ENB
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Do you let your chickens out all day then; when you're not there?
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mattk
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yeah, I let them out in the morning and then when it goes dark they carry them selves off to bed, I just have to shut the shed door to stop foxes getting in
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Bart
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sounds great. but alot of commitment 
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mart08uk
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Wow looks brill, that is one ugly thing, but still ace, planning on breeding them to eat the chickens or just eggs? 
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mattk
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gonna brred them just as a bit of a challenge really, Il get rid of the chicks once they have grown up either by selling them or giving them away, I could never kill one, even to eat it 
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Dan295
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mattk gets chickz yo, chickens as pets are pretty cool though tbh even though they require a lot of work
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mattk
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bought my self a new shed, this one is to strore my stuff in ( BBQ and beer  ) its an 8ft by 6 ft I can stand up in it which is nice, obviously its a different colour, doesnt really bother me though, chickens are coping well in the harsh conditions they are hard as nails its shaping up now, gonna be gorrgeous in summer
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Ollie_B
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Good stuff!, the other day we found one of our chickens on the farm in the duck pond, and it had frozen half in, half out the water over night obviously was dead...
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quote:
Originally posted by Ollie_B
Good stuff!, the other day we found one of our chickens on the farm in the duck pond, and it had frozen half in, half out the water over night obviously was dead...
Pics?
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mattk
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just been flicking through my camera pics and found these
this was the state I got them in on october 11th
and this is how they all look now ( this is the bird in the 1st before pic ) obviously it still has 2 legs its only stood on one in the pic
[Edited on 11-01-2010 by mattk]
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How they getting on in the snow?
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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mattk
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they are doing ok, egg production hs slowed right down to about 3 a day, but they are happy as long as they have food and water
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Limecat
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Don't you get cats and foxes attacking them?
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dannymccann
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they are doing ok, egg production hs slowed right down to about 3 a day, but they are happy as long as they have food and water
3 eggs a day, and thats slow  I was under the impression you would get 1 egg a day from each chicken, and that would be too many 
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mattk
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Danny it is 1 egg per chicken a day, I have 13 hens and only 3 of them are laying an egg a day, I doubt its the same 3 laying every day consitently but more like a group of about 9 doing one every other day
its amazing how fast eggs pile up though when you have 13 or 14 of the things a day everyday in summer
LETGSI16V
foxes are a problem but Im well prepared, I have chicken wire all round the fence that goes about 2 and a half feet underground incase the fox tries to dig under and the fences them selves are 6and a half foot tall, I dont think its impossible for a fox to jump that high but its very very unlikely
Ive had a cat in before and the cockerel fucked it off , I dont think they bother much with chickens
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mattk
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done a fair bit of work lately, doesnt look much though
Cockerel is huge now, he weighs a ton
I Hatched 4 chicks from 6 eggs, sadly the brown one died leaving me with 3 black ones
Got My veggies in early and sprinkled some grass seed
Veggies today and planted all my flowers
and today I aquired 2 railway sleeper which I thought I would make a raised bed out of to put some flowers in a corner that was looking quite bare (to the left of the farest gate)
more pics of that when its stained and has plants in it, looks really small on the photos, its 4ft long by 17 inch deep
[Edited on 06-05-2010 by mattk]
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random dav
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Looks spot on fella, coming along nicely
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August Meet at the allotment? You can do us a bbq 
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I may make a trip up north just to see this allotment!
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Limecat
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Nice to finally see a big cock on here after all those pictures and video's of Jay!
Top work, what are you growing veg wise?
Also, what did you do with the chicks? Left them to nature to hatch I assume?
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I have visited my mates allotment today and want to apply for one now too!It's ace!
Got any updates Matt?
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mattk
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Yeah a small one
my chicks grew into these, did have another cockerel but it was one to many so he went off to the local indian restraunt
these 2 are in a pen Ive made next to my red shed, stuck a union flag up for effect
my sunflower too, the fence is 6ft
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Marc
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Sunflower 
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Ben G
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giant sunflower is cool
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daymoon
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That sunflower is massive!
I put my name down for an allotment today, hopefully gonna get it soon. Mates wife nows some one who deals with that 
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