Making chicken feed of my mortgage

nattypants

MWC - where I stay there are a number of foxes, should I assume that chickens are a no no for me? (on the plus, I do have a good sized garden and the dog never seems to bother with garden bird visitors).

PS Mr MWC is one jammy sod:T

muddywhitechicken

nattypants wrote: »

MWC - where I stay there are a number of foxes, should I assume that chickens are a no no for me? (on the plus, I do have a good sized garden and the dog never seems to bother with garden bird visitors).

PS Mr MWC is one jammy sod:T

He is indeed Natty :rotfl:

Free-ranging your chickens without supervision would be a no no but you can get fox-proof runs. We've been visited by a fox twice - both times The Girls were in their run and safe.

muddywhitechicken

PS male urine is supposed to be a fox deterrent so you need to find yourself a lovely man :smileyhea and ask him to pee in the garden :rotfl:

nattypants

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

PS male urine is supposed to be a fox deterrent so you need to find yourself a lovely man :smileyhea and ask him to pee in the garden :rotfl:

I will remember to include this if I ever get round to doing a personal ad;)

I would be too concerned about foxes, and would only end up having the chooks in my house ... then in my bed ... (in case they felt cold), so probs not the best road for me to go down:p

muddywhitechicken

Eggs IN 5
Eggs OUT 24 (1 dozen for FIL and his neighbour, 1 dozen for SIL) :T

Our plan for this coming week is:

Monday - housework, laundry
Tuesday - long walk, pub lunch, gardening
Wednesday - carpets being fitted, assembling furniture for guest room, gardening
Thursday & Friday - our 8 year old niece is staying with us - haven't decided on fun things to do yet!
Saturday - painting dining room
Sunday - getting together with neighbours on the green opposite for a picnic

muddywhitechicken

nattypants wrote: »

I would be too concerned about foxes, and would only end up having the chooks in my house ... then in my bed ... (in case they felt cold), so probs not the best road for me to go down:p

In that case, I probably agree with you!
The chickens aren't allowed in the house unless they are very, very poorly.

Vala-Mal-Doran

have you seen Omlet's eglu?

Nope, where can I find it? We have a 3ft by 5ft vegetable patch which is looking worse for wear-oh wants to make it an aviary but id prefer chickens only

sheilds

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Thanks Alchemilla - my sink is still shiny :rotfl:

MWC Thanks to Flylady and your regular reminders ,I now am a sink shiner!!
Enjoy your week off.
S.

Calfuray

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Eggs IN 5
Eggs OUT 24 (1 dozen for FIL and his neighbour, 1 dozen for SIL) :T

Wish I lived near you, I would buy fresh eggs all the time!

muddywhitechicken

Here's a link to Omlet:

http://www.omlet.co.uk/shop/chicken_keeping/

Quite pricey but really easy to clean :cool:

Used classics seem to sell for approx. £150-£250 on ebay

There are lots of photos on the omlet forum of people's walk-in runs