Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

alfie_1 · 13 January 2014 at 7:05PM

BD....... do you have buzzards where you are ? id be surprised if the chook did what in effect is a challenge so early into its arrival ? it may have done but , bald, they are more conspicuous than camoflaged with feathers. i think if you supply a biggish box that they can huddle together in rather than seperate they may hold heat ? if you put it up a little to prevent em sitting on the top tho. no perch. the smaller the house they are in the warmer it will be for them... wont be for long...
my ex batt chooks soon feathered up ...

rozeepozee · 13 January 2014 at 7:07PM

Aw, bad news on the chook, BD

We've lost two out of 20 so far. We acquired 3 more today. Pet quality, young Araucanas. I like blue eggs and the flock of 6 I bought last year were already in their third season, so I went for some younger blood. Good quality Araucanas seem almost impossible to come by. I've joined the club, but no one seems to want to let birds go and hatching eggs were selling on ebay for £26 for 6 plus P&P! I got this trio for £25. Seems a better deal? One of the hens is laying already, the other at POL.

I may even try my hand at selling some hatching eggs.... Has anyone gone down this road?

I've been a bit quiet as we are throughly miserable here and I don't feel I've got much to say apart from moan about builders and cold, wet and mouldy caravans

Having said that, our range arrived today, so that's a bit of cheer.

Davesnave · 13 January 2014 at 7:09PM

Hope your bug doesn't develop into anything, lir. Sometimes, it's possible to fight things off before they get a real hold.

I deserve to get something.:o I was caught out this morning clearing the remaining trees and bushes I cut some time ago by the stream. I'd just got them all over the fence and into the field when it bucketed down. As it was mainly blackthorn/hawthorn, I didn't want to leave it there, because I knew those sheep would be into it in 5 minutes and then dragging huge bits around for days!:rotfl:

So I cleared up my mess before going to change, which meant I was very wet for just under an hour.

That was most of the rain we had today, but things are looking difficult for Choille Day on Wednesday. I have loads of stuff piled up to burn; all of it sopping wet . :mad:

EDIT: Just read your post, Better Days. What a shame! I'm not convinced the chook went awol of its own accord though, as that would surely go against the nature of the birds.

alfie_1 · 13 January 2014 at 8:12PM

LIR.... oooooo poorly you ! hope its a glitch and not worse.. xx

lostinrates · 13 January 2014 at 8:17PM

Keepers nursery is on the gardening thing they have had on bb2!

I love love love keepers catalogue and was gutted to miss some of my wants this year through procrastination.

Nest year I'm ordering in time, Oh yes I am.

alfie_1 · 13 January 2014 at 8:19PM

who knows SHEEP ?
my friend and i are looking for more but we want something a bit unusual. theres a black faced one with curly horns ?
are there any sales where more "breeds" are auctioned ?? this would be hants,dorset,wilts and CTC wales...
want a good few..;)
any suggestions re breeds let me know. we dont want them for wool or meat etc. just pretty/handsome/quirky ones that we can "spoil"

:rotfl:

lostinrates · 13 January 2014 at 8:22PM

If I were in your friends situation I'd look at rare breeds, because she could do some reall good.

Otherwise, my I favourite sheep of all are castlemilk moorits. Now you know me and sheep, they aren't my favourites, but these, these are part wild thing, part elf. They are swines to handle of course, as a result, but gorgeous.

alfie_1 · 13 January 2014 at 8:28PM

lostinrates wrote: »

If I were in your friends situation I'd look at rare breeds, because she could do some reall good.

Otherwise, my I favourite sheep of all are castle il'm moorits. Now you know me and sheep, they aren't my favourites, but these, these are part wild thing, part elf. They are swines to handle of course, as a result, but gorgeous.

would def go down the rare breeds route...:D
any endangered species would end up in danger of being spoilt to death...;)

so what breeds in need"...??