dirtychicken Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 The gorgeous Bejo chooks A chicken coop and run came up on our Freecycle today and the temptation to try and get it was immense, but I'm really not ready to deal with chooks at the moment. One day though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoebejo Posted April 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 After an evening of frantic emails being sent back and forth (and an amount of money we need never divulge to Mr Hazell), I have finally sourced all of the eggs that are going in my incubator on Friday I've got too many now though and will have to turn every single egg manually until at least the first candling at seven days or so because there'll be no room for the dividers or turning device Oops! And the straw that broke the camels back were some.............. stunning Black Orpington eggs Arriving in the post and being collected from the Domestic Fowl Trust this week will be..... The Orps! Buff Laced Wyandottes Houdans White Silkies Blue & Splash large fowl Polands (some will be frizzle!) Speckled Sussex After such a horrible week this is something brilliant to look forward to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtychicken Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 I've had to look all of those up I am loving the houdans and white silkies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoebejo Posted April 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 The Silkies are Emilys Wally was her chick and she was upset enough at the thought of him going to live elsewhere so she's taken his death really badly. The chick she decided from the Little Chicks was hers has turned out to be a boy too The two Light Sussex girls are going to a new home together so in Emilys eyes she is chick-less. We'd better hatch at least one girl Silkie for her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katiebob Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 If you need another incubator, I'll happily send you one - please re-pm me your address and I'll get it sorted. Just as long as you are happy to send it back if I ever need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoebejo Posted April 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Nooooooooooooooo don't put ideas into my head like that Thank you though, I should be fine. I tested mine yesterday, I can squeeze them all in. It's so expensive to keep the chicks under heat so it's better for me to hatch as many as possible in one go. It'll be a tight fit until I take out the ones that are not fertile and after that I should be able to turn them automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesB Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 I am very pleased with my dogs today, they have both been out in the garden (with me and OH out there keeping watch) while the chooks were roaming and didn't even give them a look. Tess wasn't bothered even when one of the hens jumped over her while she was lying down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtychicken Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Tess wasn't bothered even when one of the hens jumped over her while she was lying down That is mighty impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celeste Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 I am very pleased with my dogs today, they have both been out in the garden (with me and OH out there keeping watch) while the chooks were roaming and didn't even give them a look. Tess wasn't bothered even when one of the hens jumped over her while she was lying down Excellent ..........gives me hope I'll be able to curb Daisy's murderous tendencies Hope the eggs arrive soon Cheryl, I should be getting a black Orp with the hens I'm getting, and a blue one, god knows what that will look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoebejo Posted April 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 The Orps were a last minute addition and mean I've got to reduce the number of Speckled Sussex and possibly loose all the Dorkings but I couldn't resist them. I'm very fussy about the type of Orp, there are soooooo many bad ones being sold on Ebay (which is where I've bought some of the eggs) and these were the type I like. Not a split tail feather in sight on the parent birds Simple things please simple minds Well done Tess! Henry & Ella are brilliant around the chickens but I still don't trust Lizzie. She's quite good with the adult birds but she'd love to chomp a chick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Excellent ..........gives me hope I'll be able to curb Daisy's murderous tendencies Hope the eggs arrive soon Cheryl, I should be getting a black Orp with the hens I'm getting, and a blue one, god knows what that will look like. My friend keeps Gordon Setters and went to see another friend who had puppies. The puppies were gently biting the chicken's rear ends, but the daft chicken kept coming back for more. It ended up the chicken dragging the puppies around the yard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celeste Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 My friend keeps Gordon Setters and went to see another friend who had puppies. The puppies were gently biting the chicken's rear ends, but the daft chicken kept coming back for more. It ended up the chicken dragging the puppies around the yard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenyx Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 I am very pleased with my dogs today, they have both been out in the garden (with me and OH out there keeping watch) while the chooks were roaming and didn't even give them a look. Tess wasn't bothered even when one of the hens jumped over her while she was lying down Way to go Tess!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 I would have loved to have seen the puppies, it must have been funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greys mum Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Lady I work with has just got a retreiver x Bernese Mountain dog puppy. The pup is scared witless of her chickens and hides behind her legs. All they did was turned and looked at the pup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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