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From: Veggie Dave on 19 Apr 2010 16:11 I can't believe how many people on here keep chickens. Okay, another question: how many of you clip wings? -- Veggie Dave http://www.iq18films.co.uk "To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin." Cardinal Bellarmine
From: The Older Gentleman on 19 Apr 2010 16:21 malc <malwhite1(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > We don't feed them organic food, standard layer pellets will do with > kitchen scraps thrown in as well. Oh yeah. And they do go utterly apeshit for some things. Sweet corn. Porridge oats. And a really nasty organic health food bar made of seeds and coated in carob - freebies sent into the office. We nibbled a few, thought them horrible, and were going to throw them away, but the chickens thought they were God's Gift. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: malc on 19 Apr 2010 16:29 The Older Gentleman wrote: > malc <malwhite1(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > >> We don't feed them organic food, standard layer pellets will do with >> kitchen scraps thrown in as well. > > Oh yeah. And they do go utterly apeshit for some things. Sweet corn. > Porridge oats. And a really nasty organic health food bar made of > seeds and coated in carob - freebies sent into the office. > > We nibbled a few, thought them horrible, and were going to throw them > away, but the chickens thought they were God's Gift. I gave a mate a lift to a bike shop/breakers near Stafford a year back. The cook in the greasy spoon in the car park was just cutting the rinds off several pounds of bacon. He looked quite surprised when I asked him for them. The chooks thought they were in heaven. -- Malc Rusted and ropy. Dog-eared old copy. Vintage and classic, or just plain Jurassic: all words to describe me.
From: malc on 19 Apr 2010 16:30 Veggie Dave wrote: > I can't believe how many people on here keep chickens. > > Okay, another question: how many of you clip wings? Yup. Ours can reach a height of about 4 ft if we don't. As the fence is about 4 ft high..... -- Malc Rusted and ropy. Dog-eared old copy. Vintage and classic, or just plain Jurassic: all words to describe me.
From: ian field on 19 Apr 2010 16:48
"A.Lee" <alan(a)darkroom.+.com> wrote in message news:1jh7m19.9aeerbohioryN%alan(a)darkroom.+.com... > Donnie <NOTVALID(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Well, there seems to be some serious research being done in the Canning >> household re chickens and the keeping thereof. > >> This is the plan so far anyway, but thought I would see if there's >> anyone on here that has chickens and might be able to give me some >> suggestions as to whether this is viable and if there's any obvious >> hurdles that I havent even considered yet? > > Sounds OK. Have you got fences around your garden? > If so, then just let them out in the morning, and they'll be free-range. > Put their enclosure around a fruit tree, the winfalls enrich their diet and they eat plenty of the wasps that go after the rotting fruit in autumn. |