Well our hens were correct in anticipating the onset of gorgeous sunny weather. This morning has seen a beautiful sunny day in the yurt camp, with the arrival last week as predicted of 2 gorgeous buff orpington chicks. Andrew our cockerel has produced another 2 fine specimens and these two chicks are being looked after by two rather proud hens. Its amazing how they only stay little for such a brief period of time. Chicks take approximately 6 months to reach maturity and they only stay small and fluffy for approximately 2 - 4 weeks, when they have already started forming their adult feathers. They transform from a rather ugly half feathered chick into the fully grown adults by around 16 - 20 weeks and they start laying or crowing around the same time. The weather men have predicted that May will be a lovely dry month so our guests will be having the very best of weather whilst staying here.
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