Proud to be parents again.....

....to two teeny chicks and a little red hen. Some lovely friends of ours had promised us a couple of their new chicks if we had the set up for them. Daddy the builder got busy over the last few days and finished the hen house and fenced the yard. It's up the back corner of our block and has some shady trees and lots of warm sunshine too.....I hope they will be happy there.

Here are the new arrivals.....the chicks have new names every day depending on what the girls feel like but the little red hen is now Geraldine. She's already tried to escape a few times so we had to raise the fence and the chicks were so teeny they just jumped through the holes. A roll of shade cloth is doing the job for the time being until they get fatter. 

 

 

 Our eldest little miss is a real mother hen and spends ages out there playing with the and cuddling them. Baby is equally as keen but we have to really watch her as she can be a little excited and rough! Our middle miss however is a lot more cautious which is quite funny as she's usually the daredevil of the three...go figure.

Daddy is a pro at looking after them and handling them (and catching the escaping ones) while I'm happy to just watch....yes, I'm a chicken! Geraldine found a cosy spot under my legs though while I taking some pics of the girls.