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Well, we've been and gone and dun it! The chooks are arriving on 27th!! Whoop whoop! Can't wait!!!!

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Wow, what are you getting? Have you got the run all set?

Our birds are laying like there's no tomorrow at the moment, but they can't half eat when they're working that hard!

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Lucky you Lainey Lou, we are still trying to work out how to build our run!!

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Well I have cheeted a little
Been working extra shifts and saving hard for an Eglu and 3 chooks.
Can't wait for them too come, even my neighbours are getting excited!

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So pleased for you! Hope all goes well with the new arrivals - when do you get them? What are you getting?

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Dwell simply ~ love richly

Cooel, are you allowed to keep them at home?

We're not allowed to keep livestock at our house - it's in our deeds. I could on the plot, but don't have the room.

Bet you're excited though! Let us know when you name them - as I'm sure you will.

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well done lainey, what colour eglu? They are such lovies, are you getting chooks from omlet too?

francesbean

I have also been looking at the Eglu website, just for a look, its very good, I've now ordered the Brochure, just for a look.

They are at Gardeners World Live next week, which i'm visiting, might have a look.


Its interesting though Wayne, that apparently our deeds state no pigs or Chickens at this house, which is my OH's late fathers house, so my OH lived here since being 3 and they had up to 18 chickens at anyone time.

They never knew about the no chickens rule, the neighbours certainly dint. And I doubt if anybody cared. Back then the neighbours certainly dint as apparently they used to queue up to buy cheap eggs.

I wonder what would happen if we did get chickens now, who would do what to us..?

Interesting deeds don't say why no chickens. My neighbours are keen on burning household rubbish often because they still cannot work out refuse collection days, hence bins overflow so they burn it. I have to tolerate that...i'm ranting and talking rubbish now so I will go and get a beer, calm down and watch Gardeners World.

Tell us more about your chooks lainey when you get them.

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I'm picking up half a doz ex bats on Sunday from just south of Oswestry. The lady said they've found homes for 1200 birds. Any other grapes doing the same this weekend?

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You lucky thing Lainey Lou! I'm very envious. I've got to be patient and wait til my new house is built before we can have ladies ourselves.

Good for you!My eglu has lived up to my expectations,its pink and i love it.so do the girls who are all laying.ENJOY.

Your Chickens like pink...? How do they feel about Maroon..?

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the Eglu costs from £360 to £700, but a cut-price version is set to go on sale this summer for about £200. Plastic hen coop brings fresh eggs to masses - Times Online

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yeah! nice one lainey lou!

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take only what you need
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I had a good look at the Egloo's at GWlive, and was very impressed. Saw inside a unit, which has always been a mystery to me whats in there.

It seemed really small for 3-4 chickens...i suppose the chickens they supply are small to fit...??

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We looked at getting an Eglu, then looked at the Cube, which is beautiful and seems very sensible. Unfortunately, haven't got that money at the moment, so OH has built a
5' x 3' coop on legs to go with our 10' x 5' run. Our hens are due at the end of the month too, so we'll be able to get very excited with Laineylou!
We're getting:
1 x Barnevelder, 2 x Plymouth Rocks & 1 x Black Orpington.
Can't wait...Does anyone keep any of these birds and have any tips? Have read loads about them, but always want to know more!

Lovely! I've got some Plymouth Rocks and you may well find they are top of the pecking order. Your Orpie and Barnie will probably be more docile. I would keep an eye on the orpington especially, cos if the other two pairs have been kept together they will know each other but the orpington might be on her lonesome until the flock dynamics sort themselves out.

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Thanks for that help, Birdie Wife. I was wondering if the Plymouth Rocks would be at the top or if it would be the Barnevelder, as they're all described as placid and friendly. To be honest, the Rocks & the Barnie are for the egg-laying and the Orpie is just because I think they're lovely. Am hoping the Barnie and Orp will team up against the Rocks! We're eventually hoping to grown on some table birds if one of them goes broody, as I've read that Orpingtons will, Barnies won't and PRs could. Do yours go broody? Are they slightly less placid than the other types? Sorry to ask so many questions, but haven't found too many people with them to be able to ask!

If there is a 'restrictive covenant' in your house deeds, it will say who is entitled to object if you ignore it. Mostly it is whoever owned the land before the covenant was imposed (often this was when the house was built) or those who now own the bit of land those owners kept. In practice this tends to mean the neighbours.
You should be able to find out the details from the Land Registry, unless the house has been in the same ownership too long for it to be registered (Last I checked it only went to Land Registry when ownership changed) or from reading the dees carefully (if they are with a mortgage lender, they will usually be happy to provide the information).