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From: Donnie on 19 Apr 2010 13:01 Well, there seems to be some serious research being done in the Canning household re chickens and the keeping thereof. So, anyone on here keep them and have any thoughts on the best way to do so? Plan is to convert the kids wooden playhouse into the actual coop, should be simple, it needs the plastic windows (2 of 2 foot x 2 foot perspex) replacing with wood and then convert the inside for the roosts. Size of the house is 5 x 4 foot on the floor and is another 4 foot to the roof which is an apex. Then its a matter of sorting a run, looking at wood, wire fencing etc in wickes / homebase plus fixings it looks like it'll be easier and cheaper in the longer run to buy one from the likes of ebay. 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? -- Donnie Honda CB500R "Look out, Donnie's about!" Lambretta Series 2 186cc "The Shitter" Lambretta LD 175cc "The Chopper"
From: Thomas on 19 Apr 2010 13:08 On Apr 19, 10:01 am, "Donnie" <NOTVA...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Well, there seems to be some serious research being done in the Canning > household re chickens and the keeping thereof. > > So, anyone on here keep them and have any thoughts on the best way to > do so? > > Plan is to convert the kids wooden playhouse into the actual coop, > should be simple, it needs the plastic windows (2 of 2 foot x 2 foot > perspex) replacing with wood and then convert the inside for the roosts. > > Size of the house is 5 x 4 foot on the floor and is another 4 foot to > the roof which is an apex. > > Then its a matter of sorting a run, looking at wood, wire fencing etc > in wickes / homebase plus fixings it looks like it'll be easier and > cheaper in the longer run to buy one from the likes of ebay. > > 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? The only animal more stupid than a chicken is a turkey, and that's purely a body mass/brain weight issue. You are what you eat.
From: darsy on 20 Apr 2010 12:47 On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:26:06 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:54:57 +0100, "Hog" ><sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >>>> Good Ged they give them names too. >>> >>> My gf has been collecting names for hens for years, in the hope that >>> one day I'll consent to having some hens to attach them to. > >>Have you tried collecting names for multiple girlfriends? > >" " it helps to have them all have the same name. I had 2 or 3 "Lisa"s on the go at the same time. -- d.
From: Adrian on 19 Apr 2010 13:49 Thomas <keensurf(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > The only animal more stupid than a chicken is a turkey, and that's > purely a body mass/brain weight issue. > > You are what you eat. Are you a vegetarian?
From: Pip on 20 Apr 2010 13:20
Champ wrote: > On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:54:57 +0100, "Hog" > <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: > > >>> Good Ged they give them names too. > > > > >> My gf has been collecting names for hens for years, in the hope > that >> one day I'll consent to having some hens to attach them to. > > > Have you tried collecting names for multiple girlfriends? > > " " Pfft. In my teens, I went out with seven consecutive Susans. -- Pip: B12 |