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[ricky]

Fresh eggs MMMMMMMMMMM lovely

Watch out for crafty Mr fox


Squirrels will pinch the eggs aswell


Throw in Bacon rind and watch the chase


Ricky
Xx

[CLKD]

Or a tin of sweetcorn, live meal worms, cooked pasta ........ all illegal of course as they have 'passed through my domestic kitchen'    - I didn't let ours out of their run today, they would have finished up in the town 4 miles away  - we are having pancakes this evening for tea 

[Meggie]

Our chickens have the complete pellets and maize (half and half) every day but then late afternoon they enjoy porridge (mixed with water), cooked pasta, salad and bits of bread.  They are struggling at the moment - only getting 12 eggs per week from 6 birds !!

Meggie

[CLKD]

Hmmmm <scratches chin>    ........ I was clearing out our chickens' run earlier this afternoon and found a nest of 7 eggs  in the deep straw!  Himself had to put his very long arm in and pick them up gently, of course we dont' know when they were laid  ....... have ruffled the nest box to encourage them back but hey ho!

[ricky]

Have you got a cockerell CKLD?

[CLKD]

Don't need one to get eggs  and our situation would not allow one

[ricky]

I know you don't need one, but you've had somebody go broody so I wondered, we had three cocks at one time, it was lovely for the children to see the chicks

Ricky
Xx

[CLKD]

Don't want chicks around the place, not enough room for more than 3/4 chickens at a time.  No eggs today - yet.  Will look under the hut where they sleep on Sat. morning in case they have laid there again 

[terriw]

Went to put my 4 ladies to bed Friday evening and there were only 3 in the coop, Dotty was missing (I always do a count before I lock them in). I searched around until it was just too dark to continue. I was up before dawn on Saturday morning and had a good search around but found nothing.  At first I shut the remaining 3 inside the run but they were getting peed off about that and starting to fly over the fences. They  stayed close to the house though and didn't wander so far, not sure if they were scared or just aware that one of them was missing.
Today I was cutting back some trees and spotted her body behind an old barn. She'd been decapitated. It was so sad, I was crying my eyes out while I buried her. (Hubby unable to help as he is on crutches still, following a knee op). Bless her little heart, I'll miss little Dotty. (

[CLKD]

Mink; rats; ferret; fox ............ at least it was quick! but they are always missed.   

[ariadne]

What a horrible shock AF. I'm so sorry - poor little Dotty    I wonder what happened?

ariadne xx

[Meggie]

So sad to hear that you've lost Dotty - we've been very lucky so far - 3 years on and we still have all 6 but, I probably shouldn't have said this, you never know what's around the corner !!!

OH opened the hen-house this morning - all 6 paraded down the ladder, looked around and went back inside.  They were very quiet and didn't even want to peck at the seed on the snow - yes, SNOW !!  It's starting to thaw now so they are back outside, scratting in the sludge.

Meggie

[CLKD]

'scratting' - love it! ours are in their run moaning but they won't like the garden, it's 4" deep here 

[terriw]

My 3 tumbled out yesterday morning but turned round and ran back in as soon as they saw the snow! Their poor little feet must be frozen although I've cleared away quite a bit of snow in their run and put straw down on the ground so hopefully it's not so bad for them. They enjoy some nice warm porridge for breakfast 

[CLKD]

I cooked up some old rice, let it cool down and tipped it into the run