Janty Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Bless her, she may be a bit scrawny looking at the moment but Bauble has converted her grandads. Both sets of parents are now thinking of getting ex-batts this year. Hubby's parents have an acre of land and dad-in-law was talking today about how many he could get and what size run he could build. he is thinking that ten might be good. They kept chickens, geese and ducks years ago and he quite likes the idea of getting chickens when he retires. My dad is measuring up to see if he can fit an eglu in his garden ( we know that he can but he likes to measure). It seems that Bauble is everyones favourite chicken...next door's children call round every day to see how Bauble is and they have taken photos on their mobile phones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 What great news . Clever little Bauble . (I think if you refer someone to Omlet & they buy an eglu, you can get a voucher to spend in the Omlet shop.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Clever Bauble And if you buy an eglu for ex-batts don't they donate something to BHWT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 All hail to Bauble the chook ambassador.WONDERFUL!!! The power of chickens goes on . YAAAAAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Yes, Omlet may a donation after I bought my cube for ex-batts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 How lovely. Good for Bauble. Is there some sort of award that we can nominate her for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 keep up the good work Bauble, for all your sisters! xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonie Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Bless her, she's gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Bauble has been my favourite from the start Go girl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol U Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 There's just something so appealing about Bauble. Maybe it's that despite an awful past and having so few feathers, she has still kept her spirit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Jamie Oliver was talking to some turkey and goose breeders on his prog the other week. The breeder said it's impossible to intensively rear geese (in the way that broilers and batts are) because they would just die. It's a shame, in a way, that chooks are so resilient because it means they are exploited to a terrible degree. I'm amazed at how plucky my girls are, especially little shalott, she's got so much spirit! It was funny yesterday, she was bodily shoving the others out of the way to get to some meal worms we'd given them, and she's the smallest bless her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted January 2, 2008 Author Share Posted January 2, 2008 Ours are getting the hang of scratching and pecking now. They sleep in a run in the polytunnel at night but they go out every day into the fruit cage. I ave made a little shelter for them for when it gets cold but they hardly use it. Even Bauble gets on with the business of digging, etc. They saw Ginger and Sporty dustbathing today so Holly dug a hole but then she just sat in it. Still told her that she was a clever girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...