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From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 19 Apr 2010 17:11
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, zymurgy
<zymurgy(a)technologist.com> typed
>On Apr 19, 9:48�pm, Wicked Uncle Nigel <w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk>
>wrote:
>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, malc
>> <malwhi...(a)blueyonder.co.uk> typed
>>
>> >Veggie Dave wrote:
>>
>> One of ours can get 85% of the way across the pond.
>>
>> Not great swimmers, chickens.
>
>How did it taste afterwards, after being in the oven for 2 hrs at 170
>Degrees ? ;)

I have no clue. She's a plump little thing but she moulted earlier this
year. She's all feathers, barely a McNugget on her.

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From: DR on 19 Apr 2010 17:31
Wicked Uncle Nigel posted:

>One of ours can get 85% of the way across the pond.
>
>Not great swimmers, chickens.

So I'm guessing it doesn't just decide it can't make it, and turn
back?

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From: Donnie on 19 Apr 2010 18:03
A.Lee said:

> Donnie <NOTVALID(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> > A.Lee said:
> > > Sounds OK. Have you got fences around your garden?
>
> > Yep, 6 foot high fencing all the way round though the back gates
> > got a gap that is on the list to sort beforehand anyway.
> > I was under the impression that it is best to have them in a run
> > when there's no one in the house, ie so they are protected but not
> > in their coop uncomfortable IYSWIM.
>
> If you have a fox in the daytime, then yes, probably best to keep them
> behind wire, but in most places, the fox doesnt come out until dusk.
> Cats dont tend to be a problem, dogs can be - they like chasing
> things, so best to not let unknown dogs in.
>
> Try it out and see how they get on, ours are quite happy out all
> hours, they even go to bed on their own, unlike the ducks, who have
> to be chased in every night.
> Alan.

I guess we could try it without a run and just using the coop for a
while and see what happens

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From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 19 Apr 2010 19:25
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Wicked Uncle Nigel
<wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> saying something like:

>One of ours can get 85% of the way across the pond.

Tell it to keep under 10,000 feet.
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 20 Apr 2010 15:40
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older
Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> typed
>Donnie <NOTVALID(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > > LOL, which one you got, is it the proper one complete with run etc
>> > > (not the cube or the little starter "go" one) If so SWMBO says �180
>> > > and we'll collect :-) oh, and cash, oh and this evening if
>> > > convenient?
>> >
>> > It is. Green, it is. Complete with feeders and water thing. And she's
>> > a cheeky cow. �190 collected.
>>
>> She's laughed and said ok :-)
>
>�195

Heh. "This auction is already closed."

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