Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Poultry and Pets => Chicken Chat => Topic started by: goodegg on April 29, 2010, 16:44
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all of my breeding stock have been stolen about 27 birds in all its taken 1.5 years its taken to get my stock together ready for breeding and there all gone this happened a week ago but i havent felt like coming on here to say its such a shock i felt really sick of it all i nearly gave up on the chooks but i guess i will just have to try and get some hatching eggs and start again it cost so much money to get eggs in the first place some of them costing 30 quid for 6 eggs when i was working it was alright but i cant aford that now i will just have to get what i can to start with
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hiya goodegg, :( im so sorry to hear about your birds being stolen, it just awful for you, did you inform the police nickyx
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What an awful thing to hapen, somehow it seems even worse as you're in such a small and lovely place as Guernsey.
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My heart goes out to you. That's like losing family. Hope the police have some chance of cathcing the ***********s. Just don't think of things like that happening on Guernsy.
So sorry. :(
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Hi this is awful, we have hatched all we need this year so if you want any hatching eggs - free of course and you dont mind paying the postage you are quite welcome, we only breed bantams.
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Goodegg, i have loads of fertile eggs, depending on what breed you want, more than happy to put some in the post to you.
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Oh Goodegg, I'm sorry to hear about your chickens! Any hope of catching the thief?
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What has the world come to ..... now your chickens are not even safe.
Sorry to hear the sad news goodegg (((hugs)))
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I have fertile araucana eggs (so far with my hatchings they have been 100% fertile) if you want although I am not sure if legally we can send them to the Channel Islands without a licence :(.
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thank you all very much for your kind offers joyfull i would be very grateful for some of your eggs i will gladly pay the postage we do need a licence for live chickens but not for eggs i have bought eggs off of ebay before my mate is going to give me some light sussex eggs and a cockrel so that will be a start its absolutely devastating . poppies thank you for your offer but i really want big chooks thank you . nails what sort have you got .
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at the moment i am making my coop thief proof i hope so when i get new chooks they will be locked up and safe i hope i thought they were safe before on such a small island i dont think the police got any chance of finding them or the inclanation they are far to busy to bother with chooks i have more chance of finding them myself i would recognize a lot of them because i bred them all from eggs and there is a lot that anyone over here hasnt got there all rare breed chooks and some new varieties that ive bred.which i am unable to replace.
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Hi Goodegg, i have light sussex, buff sussex,buff orpingtons, black orpingtons, Rhode Island reds, Speckled Sussex, Araucana's (Lavenders), all large fowl.
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hi nails what a lovelly selection you have got i wouldnt mind a selecrion from those i will pay the postage no probs and be very very pleased for any of them thank you in advance your all so kind.
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How lovely it is to see that there are still some great people out there willing to help.
If I had any fertile eggs I too would send you some but we need a cockerel for that and we don't have one lol.
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it is great that there is so many lovelly people on here it makes things seem so good and thank you anyway ma.
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Do you want me to put a couple of each in? or is there anything you really fancy, do you want me to leave the light sussex out as you have some of them coming? i'll post some pic's and you can give me your order lol
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I have probably overloaded the site now Goodegg lol
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will start collecting them after the bank holiday (don't want them sitting in the post for too long), they will be assorted coloured araucanas and if Nails sends some then at least you will have different bloodlines to breed with next year :)
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Yep no worries, i can send a couple Harry Cumars and my Hubby calls them LOL, ill just wait for good egg to let me know what he wants.
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ooooo what lovely girls and boys you have Nails. I better not look too long or I will be wanting some more girls lol. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Sure i could sort you some girls out Ma, and thank you.
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hi nails if i could have a couple of each including the light sussex that would give me a diferant blood line with the ones my mates giving me, that would be great lovely chooks i cant wait to get started again. thank you very much .you people are so very kind.
and joyfull thank you very much as well. will you please both let me know how much for the post and packing.thank you.eddie
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Eddie
Pm me your address and i will send them out first class either tues or wed, thats providing i have the poly boxes by then to send them in.
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Poor you! and I feel sad at losing only 3 of mine :(
So sorry, I only just caught up with this thread. I have cream legbars ans salmon faverolles, the latter only laying when they feel like it. Let me know if I can help out. :wub:
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thank you teapot but i think im ok for now dont want to end up with hundreds of chooks well i wouldnt mind but to expesive for that many i would rather have less and know they are well fed than have loads that are starving.
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Have posted 6 eggs (1st class special delivery) and they should be with you tomorrow morning. Hopefully I have packed them properly (polystyrene box off Grannie Annie inside a cardboard box with shredded paper and bubble wrap). Remember to let them settle for 24 hours before incubating them :). Not sure what colours you will get - I've hatched white, black and lavender this year. Good luck.
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thank you very much joyful i will let you know how they get on.
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Hi Eddie
12 Eggs on way to you tomorrow, hubby will post them first thing, mixture in there, also put a note in with what eggs are what!!! LOL Happy hatching
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thank you very much nails will let you know what happens and hopfully put up pics when they hatch.
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my stolen chooks have been found by a friend of a friend i havve been to identify the ones i could but some i couldent identify so now waitnig to see what police are going to do i could have taken chooks back but wanted it sorted first the person that had them is barred frothe thm premises that they are on and its locked up thhe owner who rents the property is looking after them for now,thats all i can say for now and thank you all for the kind words from you alllet you know what happens.
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Thats fantastic news Goodegg. I hope you get them all back and lets hope they have been looked after. The police should prosecute the culprit surely?
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So pleased you have your birds back. Hopefully charges will be brought by the police - I would expect no less than that. Please keep us informed, Joy xx
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Perhaps you could photos of your girls now you have them back so we can see the unusal colours and rare breeds :)
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Thats great news, Glad they have been found and hope that they have all been looked after.
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found some of your photo's - you had a lovely lemon coloured orp (or at least thats what it looks like :lol:) is that safe?
Did they also get your ducks? If so are they back safe and sound now?
Perhaps the person who stole your birds found out about them as you had recently started to sell your eggs?
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i havent got them back yet but hope fully will have them soon when i have them i will put pics on here and will let you know what happens
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I hope you alerted your local police. You must be so demoralized to have this happen. Good on you to start over. We're behind you 100%!
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Fab news about your chooks, what breeds have you got Eddie???
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Having just read through this thread, upset for goodegg regarding the loss of their chickens then happy to see that they had been found. But most of all as a newbie here it brought tears to my eyes to see what wonderful generous and caring people there are on this forum.
Carol :)
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sorry joyful i didnt reply about the ducks they are safe they didnt get them i now have six the latest one is called pingu cos it looks like a penguin to me any way i have to get picture of her to post on here tomorrow.
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I'm so glad to hear about your chooks goodegg! Hope they are back home with you soon!
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thanks grannie annie and thanks to every one