It’s been a week since posting (sorry – toooo busy!) … and the new girls continue to settle in, steadily but slowly.
They’ve learned to stay out of the rain. They haven’t learned to come for corn. They’ve learned to eat any eggs that are broken or soft … but they’re not sure about cabbage leaves or dandelions. There’s little sign of any new feathers, but every sign that they’ll be numbers 1-4 in the pecking order when we try and integrate them!
So they’re not yet ready to mingle … but the plan is to give them access to the Hen Garden for a short while each day … on their own. Then at least they’ll be used to the territory and know where the boundaries, food, drink and hiding places are when finally we take down the fence (again, for a short time each day at first).
But I’m not yet convinced they’ll be happy all together in time for us to go away … just under four weeks now.
The Hen House archive 