Hello from Gruma and Charma
HappyEarth
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Hi, I'm Gruma and this is my mate Charma, nice to meet you! We’re the first two girls to move in to ‘Happy Earth.’
We’re silkies, gorgeously fluffy and very cute if we do say so ourselves. We’re from Kembla Grange, so it wasn’t a long trip to move here which was nice. Can’t wait till we’re a bit older (we’re 9 weeks now) and can get out and free range around this backyard – it’s incredible! Lush green ground covers as far as you can see, including heaps of chickweed, our favourite! We’re lucky we get fed lots of greens along with our grains, and we even get hand picked slugs on a plate of nasturtium leaf for extra protein. These guys are so nuts about fresh food and fruit, they even named us after the South American fruit tree - Grumichama!
We think we’ll like it here, things are looking pretty good – we’ll let you know how things progress hey.
Catch you later :)
Reader Comments (5)
Nice silkies! We just got 4 silky chicks ourselves - mostly as pets for our girls, but also for occasional eggs and for working the gardens and making fertiliser :-).
What kind of pen do you keep them in? Do you ever have trouble with neighbours' cats or dogs?
Hi Darren ... our girls are kept inside their pen at the moment which is completly enclosed and predator proof. We'll let them free range in the yard when they get a little older but i dont think we will have any issues with the neighbours cats and dogs.
We wrote a small blog about our chickens sleeping quarters a few weeks ago:
http://www.happyearth.com.au/home/2008/5/27/eco-chick-retreat.html
Have a great day :)
oh my - they certainly are cute! i love their boofy heads :) they are 2 very lucky chickens to be living with you guys. sending you guys lots of love and big hugs! :)
Ah, I do remember reading your chook pen post a little while ago! I've been reading so many chook sites lately that I can't remember where I read what :-).
I just moved back to the Illawarra after moving away when I was 13 and consequently discovered your website. Your silkies are just adorable!