/div>\n
I will shut them in the little coop later and hope this will help them to know that this is where they will sleep for now. I will let them out first thing in the morning and set up a feeding station for them.<\/p>\n
I have a feeling that integration isn’t going to take long as none of the girls seemed at all bothered by each other.<\/p>\n
I will give a little information about the breeds.<\/p>\n
Gold tops are a cross between a gold silkie father and a white sussex mother and they are a sex linked breed. This means from the moment they hatch you can tell the sex as the hens are gold like their father and the cockerels are white like their mother.<\/p>\n
They are a docile and friendly breed but tend to go broody and make excellent mothers. They lay cream coloured eggs. They have a small black comb and a bouffant crest and slightly feathered legs. They also have blue lobes.<\/p>\n
Ancona originate from Italy. They are good layers of white eggs and rarely go broody. They are active and good foragers and are flighty. They have a single comb.<\/p>\n
At half past six I went up to see how it was going. All the old flock were in on their top perch as usual. Speckles had gone in the little coop and Butterscotch was standing in the doorway. As I went through the gate she went in and I simply closed the coop door. I removed the dog crate and set up their feeding station for the morning.<\/p>\n
I will let them out into their portion of the run tomorrow morning and see how things progress.<\/p>\n
I am thrilled with my two new girls and can’t wait to get them integrated into the flock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At half past three this afternoon we arrived at the farm in Wendover to collect two new girls. Catrin the farmer had four girls in a rabbit crate for me to choose from. There were two goldtops, an ancona and … Continue reading