Sorrel left for Broadstairs this morning, and was as excited as a little girl when I showed her Blanche's first little yellow chick, which was hatched minutes before I checked the runs at 9am.(below Blanche comfortable on her second brood). I had just enough time to bleach the kitchen floor, before Nia and little George turned up with a whistle stop visit before they fly back to Australia.
It was lovely to have the opportunity to say goodbye, and Nia's constant ability to be upbeat,loyal and consistent never fails to move me.
One of the young cockerels has been adopted by a lady from my chicken course, and she collected him this morning, which is a load off my mind. Now I only have three young males to relocate! I may put one with the new black rock girls to calm them down a little, as both of the bigger hens seem not to have been socialised well and already have bullied the two younger hens as well as the bantams in their enclosure. I removed them to their own small run this morning, and will introduce them again after things settle down.
So that leaves two males....I may be able to sideswipe any culling yet!
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