KEEPING CHICKENS , just the facts no sentiment allowed

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #60 on:** February 06, 2007, 10:06 »

You didn't dissagree with me my little chook

I got neither as you know, I got plastic

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #61 on:** February 06, 2007, 10:08 »

What makes you think I'd give you a smacking :shock:

Well I might

The Dalai Farmer · « **Reply #62 on:** February 06, 2007, 12:01 »

My Hubby says you are a lucky boy!

muntjac · « **Reply #63 on:** February 06, 2007, 12:06 »

lmaooooo...

The Dalai Farmer · « **Reply #64 on:** February 06, 2007, 13:34 »

Muntjac, are you in the exclusion zone with this stupid turkey thing? My poor Hubby is out there in this freezing cold weather constructing a special covered place to put my poor babies.

I think some of the old girls will have to be culled due to space restrictions. I don't decide things like that, he does!

muntjac · « **Reply #65 on:** February 06, 2007, 13:38 »

i am sure innit . lol i got my blooming paperwork this morning ...... :roll: already knew i was when the blody place is only a couple miles from my birds ..got the notices up n all that dodo . heard froma pal suffolk council came to check this morning on his birds .. they just walked into his yards and no safety gear or boots nothing . he asked where they ahd just coem from and they had visited 7 places that morning .. he asked where the protective clothing was that he was told he had to wear ... they said oh we havent got to wear it ,, he told them to ffffffff off his property and not return :x :

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #66 on:** February 06, 2007, 13:43 »

Good for him Munty :!:

Shot gun time I think

The Dalai Farmer · « **Reply #67 on:** February 06, 2007, 13:50 »

Well, he would buckety well have to wear the stuff to come and inspect my girls!

Has anyone else noticed how we are all expected to abide by all the new restrictions, but nobody has actually told us what they are? Or is it just me?

:roll:

muntjac · « **Reply #68 on:** February 06, 2007, 13:52 »

if you are outside the £ zones " then they wont tell you lol

best check with
www.defra.gov.uk

see whats expected

The Dalai Farmer · « **Reply #69 on:** February 06, 2007, 13:59 »

I phoned them yesterday - but it would have been helpful if they had said something on the news, local radio, BBC - something!

Even local papers the next day would be better than nothing.

It was my ol' mate from Derbyshire who told me there was something amiss! I didn't even know where the chamber of torture that caused all this WAS until yesterday. I knew it was in East Anglia and I've seen the buses with the living dead on them, but other than that it was a complete surprise!

At least I won't be feeding the blinkin' ROOKS for a while,

hazlet · « **Reply #70 on:** March 07, 2007, 12:13 »

We've got four chickens the children named them, so one is called Christmas dinner They're really easy to care for and free ranged with our 3 cats and rabbit really well in the garden. Then we got a puppy, who killed the rabbit, and likes nothing better than too shake a captured chicken, Nothing seems to stop her, im beginning to think she's untrainable she's 7 months old. She also enjoys stealing and eating the odd raw egg. So we're having to build a secure run, for the chickens. This is sad as though they ate all my seedlings, plus many plants, they were good fun, to watch running around.

colin · « **Reply #71 on:** March 21, 2007, 18:46 »

pekin bantams wanted, manchester area. any ideas.

muntjac · « **Reply #72 on:** March 21, 2007, 21:33 »

the puppy is stoppable i am guessing she is a spanial of some sort. have her on a leash and walk her through the chickens when she goes at the chickens pull her back with all your force pulling her off her feet backwards and rag her most severly by grabbing her skin around her neck and pick her up from the ground and shake her telling her loudly and very angrily . she will recognise this as a rollocking . now set her down and then walk with her through the birds again if she makes any movement towards the birds do the check on her again .. do this 4 times in the morning for the rest of the day act normal with ehr .she should be undertaking basic training . after lunch take her back out to the chickens again and see if any change has occured if not go through the process of chastising her again .....when she behaves with the birds make a big fuss of her please note this is not cruel as the method is what a parent dog would do in training the puppy .making the puppy fall back on its rear and chewing on the pups neck .the parent woud infact hurt the puppy where as you are not . carry on walkiing her through th3e birds .

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #73 on:** March 21, 2007, 22:18 »

Good advice there Munty. I've always thought the only way to train dogs is to speak their language

Clodagh & Dick · « **Reply #74 on:** April 06, 2007, 13:54 »

Must agree with all the chicken enthusiasts say. Chickens and quail and partridges which we keep are easy to keep, become very tame. Our chickens act like pets but have no names as eventually they are for the chop.
We have our Spanish chicken run under a wide branched acasia so that they are not stressed by hot summer temperatures.

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