How do i catch my white star

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Re: How do i catch my white star
« Reply #15 on: March 18, 2014, 20:03 »
Problem solved, catching my white star has just got a little easier, shes started laying, when i approach her she momentarily squats giving me an opportunity to catch her, if i'm quick, now i can let them out onto the larger run  :D
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Re: How do i catch my white star
« Reply #16 on: March 19, 2014, 10:23 »
Try a trail of meal worms.  Works a treat!  No pun intended!
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Re: How do i catch my white star
« Reply #17 on: March 19, 2014, 11:23 »
Dont they eat your cabbages? Cabbages dont las long with our lot.
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Re: How do i catch my white star
« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2014, 15:26 »
The hens are on my winter brassica bed, it's nearly finished with, there's that much of it,they only eat the outer Leaves of the cabbage and cauliflower anyway, by far their favourite brassica is kale especially cavolo Nero,(black Tuscan) and when the spring brassica bed is nearly finished I'll move the girls onto that bed and so on, I'm told that's why my yolks are so yellow.









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Re: How do i catch my white star
« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2014, 20:05 »
May I suggest you use debris netting to keep them in rather than normal veg netting as they can get intangled in it.

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Re: How do i catch my white star
« Reply #20 on: March 20, 2014, 07:46 »
It's poultry fencing, the bottom half has 5cm holes which they can just about get there heads through, plus I'm always present while they are in the large run.

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Re: How do i catch my white star
« Reply #21 on: March 21, 2014, 11:46 »
Your hens are lucky ladies. I'm not so good at growing cabbage. The ones I manage to grow are usually full of caterpillars, so they get some meat with their greens. This time of year I'll buy them a cabbage every few days and it's all gone in a very short time. I grow chard and they love that but I read somewhare that it was bad for them :ohmy: so I dont let them have it any more.

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Re: How do i catch my white star
« Reply #22 on: March 21, 2014, 13:16 »
I was thinking of trying to grow some chard this year, more for us than the hens but will think twice if its bad for them. Do you know what it is about chard that's bad for them?
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Re: How do i catch my white star
« Reply #23 on: March 21, 2014, 13:35 »
A long cane in either hand is quite useful to round them up and direct them where you want them to do if you can't get close enough with a net or they don't respond to rattling treats.  Also locking the others up in the coop can be a good way to get a stray girl in (she doesn't want to miss out on what the others are up to...). 

I once spent 2 hours trying to round up my girls and the cockerel so resorted to all of these to get them into their run.  Ho hum - keeps you fit I suppose...   :D

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Re: How do i catch my white star
« Reply #24 on: March 21, 2014, 13:41 »
I expect chard is the same as other things , only bad in excess. I have fed spinach beet and beetroot leaves with no problem at all.
The only veg that i found has bad effects on them is lettuce.
If a hen overdoes it with lettuce it gives them the scours something 'orrible ! :(

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Re: How do i catch my white star
« Reply #25 on: March 21, 2014, 16:09 »
It will probably be the stemmy bits that are bad for them :)
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