The Littlees are no longer little. Emotionally they are still little chicks, keeping out of the way of the Big Girls, and dancing and flapping about. Astrid is the boldest, and she'll eat from my hand without hesitation. She won't let me pick her up easily though. She's currently the front runner for staying with Sylvia (the Silver Laced Barnevelder) when everyone else goes off to the Allotment. Sunshine, the timid but ewxceptionally pretty golden leghorn, is the other contender. She's a little sweetie too. Blondie and Summer, the two Silver Duckwing Leghorn girls, will both go to the allotment.
We're trying to make a final decision on the Boys at the allotment. They are now the oldest we've ever kept table boys. Teh Barnevelders are fine, but the Leghorns are pains in the prioverbial. Junior, Bertie's son, is just starting to become interested in the girls, so it won't be long before he starts being a darned nuisance as well.
Bertie also has to go, and he will be replaced by one of the Silver Laced Barnevelder boys. It's time to choose which of the 3 stay.
Do we keep just one (in which case 2 girls will go down to keep him company the day the other boys go)? Or do we try and keep two, and see if they will coexist? . We have a flock of 13 ladies, not counting the girls from this year, and that is too many for one boy to manage, so I'm thinking that 2 boys might make a better job of it. Or it might be a disaster waiting to happen. I don't want to be in the position of having to cull a boy later.
We need to make a final decision, as I then have to start thinking about how to introduce the boy(s) to the flock. The process is likely to be different if I have one boy vs having two boys.
