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This evening we picked up 6 chooks from the Chook Man.
I’m not admitting to Iain how much they cost me – they were dearer than expected and from what I have gathered elsewhere the Chook Man is the dearest place on the earth for chooks! However, they come with a certain amount of built-in reassurances should I need them so I am content to not think about the huge dent in my back pocket again!
As predicted we got
1 x Welsummer Bantam
1 x Wyandotte Bantam
1 x Rhode Island Red
1 x Buff Sussex
2 x Isa Browns
They have all been successfully installed in their wee house and given a handful of mixed corn to make them like me
Now begins the fun of the children claiming THEIR chicken, naming them and waiting for the eggs to start. I don’t think these birds are particularly young (probably around a year) and Chook Man expects them all to be laying already so perhaps there will be eggs sooner rather than later