Cheery's country living adventure

edwink

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Yes they'll definitely have names! Going to wait til we meet them before deciding i quite like old lady names for chickens but we'll see. A local village has 'remarkable women' as a theme for its activities this year so I might tie in with that

Suggestions appreciated!

Aww how exciting Cheery.

My suggestions are:-

Ada
Elsie
Violet
Dora
Blanch
Vera
Pearl
Nora
Muriel
Grace
Esme (my favourite)
Edie
Doris
Betty
Betsy
Ruby

Think that is most of the names of my Aunties My poor dad had 6 sisters and one brother and he was the youngest.

Edwink x

greenbee

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Yes they'll definitely have names! Going to wait til we meet them before deciding i quite like old lady names for chickens but we'll see. A local village has 'remarkable women' as a theme for its activities this year so I might tie in with that

Suggestions appreciated!

Well it was Katherine Johnson's 100th birthday yesterday...

themadvix

How are the chooks settling in Cheery? Exciting times!!

Love the list of names, Edwink, although some of those names are definitely coming back round again - I have a Brownie called Esme and a little baby I know has just been given Elsie as a middle name.

starnac

Ruby is definitely popular at the moment as I know a few, especially double-barrelled like Ruby-Grace or Ruby-May. I also know a few baby/toddler Esme's too.

Cheery_Daff

Thank you for all the suggestions! :j

Hens are arriving on Sunday themadvix so will be named once they're here. Currently considering a few (dead) relatives names but not sure if that feels a bit weird :rotfl: :rotfl:

themadvix

Whoops, sorry, got confused about days of the week and which Sunday (I get the digest, which always confuses me!).

Hmm, dead rellies.... I do have some with lovely names, so I can see where you're going with that.... :rotfl:

edwink

Happy hen keeping from tomorrow Cheery.


Edwink x

Cheery_Daff

Thanks edwink :j as you may know by now from the chicken thread their run won't actually be ready despite all our running round over the last few days You might wonder what on earth we've been doing, and the answer is (a) not starting early enough and (b) making the most ludicrously overspecified hen run in the history of chicken keeping :rotfl:

Chickens will therefore be living in the stable block for a day or two and yes, we are counting ourselves very lucky that we have a stable block to put them in

Too tired to think about anything else MSE :rotfl: :rotfl:

edwink

They will be fine in a stable Cheery until you get the run sorted I am sure. As long as they have some daylight they will be fine. When we collected our very first 12 rescue hens I had to choose from over 100 that were in a stable.

Maybe just put a few things in there for them to climb on to make it a little interesting for them. Also scatter some nice treats and bedding around on the ground that they can scratch about in as that will also give them something to keep themselves occupied. Maybe pick a few bunches of grass and leave that in there for them to explore also. That should do the trick nicely.

Edwink

Cheery_Daff

Thanks edwink There are windows running all the way down one of the long walls so plenty of daylight, and there are a few low dividers between stalls so they can climb on there. I'm going to sweep out the largest bit and put the house in there along with plenty of bedding, treats etc but they'll be able to access the rest too if they want.

I've been saving up my lettuces that have bolted so they can have a couple of those to play around with while they're waiting - should be sorted by the end of tomorrow!