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Sparklepeeps
Joined: 17 Jan 2007
Posts: 1960
Location: Cheshire
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 Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:08 pm Post subject: Fox again - Mixed Emotions! |
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Fox just tripped across the patio a couple of feet away from us, setting the security light off and putting it into full view. It disappeared, returned again and had a scratch in full view. By which time me and the cat were at the french windows watching. It looked us both straight in the eye for some time, then turned and headed straight up the garden to the chickens  .
Lovely seeing it so close.
Now! I am absolutely sure that foxy visits every night, and tonight is only different because he just happened to have set the security light off. I am desperate to get down the garden and check the efficency of the electric fence. But just picked up the torch ONLY to find that OH has run the battery to nothing getting the christmas tree out of the loft, and hasnt charged it back up again!  (we are currently not talking to each other now!!!  )
The irony of this is that I was allowed to finish my weekend shift at lunch time today, I came home, checked on the girls and saw my little reliable egg laying Araucana OUTSIDE of the electric fence  ! I had no idea that she could fly with her wings clipped. She was very distressed and deserate to get back inside the coup. If I had finished work at the right time I might not have even checked on them in the dark, and she would have been a gonner! Lady Luck has smiled on me today! So I shall count my lucky stars and make it up with OH |
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Gilly C
Joined: 22 Jun 2006
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Location: South Cumbria
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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| we have had fun chasing our guineas today, they have been in and out of the garden , some poor walkers must have got hell of a fright when 8 took off above their heads ! but at least it made them come home lol |
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Bhindi
Joined: 23 Apr 2005
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Location: Rugby, Warwickshire
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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| That was a close shave Sparklepeeps. You do only trim one side of the hens feathers don't you?.. maybe you haven't trimmed enough? |
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Sparklepeeps
Joined: 17 Jan 2007
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Location: Cheshire
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| Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:18 am Post subject: |
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| Bhindi wrote: | | That was a close shave Sparklepeeps. You do only trim one side of the hens feathers don't you?.. maybe you haven't trimmed enough? |
Yep, only one side. I noticed one who was in the process of regrowing her feathers after a moult needs to be trimmed again. I checked Hazel's wing, it looks reasonable so I was very surprised, this is the first I knew about her abilities! |
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coco
Joined: 24 Jan 2006
Posts: 319
Location: Northants
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| Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| We clipped the wings of our two buff Orpies when we first had them. It had very little effect other than when they flew it was always in an arc! |
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