Hey.... Lets keep Chickens..!

Thriftkitten

I have also noticed 2 out of the 4 babies have a lot more comb forming and it's quite pink as opposed to the other 2 that hardly have any and it very cream coloured..... 2 boys 2 girls maybe?

ionahenor2

Thriftkitten wrote: »

I have also noticed 2 out of the 4 babies have a lot more comb forming and it's quite pink as opposed to the other 2 that hardly have any and it very cream coloured..... 2 boys 2 girls maybe?

more baby snaps?

Thriftkitten

ionahenor2 wrote: »

more baby snaps?

I will take some tomorrow i promise xxx
Their feet look so funny as they are so fluffy, 2 of them regularly ride round on mums back while is a delight to watch.
they seem to be loosing the fluffiness and replacing with all lemon and black feathers now, their tails seem so long, will get some pics tomorrow and put link tomorrow night.

beebuzz168

Thanks Syman - I know Rokers well, though haven't ventured further than the soft play before! Will have to investigate there as well.

Thriftkitten

Here's one baby on Momma's back at 9 days old, can't believe they have changed so much, wil show you how much by posting more pics tomorrow.

Syman

beebuzz168 wrote: »

Thanks Syman - I know Rokers well, though haven't ventured further than the soft play before! Will have to investigate there as well.

when i was there on Monday, they had plenty of hybrids for £12.50 each. they do other breeds too, though was in a hurry so didn't investigate further.

The coop i lent ot a friend is being returned tomorrow, so once i give it a good clean and disinfect the new girl will not be long after:j:j:T:D

Gigervamp

FOX!

We lost 6 of our chickens yesterday.

When we went to lock them up, we noticed that 2 of the youngsters were missing. Went looking around the field and found several patches of feathers. There were a lot of white feathers and as we only have one white girl, I went to check the coop and saw that Amelia and Maud were missing too.

This morning, we've shut off the top field. We'd done most of the fencing in there with the exception of the fencing along one side and corner which just has stock fencing and rail and post fencing and is alongside the motorway. I had a look this morning and found where it had come through (going by another patch of Amelias feathers on the other side of it).

When I let the girls out, I saw that we were also missing a blackrock and a warren.

It's pretty gutting. Amelia was one of our first chickens and although she didn't like being touched, (she'd perfected the art of the quick sidestep to avoid a stroke!) she liked to peck at my clothes and have a chat.

Poor chickens, they must have been so frightened.

Money_maker

beebuzz168 wrote: »

Next - which coop? At the moment we are leaning towards this
http://www.chickencoopsdirect.com/chicken-house-run.htm
Any opinions?

This looks very small. It's good to use the basis of minimum 1m2 per hen, particularly if they are spending most or all of their time in it.

Thriftkitten

Gigervamp wrote: »

FOX!

We lost 6 of our chickens yesterday.

So sorry to hear this news Giger, it's always such a worry, hope duckypoos is ok.

Syman

Money_maker wrote: »

This looks very small. It's good to use the basis of minimum 1m2 per hen, particularly if they are spending most or all of their time in it.

I look at coops the same way as tents. They alway give "capacity" as the absolute max.
If it says 4-6 then in reality i would put 3-5, or generally about 75% of the quoted number.

I have one of these
http://www.feelgooduk.net/61-egg-ark-6-all-in-one-chicken-coop-run-set.html
Bought my through Ebay for less than their direct price. Great service too.


Giger - sorry to hear about your girls