[Hawkins]

Id buy insurance as well whos going to start it and can I pay in eggs.

[dizzylizzie]

I would buy insurance too. 

Maybe we should start our own company, Ice.....millions are waiting to be made im sure

Em my girls are doing well so far, Dory was on her back in the dust bath today having a fab time , the swelling is still there, but no-where near what was there yesterday...we'll just have to wait and see the longer term outlook

[dizzylizzie]

Id buy insurance as well whos going to start it and can I pay in eggs.

NO NO NO NO NO ...ive got eggs coming out my ears....now if you want to pay in tubs of ben and jerry's im sure we can come to some arrangement

[GrannieAnnie]

Like some of the others have said, our chickens are livestock, but if one has a problem, I will try to treat it and get it sorted as long as it doesn't cost too much.

But I couldn't pay say £50 getting a chicken better that I'm going to sell for £7.  However, I do have my favourites, like Rocky, and if it was one of the breeding chickens, that I hope to raise more lovely chicks from then that's different.  But I couldn't pay out loads of money to keep it alive if it didn't have a good quality of life.

[dizzylizzie]

I agree Grannie, quality before quanity everytime

[GrannieAnnie]

That's what I keep telling Brian!   Talking about chickens of course!!!   

[dizzylizzie]

You're naughty you are!

[GrannieAnnie]

oo me???   :blink:

[dizzylizzie]

Naughty but nice lovely

[Chablis Dog]

This is a difficult one for me, and so far I haven't had to grapple with the problem practically, so it remains to be seen.   I think of my hens as pets but if I tried taking one to the vet, he would probably have me certified or think I had bought him dinner.  They were bad enough when my Deerhound was in the vets for four days last year.  I turned up with all his (large) bedding, insisted that he was housed in a stable and not the tiny cage they were trying to squash him into and then when they clapped eyes on the Nature Diet that I feed him on, I thought they were going to explode, or have it with some chips for their tea!  However I am learning to cope with being regarded as barking mad English and my French vet is learning to respect our animal centred ways.  Asking him to look at a chook though would really be pushing my luck!!!

[Aunt Sally]

Tell him it's a special breed of parrot 

[dizzylizzie]

 

[karlooben]

Chickens no matter how you keep them wether its in a massive barn or in the back garden are classed as livestock as they are there within our food chain to produce us food wether its as eggs or meat .

p.s although i class my girls as livestock animals i do treat them with respect an kindness but i draw the line at spending ex amount of money on them when probably 90 per cent of the time they will die from the illness anyway .

Edited by Aunty as it made no sense

[cheriton]

my dogs like to lay on my bed    

I try not to wake my dog when i get into bed and perch on the edge lol

[cheriton]

Definately pets and I would get then treatment for minor problems - but would I pay £200 plus for minor injuries as I have done with one of my parrots??? I will look into insurance as my other pets luckily all have it.
An acquaintance of mine used to be a chicken farmer and finds me quite funny in the way I am with the chucks  - he would definately dispatch them!!