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NannyP
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Location: 86310 Nr St Savin
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 Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 6:00 pm Post subject: It's no good, they're gonna have to be fenced in!!!! |
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I've decided that 14 chickens, in our back garden, pooing for England and crowding round when I venture out of the kitchen is just too much. From the weekend, they'll only have half the garden, and we'll hopefully have a poo free top half of the garden!! No more poo in the yard, on the mat ( for wiping poo off on) and no more poo (bless those baby Shetlands) on our lovely garden furniture!!
We put up a temporary fence when I had my party, the garden looked good and they were fine down one end of the garden. It's time to make this their permanent free range area.
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Deb_Moderator
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You are going to be mean and fence them in!!!!!??????????? GASP!!!!
My heart...my poor pitiful heart!!!!! You cruel, cruel woman! 
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NannyP
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annie
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| I know the feeling NannyP all that Pooh for a few poultry eggs lol |
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NannyP
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| Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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| I've ordered some 6 x 3 panels from Little Acre, hope they come soon, and it won't take us long to erect a barrier |
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Aussie Chick
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Sam rang me yesterday to say the pooing has to stop!!
He has spent the last two weeks cleaning up poosies ( I normally do it), so he has built a run for the chookies. he also can't believe how long it takes to get the lottie looking good!
Oh well, at least he'll appreciate me more when I return!  |
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jaydee67
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| Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Aussie Chick wrote: | Sam rang me yesterday to say the pooing has to stop!!
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Did he mention how he was going to manage this? Careful insertion of corks perhaps? |
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Deb_Moderator
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| Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| jaydee67 wrote: | | Aussie Chick wrote: | Sam rang me yesterday to say the pooing has to stop!!
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Did he mention how he was going to manage this? Careful insertion of corks perhaps? |
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Fangs
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Dad said that come summer the chooks werent allowed in the garden. Hehehe, they in the garden all the time nowadays. Tjhe grass looks great as wel, and cause all 30 sumthing of them are keeping the grass down, means less mowing for dad so he aint as bothered lol
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NannyP
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Mine have now been fenced off, with temporary fencing. They are not amused and I was gonna show you some photos, but am having trouble adding them to Gallery, so you'll have to imagine several birds sulking, looking confused and aghast at our audacity and several walking the line, attempting a breakout
Photos soon |
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George
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| NannyP wrote: | so you'll have to imagine several birds sulking, looking confused and aghast at our audacity and several walking the line, attempting a breakout
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Nah, don't have to imagine it at all, my sulk loads as well, and when the gate's open they try and make a mad dash for the rest of the garden (the bantams seem to like my Dahlias)
I just throw some corn in and that keeps them busy for a while
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NannyP
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I did that, cos the older ones were bullying the Shetlands. It worked
How are your's George, it'd be good to see how those tuftie's look, in comparison to mine
And now, the photos:
Pissed Off birds
Pissed Off Mark, hosing down the concrete
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jaydee67
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Wow! Look at that red one! Was that the thrush-like one? My thrush lookalike is a hen - phew!
Wish a fence that height would keep all my birds in - keeps in most but some just have to taste the grass on the other side! Or my newly constructed lasagna herb garden - that's tasty too! |
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George
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How are yours George, it'd be good to see how those tuftie's look, in comparison to mine |
I must take some pictures, you'll be surprised at how different they look now
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NannyP
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| jaydee67 wrote: | | Wow! Look at that red one! Was that the thrush-like one? My thrush lookalike is a hen - phew! |
Yes, it is the thrush like one, and looks like he's gonna be a looker, it's such a shame he's gonna be a gonna once he's old enough  And after reading a letter in PP, I've decided that it is more likely they will be eaten than given away
| Quote: | | Wish a fence that height would keep all my birds in - keeps in most but some just have to taste the grass on the other side! Or my newly constructed lasagna herb garden - that's tasty too! |
I hope it works, and that the run panels I've ordered work, if not I'll have to clip their wings, or try adding to the height. 
George wrote
| Quote: | | I must take some pictures, you'll be surprised at how different they look now |
Yes, get to it please, I wanna see how they look
How are you're looking Jaydee?
The middle photo is my favourite, I'll let him stay and see out his days with me |
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