Wednesday 24 September 2008
Out into the garden we go...........
Well they slowly made their way out into the garden and began to explore the jungle around them. It appears that they REALLY love begonnias!! They scratched about them for hours gradually taking each one apart with their feet and what they missed they pecked at incessantly. They lurve the earth, and didn't take much notice of the grass much to Nicks relief!
They seemed happy to just peck about. Coops was following them about like a love sick puppy drooling with his tongue hanging out! All he wanted was to get behind them and put his nose under their tummies and lick their legs! How strange.....................
Gradually they made they way down the garden, but not past the halfway mark! I was really surprised how they stuck together most of the time. They made little bokking noises the whole time so I'm assuming that's a good sign!
We did put food and water out for them, but they appeared too busy to drink it.
While they we out we decided to give the cube a blast! Half way through we noticed Harriet making a rackett!!! We went to investigate only to find her perched on the ladder trying to get in, but alas no roosting bars or made up nestbox - a disaster in her world.
We put one set in and so paper in the box and she indignantly went and sat in it. about an hour later she was sqwarking at the top of her voice and there was a lovely egg waiting for us!
When we decided they needed to go back in we shook the corn box and they ran to find us like 5 year olds to sweeties!!!!! They then promptly scoffed all the pellets they could stuff in!
1st big Freerange!
Sooooooooooooooooooo, after the wing clipping came the big outside world!!!
First of all we let them out just into the fenced area, strangely enough they were slow to investigate their new surroundings, but they did eventually find their way around with the help of coops who was closely behind at all times.
They found Nicks runner beans very interesting along with my honeysuckle, where I was hoping they would be more taken with the stinging nettles!! Still they were quite happy grazing for a while.... interestingly they kept going back in the run.... maybe they didn't want to be out after all........
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