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by Mo
11 Oct 2007, 23:19
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: I admit I am a wimp!
Replies: 19
Views: 4130

If you let them out just before bed time, they will put themselves back.
Or if you feed them twice a day rather than leaving food in the hopper all the time; let them out for a bit before supper, then feed them in the run.
by Mo
11 Oct 2007, 23:15
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: I'd like to get a few chickens where do I start
Replies: 13
Views: 2892

Or you could look at the pages Richard has put on the Main Site. Click on Chicken Keeping at the top of the page, it's very informative. There are pictures of different kind of hen houses, arcs, runs etc. And adverts and links so that you can find out how much they cost to buy (how much you can save...
by Mo
11 Oct 2007, 13:29
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: Wednesday's Moulting!!
Replies: 7
Views: 1474

Seems to vary. Some lose them a few at a time from head down (?) and regrow them, so never look too bad.
Others loose lots at a time and look fairly bald.
My Maran hybrid is a different shade of grey / beige each year, otherwise I'd hardly notice the moult (except she has a bare bum at the moment)
by Mo
11 Oct 2007, 13:20
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: Have space - wanted chickens. They've arrived!
Replies: 157
Views: 36412

Bet they use the top nest box as a dorm.
by Mo
11 Oct 2007, 13:17
Forum: Fitness and Health
Topic: Teeth - or lack of !
Replies: 34
Views: 17941

Plymouth? That's nothing! I was talking to someone who'd been to somewhere much further afield - Roumania if I remember right. She had some friends there so somewhere to stay and recommend a good dentist. "Where did you go for your hols?" "Roumania, to the dentist" I didn't ask t...
by Mo
10 Oct 2007, 08:25
Forum: Vegetable and Fruit Gardening
Topic: Snails
Replies: 18
Views: 5106

Shhhhh!! someone over here will think it's a good idea, and import them.
Then discover what else they eat, or what the snag was, when it's too late.
by Mo
09 Oct 2007, 11:25
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: newbie, just got chickens today
Replies: 10
Views: 2001

Gibsons and Kingsley Mill are the same place, on the road out of Kingsley eastwards. I pay just over £6 for 20kg of Smallholders, or 25kg of Gibsons (that my hens don't like as much). Last time I went prices had gone up, due to the floods and the increasing use of biofuels they said. So £6.50 or m...
by Mo
09 Oct 2007, 11:18
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: cockerel advice please
Replies: 4
Views: 917

Yes, it's ok to eat them (unless you are a vegetarian, maybe)
by Mo
09 Oct 2007, 11:07
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: tarpaulin
Replies: 5
Views: 1156

It must have rained hard in Cheshire last night, my arc was damp this morning too.
But they say if you put roofing felt on, it encourages red mite.
by Mo
09 Oct 2007, 10:53
Forum: Food and Drink
Topic: Quince
Replies: 7
Views: 3125

My daughter has moved into a house with a medlar tree, suspect we wouldn't like that either. (If they were nice everyone would grow them)
by Mo
09 Oct 2007, 10:51
Forum: Food and Drink
Topic: Quince
Replies: 7
Views: 3125

I thought we'd already had a quince thread, but I can't find it. I'm sure I said that I don't like the taste of quince jelly.
by Mo
09 Oct 2007, 10:34
Forum: Vegetable and Fruit Gardening
Topic: vegexchange
Replies: 6
Views: 2344

vegexchange

While googling for something else I came across the Veg Exchange I can't decide if it's a good idea for me or not. I've got loads of apples that are going to waste (but mostly the imperfect ones that won't keep). But do I want my address on a pin on a map for all to see? Anyway I joined and looked t...
by Mo
08 Oct 2007, 12:55
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: Anyone else got ex battery hens?
Replies: 12
Views: 2385

Hi, welcome.
Lots of the people here have ex-bats, and have got them used to pellets, and treats.
by Mo
08 Oct 2007, 09:49
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: newbie, just got chickens today
Replies: 10
Views: 2001

Did you get your hens from Garden poultry?
I got 2 amber rockets, and 2 red rockets from them last September.
I get my pellets from Kingsley mill, but my hens have 'gone off' the own brand so I but Smallholder brand (20kg instead of 25kg in the bag, and slightly dearer too - fussy birds).
by Mo
08 Oct 2007, 09:30
Forum: Keeping Chickens and other Poultry
Topic: newbie, just got chickens today
Replies: 10
Views: 2001

I dont put the food in the arc, it's too dark in there. In a bigger house with windows they might see to get up in the morning. Mine just make crooning noises in the morning and rush out when I open the pop-hole. I have 3 nest boxes for 6 hens, but they all lay in the one furthest from the door (dar...