Oh I wouldn't swap her out, she's one of the girls. They all sleep in a feathery heap during the day on the ground, so are obviously comfortable in each other's company! Cagney is also the one who's the least wary of the dopey dog, she stands right up and stares at him until he shuffles off embarrassed by being stared out by a pullet. I was concerned she'd try and roost in the trees instead of her tractor, there's 174 hectare of native bush behind the house and I don't fancy climbing up hills trying to get her home (hopefully she'll see the farm fencing as an end to her boundary). I sold my son on the fact he'd have eggs from white through to mid brown with all the chickens we have now and he wouldn't have that without Cagney.
I have the possibility of getting a same aged L. Araucana from the breeder too once he's sure of sex. My little boy absolutely is enthralled by this breed and is desperate for one. Now I'm wondering if the pullet would assimilate into the flock or it would be picked on and unhappy?
After a decade of cockatiel dramas (and they do have little mini sagas), we've now switched to hen politics. I've had to tell the other son he's not having a 'boy chicken' as I don't particularly want a rooster waking me up at 5AM on the odd morning the wild cockatoos don't.
