Chickens

[Scaggs]

Im excited! Off to London City Farm this weekend to check out the chickens and see how I get on.

Im deciding which varieties I want, the Fog horn Leghorn types are so very pretty!

I may get a new lush one and a few bedraggled ex-battery hens.


GREAT news about local cats potentially getting their come uppance!

So the paving and lightly wooded area should be ok then?

I'M GETTING CHICKENS! Hurrah!

The chickens will clear it in no time. We let ours run free last year and they turned the garden into a desert. I've penned them in now and grown a new lawn from seed. We have six chickens and they'll all lay an egg on most days so we have to give loads away.

 

[zenie]

Im excited! Off to London City Farm this weekend to check out the chickens and see how I get on.

Im deciding which varieties I want, the Fog horn Leghorn types are so very pretty!

I may get a new lush one and a few bedraggled ex-battery hens.


GREAT news about local cats potentially getting their come uppance!

So the paving and lightly wooded area should be ok then?

I'M GETTING CHICKENS! Hurrah!

Do check these guys

http://littlehenrescue.co.uk/default.aspx

Rather than paying for a battery rescue. I they're free then cool, just don't want others making money out of somethig they get given for free!

They (LHR) had a horrible accident in the week and lost a trailer and 4x4 so urgently need donations too.

 

[Melinda]

Do check these guys

http://littlehenrescue.co.uk/default.aspx

Rather than paying for a battery rescue. I they're free then cool, just don't want others making money out of somethig they get given for free!

They (LHR) had a horrible accident in the week and lost a trailer and 4x4 so urgently need donations too.

Thanks for the link Zenie- properly brilliant! Lots of happy reading there!

So much stuff I hadnt considered, Im scaring myself! Gape worm sounds gross! *shudder*

I'll swap you hostas and peppers in exchange for de-worming duties.


Bless!

 

[LilMissHissyFit]

The chickens will clear it in no time. We let ours run free last year and they turned the garden into a desert. I've penned them in now and grown a new lawn from seed. We have six chickens and they'll all lay an egg on most days so we have to give loads away.

same here, mine need penning in. I just have to get the funds to do it

 

[Scaggs]

same here, mine need penning in. I just have to get the funds to do it

I got cheap chicken wire off a company on the internet (I could try to find the link if you like) and bought a load of 2" by 2" lengths of treated timber. I don't think it was too expensive. They are dying to get to the new grass but they are going to have to manage on mowed grass from now on.

 

[punchdrunkme]

So how much do chickens cost them?

Do you have to buy them from auctions? Or is there like a chicken shop or something?

 

[Scaggs]

So how much do chickens cost them?

Do you have to buy them from auctions? Or is there like a chicken shop or something?

I think we paid about £12 from a breeder near Cowbridge in Wales.

 

[Ms T]

Someone on my street (Brixton/Herne Hill) has chickens they want to get rid of if anyone's interested. Good layers, apparently.

 

[LilMissHissyFit]

I got cheap chicken wire off a company on the internet (I could try to find the link if you like) and bought a load of 2" by 2" lengths of treated timber. I don't think it was too expensive. They are dying to get to the new grass but they are going to have to manage on mowed grass from now on.

yes please!!!

My chickens were £7 each from a breeder/egg farm in Caerphilly
Mr welshegg

Ive started giving mine a washing up bowl of water every day because they kick their drinker over immediately
The washing up bowl seems to do the job, they perch on the sides and bathe/drink

 

[Melinda]

Someone on my street (Brixton/Herne Hill) has chickens they want to get rid of if anyone's interested. Good layers, apparently.

Im very interested, yay! I'll PM you with my number if that's ok?

Im off to London City Farm in a bit to go play with some chickens!

 

[Scaggs]

yes please!!!

My chickens were £7 each from a breeder/egg farm in Caerphilly
Mr welshegg

Ive started giving mine a washing up bowl of water every day because they kick their drinker over immediately
The washing up bowl seems to do the job, they perch on the sides and bathe/drink

http://www.meshdirect.co.uk/

We tried Mr Welsh Egg but they were a bit stroppy when we phoned to inquire. Ours knock their water over too so I've put one of those gardening trugs in there. Our only problem is finding someone to look after them when we go away later in the year. We've only ever left them for two nights before and we just put two full feeders in. They were fine but I couldn't leave them for a week.

Chickens make great pets, much more interesting than rabbits or Guinea pigs. The kids won't leave then alone and even the dog seems to enjoy their company.

 

[LilMissHissyFit]

Oh thanks will look them up

are you near me then?? maybe we could do a chicken sitting swap?

 

[Scaggs]

That's a good idea LilMissHissyFit! PM sent.