Nice people thread 2 - now even nicer

misskool

lostinrates wrote: »

miss-kool, how will the co-op work, will you get ex-batts as a group, or each buy some or what?

No idea yet but he seems to have implied that he's paying for all the rabbit-proof fencing and putting the tunnel up. He seemed to imply he would get the chicken run and hut built. Lovely bit of land. He's getting the ground turned as he's got a digger so presume he expects me to show up with plants.

Which is the nice easy bit. :cool:

After reading on here about your chooks, I might get some rare breed chickens and a mix of batts depending on how many eggs he's interested in getting. Most hens lay an egg a day don't they?

There's only so many eggs people will want to eat. He's got a few lodgers in the main house so maybe he was thinking of selling etc.

lostinrates

misskool wrote: »

After reading on here about your chooks, I might get some rare breed chickens and a mix of batts depending on how many eggs he's interested in getting. Most hens lay an egg a day don't they?

There's only so many eggs people will want to eat. He's got a few lodgers in the main house so maybe he was thinking of selling etc.

Hmm, they don't lay as well when they get older. Some breeds don't lay an egg a day at all. My very old cochin hen still gives 3-4 eggs a week most weeks. If you want reliable laying off season you'll need lighting and a dimmer switch...its very important to have the lighting dim slowly, like a setting sun. For egg laying reliability I'd recommend marans and cochins of my lot, not the legbars,...if my legbar/cochin cross works out and I have a spare girl or two you'd be welcome to them....(check prices of chickens that's a good offer ). Otherwise I think, if you want an outing, the Domestic Fowl trust is a great day out for ideas. Have a look at the rare breed lists, and see what takes you fancy. A lot of people adore things like silkies...the important thing is to get birds that YOU like. I often recommend cochins to people who want ''breeds'' because they are not a flighty bird, they are heavy and flightless, and they are quite snuggly if you spend time with them. Marans are meant to be very tame, I find the cochins the most sociable as a breed....individuals of course vary. I love having a mix of breeds/and temperanments, but you need to choose carefully when mixing really. Also, that I have large bird is why ATM I don't have bantams: I wouldn't mix the two not free range, personally!

I also, really, really do find having different colours helpful. At a glance I know who is who, who is in, who is where...and with little more investigation I know who has laid (I can now id eggs from each of my girls, but initially with new layers of the same egg type you have to hope for a feather left on them for a clue!

How exciting!

edit: I quite fancy some buttercup sicilians...pretty birds, despite the odd comb which does nothing for me...

Cleaver

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

Are you trying for a boy & a girl then?:p

Right, we've painted the hall... and 1984 might be slightly right and it does look a bit like a nursery. But then we've got shedloads of photos to put up in the hall, so the colours will disappear a touch. And we both quite like it, although I'm not sure how much. It may grow on us. I will stick up a photo when they're up and you can all gently mock.

The kitchen has gone from being all alpine green and magnolia to having one bright red wall and the rest all white and looks so much better.

I've been painting for nearly 12 hours on and off today. I'm now happily settling in front of ITV show 'The Door', which I think is bascially the challenge bit of I'm a Celeb but strung out for an hour. It's got Dean Gafney, a bloke from Boyzone then a load of other people I've not heard of in it. I'm in the mood for mindless prole TV tonight - it was this or the 90s film 'Look Whos Talking' with John Travolta and Kirstie Alley.

sss555s

Cleaver wrote: »

I've been painting for nearly 12 hours on and off today. I'm now happily settling in front of ITV show 'The Door', which I think is bascially the challenge bit of I'm a Celeb but strung out for an hour. It's got Dean Gafney, a bloke from Boyzone then a load of other people I've not heard of in it. I'm in the mood for mindless prole TV tonight - it was this or the 90s film 'Look Whos Talking' with John Travolta and Kirstie Alley.

Sounds like you may be better off just watching the paint dry!

fc123

Cleaver wrote: »

Right, we've painted the hall... and 1984 might be slightly right and it does look a bit like a nursery. But then we've got shedloads of photos to put up in the hall, so the colours will disappear a touch. And we both quite like it, although I'm not sure how much. It may grow on us. I will stick up a photo when they're up and you can all gently mock.

The kitchen has gone from being all alpine green and magnolia to having one bright red wall and the rest all white and looks so much better.

I've been painting for nearly 12 hours on and off today. I'm now happily settling in front of ITV show 'The Door', which I think is bascially the challenge bit of I'm a Celeb but strung out for an hour. It's got Dean Gafney, a bloke from Boyzone then a load of other people I've not heard of in it. I'm in the mood for mindless prole TV tonight - it was this or the 90s film 'Look Whos Talking' with John Travolta and Kirstie Alley.

Go to 4OD as loads of new Ramsays Kitchen Nightmares in USA...series 3.
I have watched them for the past 2 nights...and I am all fired up, shouting at myself to pursue excellence. Good telly though. The sushi one is very emotional.

wageslave

I have been extremely busy spring cleaning. The amount of junk we accumulate in this house has to be seen to be believed.

Sue, I have found the keyboard right at the back of the cupboard under the stairs. I have also found a huge box of rosettes from the brats gymkhaning days and a very badly painted oil of me as a child.

Anyways the keyboard is a Casio CTK80 (Pobby might know what that is, I certainly dont). I can't find the mains lead but I have high hopes that is in there somewhere. I will get back to you.

BTW if it working, the bliddy thing has about 5 yrs of dust on it and will take ages to clean before I send it off to you.

I am a martyr, I really am

Cleaver

wageslave wrote: »

Anyways the keyboard is a Casio CTK80 (Pobby might know what that is, I certainly dont).

According to this website it's worth just under a million pounds. Get it on eBay once it arrives Sue...

wageslave

Cleaver wrote: »

According to this website it's worth just under a million pounds. Get it on eBay once it arrives Sue...

You git.

I dont think it is up to much at all TBH, I tend to see stuff and think oh the brat needs that. A fool and her credit card are soon parted.

Anyways she didn't and it ended up in the Tardis cupboard.

If Sue doesn't want it I will send it to you. You can paint it purple and pretend it is art

SingleSue

Excellent thanks WS....

carolt

I spring-cleaned too, but all I found was lots of fluff and crumbs. Plus a few missing bits of toys, I suppose. So I suppose it is worth it. Plus lovely clean kitchen cupboards. :):)