Single hen

[Guest]

At long last and last minute change of mind

I have ordered a green cube with 2 gingernuts(yes i am personally a member of the ginger club myself) .....it is being delivered on April 14th

So in the meantime I have got to get the hammer and nails and wire roll out to build a run

By ordering 2 chickens omlet are going to build it for me!!

What type of food do i need to buy ?

Also can anyone give me a shopping list of items I must get!!! I have a feed merchant near me that sells everything...do i need bug powder etc etc

Hooray

indie999

 

Husband does not know and will go mad to me Who cares!!!

[poachedegg]

Husband does not know and will go mad to me Who cares!!!

 

Just the right attitude!

 

Congratulations on your

[MedusA]

Congratulations! Keeping chickens is great! You will not regret it.

 

OH will forgive you when you start giving him lovely fresh eggs from your girls.

 

Layers pellets, fresh water and something to line the poo trays are all they need from day 1. Add in other things like Aubiose/Hemcore bedding, Red Mite Powder, wormer etc. as and when. That way it's not such a big bill to start with. There is some great advice on the FAQs stickies, which you can read to fill the time while you wait for your and .

[fluffyknickers]

YAY!!!!

 

These husbands dont have to know stuff - just minor details. Just tell them when it arrives that it cost a couple of quid.

 

I have had mine for nearly two weeks and so far so good I have two and a and a standard run and .

 

I think you should add a to the order - they are GORGEOUS.

 

I ordered most of my stuff to come with the cube and chickens as was easier and was paying for delivery anyway.

 

I ensured I had -

Food (omlet)

Grit

Garlic

Bokashi

Tonic (for water)

Bedding(aubiose and woodchip)

Diatom

Stalosan

Linkabord

corn (treat)

extra little pots for the grit and so I could put an extra food station in (while they settled the pecking order)

Leather gloves (reduced in B&Q) so I and kids could hand feed them

Rubber gloves (pooh picking and dirty jobs)

 

They arent all essential but I couldnt help myself and I like buying stuff!

 

So exciting.

x

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Congratulations . Well done on making that difficult decision .

[chelsea]

fabulous news!

[..lay a little egg for me]

A with only 2 ? You need more!

 

No, really, if something awful should happen to one girl, the other will be lonely and sad and you will have the problem of introducing a new girl. So start with at least 3!

 

Also, I don't know about the insulation in the , but when we were looking at wooden coops, the lady at the DFT said that if we got the larger one but only 4 they would get cold at night and so we got the smaller coop that was designed for 4 hens.

 

So, ordering a seems an excellent excuse to have more than 2 girls!!!

 

Go on, you know you want to !

[fluffyknickers]

exactly what i said, for only £12 add a . Go on be a

[Falkor]

yay another

[brambles]

Yep, go on. go on go on go on go on go on. Ah gwan.

 

You know you neeed to!

 

My cube comes Monday and as a concerned owner of two girls I'm planning to get two more the following weekend as hot water bottles for them.

[Cooks]

congratulations a great choice and great colour

[Egluntyne]

 

Husband does not know and will go mad to me Who cares!!!

 

My attitude exactly. I've never understood the 'not allowed' thingy.

 

Congratulations....from another gingernut....chemically enhanced these days.

[Guest]

yep i am going to get another 2 more hens not sure what type though hope to get them at the same time............so they can sort it out between them

 

I did forget to ask how old the ones that are coming are??

 

I think i have gone mad over this

 

But thanks for the support on this forum its been very useful

 

one happy indie :

ps am going to post another question

[westleigh]

congratulations a great choice and great colour

couldnt agrre more hope all goes well

[fluffyknickers]

If they are coming from Omlet they will be POL between 16-20 weeks - thats what Omlet told me anyway!

 

x

[BarbaraJ]

A great choice of cube

[Guest]

Barbaraj thats a nice run did u buy it??

I am thinking about making panels that I can dismantle and clip together(I did something similar for a rabbit a while back and we use to move it around.

 

Or just build an enclosure and b done with it!

indie