[Jellyhead]

( yippee )  .i keep saying to myself only three !!.

Well I started off with 6 and now have about 46 :shock:  :shock: all got names, all lovely, and chicks expected soon :shock:  :shock: I IS ADDICTED :roll:   and luvvin it     good luck

[Wildeone]

hi all thanks for the replys , still not got a hen house yet , i have put in a few bids on ebay but lost out on them as been busy at work and the lotty and not checking the bids  :? , will look into some ex batterie hens when i find a hen house .

careful i found that everytime i bid and got outbit they sent me a 2nd chance offer  :?  'means testing' me to find out what my top offer was!

[Wildeone]

it is the middle of may!

[blulagoo]

Hi MAtt

I live near Warwick and there are loads of places for chickens and feeds. Ryton has feed at Manor Farm (A45) and Feathered Friends - they have lovely chickens too! Warwickshire Rare Breeds have a good choice of chickens too - I was only having 2 and now have 5 (quite good going in 7 weeks I think!!)

www.featheredfriends.org.uk

www.warwickshirerarebreedfarm.co.uk

[matty42]

hi all well the coop is in place and i will be picking the girls up on thursday as i have 2 mates that want to help me choose them !!!! ( thought they were for me??  )have got pics of coop will send pics in of the girls in week.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10976776@N02/sets/72157605237560752/

[Porffor]

Hi pic is of allotment  :? nice though it is, can't see the coop. lol

Congrats on reaching the shopping stage! Ebay sell feed as well.. though i like supporting feed stores personally.

Am new too.. got my chooks yesterday.. you'll see a thread by me

[Kate and her Ducks]

Hi,
Will put my tuppence in despite being a duck girl, that whatever you get, make sure you have that little bit of extra room as the poultry buzz is addictive!
Have you thought about ducks    
Kate

[peggyprice]

hi all well the coop is in place and i will be picking the girls up on thursday as i have 2 mates that want to help me choose them !!!! ( thought they were for me??  )have got pics of coop will send pics in of the girls in week.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10976776@N02/sets/72157605237560752/

Hi Matty, see you're not committing yourself to numbers this time     Good luck, get yourself some really nice ladies to bring you lots of lovely eggs  

And DON'T FORGET THE PICCIES  :!:  :!:


PS  Looks like you've got the same hen house as me         Are you getting the nest box that fits on the side?  There's definitely room for more than three in there  

[Porffor]

Good luck shopping! Lovely house/run.

[matty42]

hi all well after waiting all week to go see some girls i phone up and find out that all the chickens on 3 web sites that i wanted are out of stock !!!!!!!!! will just have to wait a bit longer . :cry:

[Kate and her Ducks]

Now you are just teasing us

[matty42]

hi all , well i was intending to go off to banbury tomorrow to get some chickens !! but oh no they had to go and get bird flu in the same area !!! someone somewhere does not want me to have chickens !!! so will phone up honeybourne in the morning to see what they have available .

[peggyprice]

hi all , well i was intending to go off to banbury tomorrow to get some chickens !! but oh no they had to go and get bird flu in the same area !!! someone somewhere does not want me to have chickens !!! so will phone up honeybourne in the morning to see what they have available .

The challenge just makes it all the more worthwhile in the end, Matty  

[matty42]

hi all
 well have now got 2 chickens !! will start from there , a meadowsweet ranger and a white star , velma and daphne they have settled in well but one of them seems to have runny poo . any ideas ?

[Porffor]

err.. pics of birds and poo! there is a thread on poo in the other section might help.

one of my girls had runny poo today too, but seems fine, so fingers x'd it clears up on it's own, might just be stress in your girls case. they take a while to settle properly.