Yesterday we travelled just under an hour to pick up 12 new chickens. Our chickens haven't been very good at laying lately, and we want to sell some eggs, so hopefully this will be a good kickstart!
Our 12 new chickens more than doubled our chicken population.. and they're very friendly!
Unfortunately, it wasn't as easy as that! Our old chickens panicked when we got the box out of the car, and our black orpington managed to jump out the corner of the coop and into the thick blackberry that runs down the other side of our property! It was far too thick to go and get her, and it wasn't possible to go around the back of it anyway! We tried clearing a path for her, then cut open the wire of the coop so she could get back in... to no avail!
We were pretty much on the point of giving up and hoping she would come back on her own, when she came around the back of the coop, and jumped up on the side, hoping to get in! We ended up being able to catch her as she tried to get in the roof and was a bit stuck!
Getting 12 chickens nearly cost us one... but luckily it worked out!
Now its just a matter of waiting for them to all settle in and work out the pecking order!
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