Val's Croads
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valeriebutterley
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My now big girls from last year enjoying a bit of sunshine and freedom in the garden.
Dino, many thanks for posting them for me. I won't let it beat me. I will do it myself somehow.
Dino, many thanks for posting them for me. I won't let it beat me. I will do it myself somehow.
Lovely birds, Val, so glad to see them on here. Thanks, Dinosaw.
RedBarnHens
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Beautiful chickens. I've just been reading all about them...very interesting, but definitely not for a beginner like me..lol.
valeriebutterley
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Thanks RBHs,
It was love at first sight when I saw them at a country house in Cornwall about 4 or so years ago.
Believe me, they are very bright, affable, easy to manage and responsive. They lay brown eggs and are very long lived. I now aim to have a largish flock of them.
It was love at first sight when I saw them at a country house in Cornwall about 4 or so years ago.
Believe me, they are very bright, affable, easy to manage and responsive. They lay brown eggs and are very long lived. I now aim to have a largish flock of them.
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They look really lovely Val. Nothing like a shiny black chicken! Interesting they are long-lived.
Fantastic birds, Val - and some excellent pots as well!
If you had some White Leghorns as well, you could teach them to play Lawn Dominoes.
If you had some White Leghorns as well, you could teach them to play Lawn Dominoes.
valeriebutterley
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Dino, many thanks for posting, very kind of you to do it.
They are this years hatchlings, the oldest is 13 weeks, and a totally fantastic boy.
These are the boys that are advertised here on the forum, knowing I could not keep them.
Marigold, I do have white Legorns, never thought of garden draughts!
They are this years hatchlings, the oldest is 13 weeks, and a totally fantastic boy.
These are the boys that are advertised here on the forum, knowing I could not keep them.
Marigold, I do have white Legorns, never thought of garden draughts!
Yes I meant to put draughts not dominoes!
Are these all boys, then? How many girls did you get?
Are these all boys, then? How many girls did you get?
valeriebutterley
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marigold,
Thanks for the pots comment!
I think I may have 5 girls overall only... From 2 hatches, but I have had predator losses from an unknown source that burrowed in from a 2 inch gap,
and 3 lost overnight a few weeks ago when Camberley had a freak storm, 3 dead in hut next morning.
I do sound careless, I know, but I love my Croads and all my birds, and have just spent a couple of hours in the garden with them, having been out all day in the heat at RHS Hyde Hall - wonderful.
They are (hopefully) very long lived, so another hatch next year will make up a flock of great layers.
Thanks for the pots comment!
I think I may have 5 girls overall only... From 2 hatches, but I have had predator losses from an unknown source that burrowed in from a 2 inch gap,
and 3 lost overnight a few weeks ago when Camberley had a freak storm, 3 dead in hut next morning.
I do sound careless, I know, but I love my Croads and all my birds, and have just spent a couple of hours in the garden with them, having been out all day in the heat at RHS Hyde Hall - wonderful.
They are (hopefully) very long lived, so another hatch next year will make up a flock of great layers.
valeriebutterley
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The one on the left in all of the photos is Bob, and he has a new human mum he is going to next Wednesday, one of the others is his next in line brother, also great, whom I'm sure will suddenly spring to attention when Bob is gone.
Sadly all the boys have to go, I have another 5 waiting in the wings but not in the picture, and 3 weeks younger. Bob has been a great attention seeker since he popped out of the egg. Lovely nature, huge and colourful, very bright as well, he has one sister almost as big as he is, and another possible sister who is much smaller than the two big boys. With any luck I may have 5 girls to rear.
Sadly all the boys have to go, I have another 5 waiting in the wings but not in the picture, and 3 weeks younger. Bob has been a great attention seeker since he popped out of the egg. Lovely nature, huge and colourful, very bright as well, he has one sister almost as big as he is, and another possible sister who is much smaller than the two big boys. With any luck I may have 5 girls to rear.
