New chook pen complete!

After an exhausting weekend, we got the chook pen completed! Yay! I was too tired last night to post and need to download the photos onto my computer - maybe tonight.

So, we have the three roosters we need new homes for in the old pen (wondering where the heck everyone has gone), a silkie cross rooster (we have named Napoleon), Miss Violet (our silkie hen) and Sylvanus (the bantam) in one pen, and the Plymouth Rock rooster and 9 hens in the other pen! We are trying to find someone that has Silkie hens for sale - we want about another ten for Napoleon.

One thing we didn't think of was that Violet used to sleep with the Australorp who is now in the other pen. She keeps sitting at the fence and wouldn't go into the shed last night. When it was dark we put her in and she didn't come out until morning - I think we will need to keep an eye on her for a bit. Although we have only had her about 12 months she is 7 years old.

Napoleon thinks Violet is a bit of all right but she wants nothing to do with him! It is quite funny but on a more serious note, we will need to keep an eye on that.

This morning they were out foraging and scratching and making content noises - hopefully we will see some eggs again soon!