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warmth on the wintry day

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nerdle

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warmth on the wintry day
« on: November 14, 2013, 19:53 »
Today I had the sewing machine out so made a cushion cover out of an old towel and covered a slab of poystyrene.  A warm sitting zone for mah lil girls while I'm away this weekend.
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Re: warmth on the wintry day
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2013, 22:48 »
Ah, you big softie  :) ;)
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Re: warmth on the wintry day
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2013, 23:03 »
They completely ignored it :lol:
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Re: warmth on the wintry day
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2013, 20:56 »
aww nerdle how sweet

mine have old lino down covered in hay at the mo to keep them off the cold ground  :blush:
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Re: warmth on the wintry day
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2013, 01:49 »
They'll really appreciate a thick litter floor, one strewn with herb leaves and maybe some cracked corn to search for.
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Re: warmth on the wintry day
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2013, 21:56 »
Think we are all barmy spoiling our hens but you just cant help it :) :) :)
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Re: warmth on the wintry day
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2014, 13:09 »
Well - noticed a hole in the towel today and on further inspection loads of polystyrene gone!   Had no idea they''d eat though a towel :wacko:!!!!   Not such a good idea after all.

They seem totally unaffected - two of them laying now and all seem fine.
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Trillium

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Re: warmth on the wintry day
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2014, 15:50 »
But it's still not a great idea if they're eating it. Silly birds will eat anything.
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Re: warmth on the wintry day
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2014, 16:02 »
Quote from: nerdle on February 09, 2014, 13:09
Well - noticed a hole in the towel today and on further inspection loads of polystyrene gone!   Had no idea they''d eat though a towel :wacko:!!!!   Not such a good idea after all.

They seem totally unaffected - two of them laying now and all seem fine.
more than likely a mouse!
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Re: warmth on the wintry day
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2014, 16:20 »
Some hens seem to love eating polystyrene.  We've had posts before about them attacking polystyrene boxes people were growing stuff in.  As Trillium says, probably best to remove the temptation and stop them eating any more  :)
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Re: warmth on the wintry day
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2014, 21:11 »
My hens used to eat polystyrene if they saw any,I really worried about it when they first did it,they were ok,but I used to make a mad dash to get it before them if I saw any blowing about.
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