The Taffos always make me laugh. They are such boshy little chicks: whatever we try and get them to do, they do the opposite.
I ordered an extra door panel for the Eglu Go, which arrived today. We moved the Eglu to a new piece of ground today, cleaned it out, put in the roosting bars (the chicks are a bit young, but they are currenty roosting on *anything* including the run door), and fitted the new door. We used the now-spare run panel as a "baffle" to help prevent the chicks flying on to the top of the Eglu run.
It was only partially successful.
We fitted an old tablecloth as a bit of a sail for both shade and as a bit of a baffle. it was fine on the first point, on the second it was only partially successful.
We've pegged down the netting to try and prevent "accidental" roll-unders. It was only partially successful.
They certainly keep us on our toes.
Today we noticed that their black feathering has an unusual petrol-blue sheen. They don't have their mothers' eyes. Yet. Both mums have yellow backgrounds with black pupils. Currently the chicks are showing either Australorp eyes (all black), or a sort of grey-green background with black pupils.
I'll have to take a look at Roo tomorrow and see what his colouring is.
I ordered an extra door panel for the Eglu Go, which arrived today. We moved the Eglu to a new piece of ground today, cleaned it out, put in the roosting bars (the chicks are a bit young, but they are currenty roosting on *anything* including the run door), and fitted the new door. We used the now-spare run panel as a "baffle" to help prevent the chicks flying on to the top of the Eglu run.
It was only partially successful.
We fitted an old tablecloth as a bit of a sail for both shade and as a bit of a baffle. it was fine on the first point, on the second it was only partially successful.
We've pegged down the netting to try and prevent "accidental" roll-unders. It was only partially successful.
They certainly keep us on our toes.
Today we noticed that their black feathering has an unusual petrol-blue sheen. They don't have their mothers' eyes. Yet. Both mums have yellow backgrounds with black pupils. Currently the chicks are showing either Australorp eyes (all black), or a sort of grey-green background with black pupils.
I'll have to take a look at Roo tomorrow and see what his colouring is.
