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Old 29-09-2008, 06:23 PM
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started to get excited now the eglu and chickens will be arriving on thursday.
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Old 29-09-2008, 06:28 PM
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Lucky you!!

Now that we have finally got the ark part built, all the people that were advertising point of lay hens locally have stopped advertising Guess it means no chooks for us till next year - grr!!!
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Old 29-09-2008, 06:56 PM
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names look like being sugar and spice or rosemary and thyme. maybe i should go for a vote of gyo ers
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Mine are all flowers. Hyacinth, Myrtle, Hazel, Poppy, Ivy, Violet, Iris, Daisy, Bluebell, Pansy, Marigold and Honeysuckle. Rose and Petunia are now in chicken heaven
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Mine to be are chicken/bird related - Popcorn, Henrietta, Lemon or Busty and Dolly
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lavender and lemon are now making a late charge
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lavender and lemon are now making a late charge
Oh yes, I like those I should have thought of Lavender when I was naming my bluebells, never mind, she's Pansy now
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I think Rosemary and Thyme. Mine are Egwina, Marjorie, Florence, Gerty, Edie and Nellie. The avatar pic is Egwina.
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Mine are Edna, Gertrude and Mabel! I like Lavender and Lemon a lot!
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we have narrowed it down to. lavender,poppy, rosemary, tyhme, daisy and honey. we need 2 from these. lavender and poppy are the front runners
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I've only got names for two of my chooks fat *rse and tush!

Oh yes, I nearly forgot, there's Hudini the escape artist as well!
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We've got Turd (named by my 15 year old son, aren't boys lovely! When in polite company we call her Thug as she is definate boss hen), Rodney (named by son's mate who is a little slow on the uptake - yes we did explain she was a girl!), Free Range (escaped the 2nd day we had them and spend 3 days 'free ranging' between our garden and next doors before we could get her penned up again) and Black Hen (they actually all look very alike but she does have a slightly darker head).
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OMG...Poor Turd, that's an awful name!! lol
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Are they here yet?
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started to get excited now the eglu and chickens will be arriving on thursday.

Hi i know how you feel, i have been waiting for a few months for my ex-bats but at last i am getting some tomorrow from a rescue going on tomorrow. Cant wait, am i right in giving them layers meal as i could not get hold of the mash Let you konw how they are when i get them.
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i'm coleecting my ex-batts 2mo too!

where abouts in essex are you?
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Me too, off to Bishops Stortford for 4pm. Are we all going to the same place?
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Hi i know how you feel, i have been waiting for a few months for my ex-bats but at last i am getting some tomorrow from a rescue going on tomorrow. Cant wait, am i right in giving them layers meal as i could not get hold of the mash Let you konw how they are when i get them.
Layers mash and layers meal are usually just different names for the same thing. Meal can be combined with cooked veg to make a 'wet mash', which some hens like. If you use just-coked veg it makes a warm mash which can be good in cold weather, in fact you can simply damp the mash with hot water if there is nothing else to add.
Outside of these options, pellets tend to be better....
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