Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Poultry and Pets => Chicken Chat => Topic started by: foxi loxi on May 04, 2011, 19:33
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So it all began..... lol
My children ran in shouting 'theres a chicken at the end of the road that almost got ran over by a truck'. An hour and a box of meal worms later and i have a chicken roaming my kitchen and the police haven't a clue where shes from!
i will be putting some notices up tomorrow to find her owner but in the mean time.......
.......here she is......
(http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg6/cactusfats/04052011110.jpg)
and the mess in my kitchen......she really likes strawberries.....
(http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg6/cactusfats/04052011115.jpg)
I've fallen in love already!
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Bless her, she looks at home already ;) :lol:
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Yes, I agree, she looks as if she's quite happy, and eating well! :D
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She's lovely. She look's very happy where she is for now! :lol:
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Not quite sure if she realises her new "mum's" name though!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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She is bedded down for the night in my reptile room bless her.
We have named her henni penni tosca lol :ohmy: :D
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Why did the chicken cross the road............cos the grubs better ! :D
Mealworms and strawberries , what`s in the dish MOET ?
She will not want to go home ! :)
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Has the errant chooks owner been found or have you started looking for a hen house. :)
Methinks a seed has been sown! :D
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Isn't she lovely! What a beautiful hen! She's worth the strawberry mess! If you do find the owners, give their ears a ringing! Tell them that she is a beautiful hen that needs watched more carefully!
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If you've made her welcome like that, she'll be back to visit - unless she never goes home!! Do you need info on chicken housing?!?
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Awww that's lovely. Now you just need to get a couple of friends :lol: :lol:
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Awww that's lovely. Now you just need to get a couple of friends :lol: :lol:
Ha ha I was surprised no one had said that earlier :lol:
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What's happened? Do you still have her? :D
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Looks like my Bovan Goldlines, still have 2 so not one of mine. Where are you in NE?
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what a coincidence; I was in Stockton today picking up some bee supplies and there was a RI Red pecking around outside someone's gate.... I did think about taking it home with me but it was a farm track so she probably knew where she was supposed to be and I didn't fancy getting chicken poo in my hubby's car! :lol:
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If you need any advice foxy then just ask - correct feed, housing and friends for her (they are social creatures so eventually she will need a couple of friends).
She may have wandered too far (mine wander outside my gate and down the bridleway) or could have been dumped if she has come to the end of her laying cycle :(
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Thanks for all the replies and offers of advice.
After lots of asking around and trawling my allotment site, she is now back home with her sisters. I'm happy she is back home but was sad to see her go, i was getting used to her trashing my kitchen! :D
On a plus side whilst chatting with the lovely chap she owns :tongue2: i now have the contact details for a guy who breeds the hens i want, he is on my allotment site too! YaaaaaaY :D
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that's lucky then :).
So what breed are you getting? How many and when?
Don't forget we want to see photos when you do get them (Nosey so and so aren't I? :lol:).
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I thought i'd made my mind up and was definatly getting barred plymouth rocks, but now i'm thinking silver laced wyandotte, i'm trying not to look too much now so i don't keep changing my mind.
What do you think about silver laced wyandotte for a first time keeper?
Not sure how many at the moment but no less than six. The other half is building the coop but i keep changing the plans so as soon as i settle on the design it will be built within a couple of days!
I'm soooooo excited!
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always the pets are happy when they live good hearted.
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I'm so glad that there's a happy ending to this!
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Everything happens for a reason.
Great news that all's well. Good Luck with your future chook keeping. Im sure they'll be spoilt rotten!
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Well done finding the man who is owned by the chicken, foxi loxi. :)
Around here, Silver Laced Wyandottes have a tendency to be very broody - much more than Barred Plymouth Rocks. It would pay to ask around people who have hens from the same breeder as different strains of the same breed can have different habits. If your breeder has a non-broody strain then that's great. I think they are very beautiful birds.
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why not start with 3 point of lays then in another year or two get another 3, this will help with the continued production of eggs over the winter :).
Also choose whichever you like the look of either by their feather markings and colour or by their egg colour :)
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Why not look at a mixture of breeds then its an "and" situation, rather than "or"!!
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Are you feeling ok Joyfull only suggesting the getting of 3 chickens? I thought we'd established that there is no such thing as too many chickens... ;)
Foxi loxi, I'm really glad that your story had a happy ending, the owner must have been so happy to have got his beauty back.