Luanne just corrected me:
Celine is on the left. She is more golden. Adele is on the right. She’s more of a blonde. For my purposes, Celine is the one with a red leg band on her right leg. Both have red over yellow bands on their left legs. In case they ever get out of the “back forty” I will be able tell whoever finds them that they are my wife’s birds. Okay, that’s enough about how to identify the two birds.
I moved the Buffs out of the kitchen and into the large cage inside the coop. This was to let the other hens get used to them and to start them on egg layer feed. Monday, I banded them and clipped their left wings. I also set the door of the cage so the larger birds couldn’t get in but the Buffs could get out and back in. The Buffs seem content to live in the cage, venturing out only when I physically take them out to hold them. I put them down on the coop floor and they appear to enjoy being out. They’re just afraid of the other birds. As soon as one comes near they head back to the safety of their cage. I think it will take another week, maybe two, before they feel secure enough to hold their own with the older birds.
Ed
