I have finally managed to think of names for the girls! After a lot of thought and some brilliant suggestions from Down the Lane, I have decided on the following names:
Thanks to crystalj for the name suggestion!
We came up with name ages ago in the car with my mum and step-dad.
I don’t particularly like this as a name on its own but I really think it suits this chicken!
Ever since the girls have started laying I have had an egg each day off of the brown one and the grey one but no more off of Daisy. This makes me think that she never laid an egg in the first place. I think the grey one laid 2 eggs in her first day – one in the morning and one in the late afternoon. That would explain why her eggs were so small. Also, Daisy has just started to do the squatting thing when I approach her from behind. The fact that she wasn’t doing this already makes me think that she is not laying yet (but hopefully will be soon).
I got another broken egg today off of the floor of the coop – the grey one is still laying there. I decided to put a bit more bedding down on the coop floor to see if that can cushion the impact a little bit. It seems like such a waste to be throwing her eggs away…
I have also been asking for name suggestions for the brown on on the forums at Down the Lane. I am going to try and keep the thread going for a couple of days and then pick one of the suggestions.
Today my Mum and Step-dad came to visit me so I had an extra couple of pairs of hands to help move the chicken run onto new ground. I got my Mum to distract the girls with some treats whilst Richard held a wooden board (the roof of the coop) over the end of the run and I moved the chicken coop. After that we all managed to move the run into position with the chickens still inside. The girls seemed pretty happy to have some new grass to peck (more like destroy). The patch of grass where the chickens used to be looks pretty disgusting now – especially when you consider that they had only been there for 3 days!
This is where the chicken run used to be!
As well as moving the run I have accomplished something much more difficult – with lots of help from my Mum and Yu Lee I have finally managed to name one of the chickens! The white one is now called Daisy!
Apart from that not a lot has happened but the girls are looking a lot more relaxed. Here is a picture of the girls relaxing in the run.
The chickens are settling in well