Cherry and her 7 babies joined the main group today, and Tomas and his friend the lavender Call also joined in. Long Tall Sally had at least 2 babies hatched this morning, a black and a choc. So we moved Cherry and her gang in with the main group, mucked out the pen and moved Sally in. This afternoon Tomas seemed to be going stir crazy in his day pen, pacing and not eating so we decided the call of the wild must be ringing in his ears and so added him and his Lavender pal to the group. It seemed to go fairly well... first days are always fraught... Here is a pic of Cherry (who was sooooo pleased to have a proper swim and a bathe after 4 weeks) and her 7 bubbas who really enjoyed ducking and diving, but not the attentions of the more cranky members of the group. As always its the younger lower ranking birds who dont take kindly to newcomers... Jesus and Chops were the most put out my littlier, cutier babies joining the group. For the most part Calls are very accepting, and by tomorrow I'm expecting it all to be sorted :)
Tomorrow I should be able to see what Sally has been hiding so look forward to some new baby pics :) Meantime here is - from the left - Sue, Wanda, Cherry and all 7 seven babies :)
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