They do sound lovely, and commiserations on your loss of your earlier flock. How satisfying it will be, though, to watch a new batch grow up. They are beautiful birds, both colours.

Hi Shadrach, welcome to the forum. I am a Brit, living in central Portugal. We have escaped the heatwave, but I know your part of Spain is suffering from the wildfires, something we also have a lot of experience of, so stay safe. I am very interested in chicken behaviour as well, because I think the...

The nightjar(s) have been churring the past few weeks, lovely sound. I didn't realise they were present on Ashdown Forest, I must tell a friend of mine who drives across it every day to work. We saw a glowworm outside this evening, but the real excitement was earlier on today. There were 2 lizards r...

We had a friend round to dinner the other night and he came with his 9 month old cross breed dog. He said she was a cross between the local sheep/goat guarding breed, and the same kind of animal from the next region. Frankly she looks nothing like either, and she is a blue merle, which I haven't see...

Chris is quite right, and if you look at pictures of the 2 breeds today you will see some clear differences in shape. Orps are just bigger, fluffier, and more rounded in shape, and are much less what we call 'cut away' in the front. The tail carriage is quite different on the females in particular, ...

Thats the first thing which occurred to me too. Let us know!

How exciting, that must have a been a sight to behold, I don't know why I get so emotional seeing aircraft en masse, I don't get the same feeling from boats and ships. I am going to look up the route to see if it goes near any friends in Sussex and family in Normandy.

I am sorry that I do not have any ideas, but it strikes me that Peckford's problem is something to do with his eye being shut, and the odd poo is a direct consequence of that, ie it is the symptom rather than the cause. I hope somebody else may be able to help you. His eye does seem swollen, but its...

Well the mystery bird hasn't been seen by me, but it has been hanging out near a friend's house, he says its still too far away to get a photo, whilst driving along, along our rather narrow twisty roads. This particular person is new to the area and quite cautious, he toots the horn going round ever...

OK, so I need to ask why?! Welcome, I hope you find this a happy and welcoming place.