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Post by 250lcchick on Dec 17, 2010 19:56:36 GMT 1
Gutted,
The Fox managed to get one of my chickens the other morning, i count them each night when i put them to bed, could have sworn i counted eight but got up the next morning to find seven still safely locked in and white feathers covering the garden (she was a light sussex)
anyone got any ideas how to get rid of the fox? i have seen it in the garden since and it isn't even frightened of the dog.
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Post by billbott on Dec 17, 2010 20:17:44 GMT 1
Put a picture of my missus on the door ;D
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Post by Shytalk on Dec 17, 2010 20:45:51 GMT 1
You need to sort it or else it will keep coming back till its had them all  |
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Post by mellow on Dec 17, 2010 21:13:26 GMT 1
shoot it   |
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Post by Norbo on Dec 20, 2010 9:42:25 GMT 1
id stick the dog kennel outside the hen house .
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Post by motojohn on Dec 20, 2010 18:58:49 GMT 1
get some lion poo that will sort it , you can get on line no kidding
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Post by 250lcchick on Jan 16, 2011 18:30:00 GMT 1
Do any of you Chicken Keepers know if it is normal for a hen to start to Moult in January? she seems fine in her self and has even laid the odd egg but is going Bald on her breast, skin looks fine and there are new feathers coming through but she looks really scruffy |
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Post by 250lcchick on Jan 16, 2011 19:53:03 GMT 1
Thanks for that Butchers, really put my mind at rest, have a Karma on me ;D
i will post some decent pics of my girls soon, i have seven:- Nuggets, Bluebell, Star, Tufty, Geri, Flora and Kibble. I also have a Chameleon called Brian and a very naughty Terrier Called Midge.
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Post by 250lcchick on Jan 22, 2011 10:08:13 GMT 1
 These are most of my Girls Lacy (eaten by fox) Kibble, Bluebell, Nuggets, Flora, Geri and star.....Tufty was hiding when I took this. |
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Post by lcowner on Jan 22, 2011 10:17:27 GMT 1
im getting chickens!!!
what sorta house do ya keep them in?
a neighbour has them in a 6 x 4 shed and a bit penned off at the front,but they do mess up the penned bit in a few days and it leaves it very mucky........is it a case of moving penned bit around or do you guys just let them roam free during day and put them in at night?if thats the case would they not just wander off to the pub or somwhere???
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Post by 250lcchick on Jan 22, 2011 10:34:52 GMT 1
Hi Lcowner, I am fairly new to the world of chicken keeping, Butchers is your man for Clucky advice, but this is my house and pen, they are locked in here at night or when i am not in the house and they roam free when i am around, my pen stays in the same place all of the time which was proving very difficult to keep clean, but after a trying a few different ideas i have now put in a slightly raised floor made of ply which water can drain through then covered this with astroturf, so i can now hose it off as often as i wish, i also throw down wood chippings for them to peck and scratch in which gets hosed off when i do the fake grass, works a treat for me in this long narrow pen.  |
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Post by 250lcchick on Jan 22, 2011 10:38:07 GMT 1
very nice girls 250 ya grey one is like mine (liz) i'll put up a piccy of her after she moulted later she gorgeous now  a lot darker Here she is  Lovely, What breed is she? mine is a Bluebell (hybrid) |
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Post by lcowner on Jan 22, 2011 10:44:48 GMT 1
thats a nice pen,yes i might buy the house part and make up the penned bit up myself.......do u ever let them out of there to roam around garden??
i actually have access to a roll of that fake astro turf never thought of using it....
when im buying chickens how do i know which/where to buy them and what breed is best-?
sorry for all the silly questions.....
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Post by 250lcchick on Jan 22, 2011 10:50:13 GMT 1
Lol, they seem to like it, i was worried this would be too small for 8 chickens when i first got them but when you look inside at night they huddle together in one corner and only use about 1/3 of the space, sometimes 3 of them squash into one nest box (there is 3 nestboxes) |
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Post by 250lcchick on Jan 22, 2011 10:56:09 GMT 1
thats a nice pen,yes i might buy the house part and make up the penned bit up myself.......do u ever let them out of there to roam around garden?? i actually have access to a roll of that fake astro turf never thought of using it.... when im buying chickens how do i know which/where to buy them and what breed is best-? sorry for all the silly questions..... yes they are free to roam whenever i am around to keep my eye on them (see pic above) I chose all different breeds because i wanted them to look different, but it depends why you want them, if you want good egg layers then hybrids are a good choice, i have a few pure breeds and a few hybrids, I got my hybrids from Pages Poultry in Needwood (nr burton on trent) this is also where they go for holiday boarding! |
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Post by lcowner on Jan 22, 2011 10:58:49 GMT 1
my bro in law has 20,000 laying hens(commercial set-up) im gunna ask him for 5 or 6 of them wen he gets new stock in
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Post by 250lcchick on Jan 22, 2011 13:46:14 GMT 1
Tufty, this afternoon (needwood blue-hybrid)  |
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Post by lcowner on Jan 22, 2011 21:23:55 GMT 1
yes gaz i get deivery of eggs every week from neighbour .there defo is a difference between free range and battery!different color .really tasty eggs too.ive got my 9yo daughter aimee eating them now and she cant get enuf of them.there a bit of work but defo worth it,thats y im getting hens of me own..........
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Post by lcowner on Jan 22, 2011 21:29:54 GMT 1
couple of free rangers sitting on ur black n white 125 wud look well m8!
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Post by 250lcchick on Jan 23, 2011 8:46:54 GMT 1
yep we eat ours too, when i get too many my customers at work can't get enough of them either ;D
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