Julie's chicken keeping diaryRe: Julie's chicken keeping diaryNot long now until your new girls arrive
Sara
"Harm no living thing" Brilliant hubbie, 2 great teenagers, Sasha the elderly dog and Fin, the evil but loveable cat! 3 chickens; Dottie, Gaia, and Buttercup Night night Rhoda xx
Re: Julie's chicken keeping diary cant wait to see the new girls and hear all about the intros
[center]HELPING THE LITTLE BROWN GIRLS OF THIS WORLD FIND FOREVER HOMES
Humble chicken maid to a happy little flock Frankii Whippers leading the way with Dorey,Prila(aka Mrs Brown),Ann-a-Lou Greta, Delphine my adorable silkie,my twin girls Lana and Boudica (aka The Jedward Twins ) ,Augustine Eizabeth(aka Pippy), Rheima, Marnie and Fleur aka little miss chatterbox[/center] Still loving and missing Skinnie Minnie and Queenie xx Marlene you taught me how to live and laugh again xx Isabella my darling top hen ,you stole my heart xx Porscha my sweet little girl ,you left so suddenly xx
Re: Julie's chicken keeping diaryI got some paint today to give the little hen house a spruce up before the batties arrive easter weekend and I also got a run to extend the run on the small house (I hate them not having much room) - the house has an 8x4 run but its only a low one not a walk in run and I've bought a run on fleabay thats 6x4x2ft high to give them a bit more room (I"ll add it to the front of the existing run).
I'll put some pics on when I've done it ... I've been doing lots of early shifts recently so I'm knackered all the time and my knees been hurting and I think I've got sciatica now as well as I've had a pain in my side all day so not had much get up and go this week! Julie
“cockerels may crow but it's the hen that lays the egg." Re: Julie's chicken keeping diaryJulie I think you need to stop over doing it Look after yourself girl, those new lucky girlies are going to need a fit mummy
The Pink Ladies..Audrey,Ingrid-Bergman,Madeleline,Norma-Jean,Dora,Janice,Jo,Robyn,Chrissy and Joyce
The Peds…Mork,Mindy,Bell,Saphire & Vorky ,Blueped,Ginger,Ninger &Linky Sunny Clucker was ere July 12-21 2012 Sunny Clucker was ere July 6 2016 to Sept 9th 2017 Sunny Clucker is here , rehomed Aug 18th 2018/
Re: Julie's chicken keeping diaryWell the sun is shining but it's sooo cold - let the chickens out for a bit of lawn action when I got in from work. And decided to start painting the old chicken house for the new arrivals at the end of the month. It was so cold though I only painted the roof - I couldn't feel my hands!
Here's the old chicken run in relation to the big house and run where the current residents live. I've painted the roof blue - the house will be cream coloured. Enjoying the sunshine Now how do I get down? How they love to get at that lawn - nothing tastes nicer. I hope it warms up soon - seems wrong to be smashing through thick ice after the lovely sunny weather we had a couple of weeks ago. Julie
“cockerels may crow but it's the hen that lays the egg."
Re: Julie's chicken keeping diaryIt would seem that speckaldy hens have a spirit of adventure, hope she did get down ok.
It will be alright in the end , if its not alright, it isn't the end .
Quote from the proprietor of the The best exotic Marigold Hotel for the elderly and beautiful
Re: Julie's chicken keeping diarythe house will look lovely julie and they are a fine lot of looking ladies
[center]HELPING THE LITTLE BROWN GIRLS OF THIS WORLD FIND FOREVER HOMES
Humble chicken maid to a happy little flock Frankii Whippers leading the way with Dorey,Prila(aka Mrs Brown),Ann-a-Lou Greta, Delphine my adorable silkie,my twin girls Lana and Boudica (aka The Jedward Twins ) ,Augustine Eizabeth(aka Pippy), Rheima, Marnie and Fleur aka little miss chatterbox[/center] Still loving and missing Skinnie Minnie and Queenie xx Marlene you taught me how to live and laugh again xx Isabella my darling top hen ,you stole my heart xx Porscha my sweet little girl ,you left so suddenly xx Re: Julie's chicken keeping diaryIt looks an absolutely lovely Chicken village, lovely photos I know what you mean about your hands, if you take off your gloves and put your hands down a place where you will be touching your posterior they soon warm up(not sure how to type this don't want Richard having a fit)
The Pink Ladies..Audrey,Ingrid-Bergman,Madeleline,Norma-Jean,Dora,Janice,Jo,Robyn,Chrissy and Joyce
The Peds…Mork,Mindy,Bell,Saphire & Vorky ,Blueped,Ginger,Ninger &Linky Sunny Clucker was ere July 12-21 2012 Sunny Clucker was ere July 6 2016 to Sept 9th 2017 Sunny Clucker is here , rehomed Aug 18th 2018/ Re: Julie's chicken keeping diaryThe hen house looks lovely Julie, I've got a real soft spot for spreckaldys, she's very pretty
The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have
Woody Allen
Re: Julie's chicken keeping diaryThe roof is a lovely shade of blue and your chooks are beautiful
LYN
Re: Julie's chicken keeping diaryGreat pictures Julie. The blue roof is a lovely shade, those new girls will be happy to be there.
Sara
"Harm no living thing" Brilliant hubbie, 2 great teenagers, Sasha the elderly dog and Fin, the evil but loveable cat! 3 chickens; Dottie, Gaia, and Buttercup Night night Rhoda xx
Re: Julie's chicken keeping diaryWell the new ladies have arrived - all the way from Leicester via Knutsford and then on to Swinton!
I was going to call them Liberty and Freedom but decided it was far too poncy so it's Muriel and Phyllis after my favourite dear departed aunties. They are surprisingly well feathered - just bald patches on their chest and a bit raggeddy lookings but so pale ... look at their poor big pale combs and faces When they arrived I put them in the little run and the three established residents were completely quiet - this is going well I thought. Anyway 30 seconds later all hell broke loose and they were wailing like babies. I let them out to free range and they soon quietened down. The new arrivals are just in the small run while they get used to the big wide world. Lovely to meet the people at the re-homing and other re-homers - so many nice people in the world. Next will be trying to get them to go to bed. Anyway here's what you all like - loads of photos Julie
“cockerels may crow but it's the hen that lays the egg."
Re: Julie's chicken keeping diaryAhh lovely girls wont be long til they have some colour in their cheeks and their bonnets will be standing upright
LYN
Re: Julie's chicken keeping diaryWhat beauties! Look forward to their updates
No girls at the moment but look forward to getting more in the future. Proud mummy to Hector, a Bedlington Terrier x Jack Russell
Re: Julie's chicken keeping diaryWell they went to bed - I put a torch in the house and they worked it out which was good as it's difficult to catch them and put them in because it's a low level run - one of them has found it's feet and was being nasty to the other one - why can't chickens be nice
Hopefully it will be a bit better behaved tomorrow - I'll have to dig the anti peck spray out. Julie
“cockerels may crow but it's the hen that lays the egg."
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