Welcome Friends...

Yup, we have been at it again. Mama was on craigslist today looking for shelving for the shed, and came across two cochins who were being picked on at their home. We agreed to give the two girls a new home, and set out for a home near DMAFB.

As it turns out, the nice bird enthusiast there also had a silkie who was loud enough to be causing trouble with a neighbor, and a frizzle who was also being picked on. We came home with four new friends for the Patriot's Dream flock.

These are the two blue cochins. At first they were a bit overwhelmed by the amount of space they had to roam, but they quickly accustomed to it. They are still learning the lay of the land, but they nested in the doe pen together tonight. They are confident enough here that they did sneak up on Remington earlier. She didn't seem to mind much, she walked along with them after they got her, and they seem to have accepted goofy Remi.

Then there is the little Silkie. She is getting to know the others in her pen. Trouble isn't too sure about her, but she took over the nesting boxes along the North edge of the bantam area. She should settle in fine, from the looks of things.

I didn't realize until I got back inside that I missed out on a photo of the frizzle. She is white, and a little smaller than the Silkie. She is having a tougher time settling in, but we are watching it closely, and will continue to work with it.

After that, the kids were helping bag some trimmings from the main garden. I got an intereting photo, which will soon become a contest. Then I got some neat sunset photos from the perspective of looking NW from the bantam area. I liked the colors, as well as the variation in this one.