My 1st Fresh Eggs :)

Wildeone · « **Reply #15 on:** February 24, 2008, 12:17 »

Thanks for the info FatHen but she seems to have picked up a little. She's scratching around, eating and drinking so maybe she was just shy - I've been in and out all day chatting to them and giving little titbits etc etc they found a couple of worms and got VERY excited by the whole thing.

They seem really happy now!

Wildeone · « **Reply #16 on:** February 24, 2008, 14:47 »

They've taken themselves back in doors and i found another egg!!! :shock: 5 eggs in 18 hours from 4 hens .... is that even possible!!!

poultrygeist · « **Reply #17 on:** February 24, 2008, 14:58 »

You're obviously doing something right !!

You'll have to find some more worms. Wait til you let them roam. They'll be writing you 'thank you' cards

I think we may be getting a late egg any minute now. Just checked teh nest box and found a rather startled looking hen in there. Had to shut it quick before she realised it was the door to freedom !

Rob

Wildeone · « **Reply #18 on:** February 24, 2008, 15:01 »

Poor girl sure she wants some privacy!

Mind you i can't talk i took the last one from behind Mrs Bennet and it was still warm. :oops:

poultrygeist · « **Reply #19 on:** February 24, 2008, 15:04 »

Got a warm one yesterday. It's a lovely thought that they can't get fresher than that. And at no detriment to the hens. They just keep on eating and keep on laying.

I must get that veg plot finished off so I can get sentimental about runner beans. I wish I'd done all this twenty years ago.

Rob

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #20 on:** February 24, 2008, 15:54 »

I've covered all about worms in my inormation post:

http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?t=4348

I use flubenvet myself but there are other options

Wildeone · « **Reply #21 on:** February 24, 2008, 16:00 »

I fed them garden worm Aunt Sally! Was that wrong? or have we got the wrong end of the stick?

poultrygeist · « **Reply #22 on:** February 24, 2008, 16:33 »

i think Auntie was talking nasty internal worms but you meant the sparrow's delicacy !!

The only worry with garden worms is when they fight over one and it starts to stretch. You may want to look away at that point ! :shock:

Rob

Jellyhead · « **Reply #23 on:** February 24, 2008, 18:04 »

My flower girls, rescue chooks of 4 weeks, are the first ones at the gate now and scramble over my feet to get to the fork when I dig for worms, considering they were s**t scared of humans I am pretty pleased for them

Bless your girls will be so lovely soon, its the most rewarding thing ever to rescue an animal

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