The Poultry Keeper

CP · Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 10:23 pm Post subject:

Poultry keep-fit video! Laughing

Wonder if it will catch on? Wink

Hope all goes well Mark. A bit worrying that your French neighbours are so blase about it though. Confused

mojo · Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:10 am Post subject:

hi mark better cut the food allowance by one fifth so you hens dont get over weight.....mine are inside too but only one of the locals has gone the same way...best of luck.....mojo

Andrew · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:02 pm Post subject:

Hi Mark,

As I understand it; the current regulations have been brought in and exist only until the end of May. The government may decide to:

end the confinement early(please, please, please)
or extend the confinement after the end of May Sad

or at the end of May do nothing and we can let the chooks out to play Very Happy

All the best,
Andy

jarcher1390 · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 16 Location: cumbria

mojo · Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:21 pm Post subject:

everything gone very quiet over here what about over there

George · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 5661 Location: London

Same here

Still no news is good news isn't it?

mojo · Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:26 pm Post subject:

thats true or at least i hope so

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

not quite

they are testing on orkney ,poultry found dieing yesterday they've shut the premises and stopped movement in surrounding areas they've just said on our news ,they did say that they've been testing in loads of places so don't panick ,press release also says it could be newcastle desiese
debs out making sure she's got enough covered coops ,
suz

mark59mark · Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:36 pm Post subject:

Hi all,
Judging by the numbers (many thousands) the northerly migration of Grue (Cranes) must be nearly over. It's an awe inspiring sight watching them as they first gain height in the thermals and then spread out in V formations with the eldest at the front (watched a formation on Tuesday for as far as I could see them and the front 3 Grue never changed positions once and there must have been 2-300 birds in that formation - Amazing! Formations went over most of that evening and well into the night.
Saw the first Swallow on Wednesday and the first Redstart too!
Sorry to ramble on, but the point is that we have so must to lose if H5N1 does take hold.
Here we're seeing less and less chickens about, so the message is getting about (especially the 750 euro fine)!
Chuckingham Palace is well onto it's way to completion, just awaiting some transparent roofing and some tongue and groove - costing a fortune!
Egg production hasn't slipped yet, though I do get trampled when I go in their barn with a dish of noodles and rice!
Regards to all,
Mark

Spana · Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2299 Location: North Cornwall

How are all your girls coping, they must have been in for weeks now. Are they showing any sign of stress?

mark59mark · Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:47 am Post subject: Nice Cattle!

Hi Jan,

Nice to hear from you and nice picture of highland cattle (I think). Are they yours?

I've just opened up the barn and given our girls their morning feed of fresh rice, they're certainly eating lots of food, but still producing the goods, 100% the past two days and about 90% plus for the rest of the time, so I guess they are still OK, I wouldn't say they're happy as if I sure if I wasn't carrying one of their bowls when I enter their barn, instead of showing their greed they'd be rushing out the door.

Their new quarters is still in production (awaiting more timber)! Whilst the "chucks" are OK, I'm getting on with a few other things, like building an extension to a house, continuing the convert and renovate the main house, build a polytunnel, plant 90 metres of double row hedging and get the summer crops in! You can tell we lead a busy life here, so the extra hassle the H5N1 regulations bring are a right pain.

Most of the locals (infact all those I know) with chickens have brought theirs inside to some degree.

Regards,
Mark.

Spana · Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2299 Location: North Cornwall

Hi Mark,

Yes, the Highlands, Flora and Gladys are mine. Gladys has just had a beautiful heifer calf Very Happy

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It sounds as if your girls have plenty of room and I think that is the key to keeping them happyish. Not always easy to do if they are used to roaming.
You do seem to be very busy.We also never get a quiet time. One of my OH favorite sayings is 'Well that's one job we wont have to do again' but something else comes along that cant wait and bang goes the quiet spell.
Not complaining, love it really.
Don't suppose you listen to the Farming Program on radio 4 at 5.45am. Very dismal news this morning

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

what was the news jan ,i missed it and this computer doesn't do that playing radio programmes back Rolling Eyes

suz

fenwoman · Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:11 pm Post subject:

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

i know how to do it but it doesn't work on my old computer it doesn't do defra pages either ,
suz