CannyCat Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Last night I got home from work and let the girls out of the eglu for an hour, as usual. I went to the fridge to find the half corn-on-the-cob for a treat, but couldn't - "oh, well" I thought, and cut the other one in half and gave them that instead. It only ocurred to me once they'd devoured it, that my OH had obviously given them the half I couldn't find that morning, before he left for work the chooks have totally overdosed on sweetcorn and now have seriously runny poo!! So I vowed that today they would have no treats - just pellets. I went out to the eglu and opened the door, and the poor chooks stuck their head out and clucked wildly - it was raining! They ran to the door in the hopes that I would let them out to shelter under bushes and look for snails and worms, but I couldn't because I had to go to work, so back in the eglu they went! They clucked and clucked for treats, but I was strong! So this morning I left two miserable, eglu-bound chickens, with the runs and no treats! I feel like such a bad chicken-mama! (I'm going to get some clear PVC to make a run-cover - my local hardware store sells it for £2.75 per metre ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 That'll do the trick cannycat - I thought this morning that I ought to get my clear cover out of the shed - it was monsoon-ing here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 They'll get you , clients yesterday were met by Harrie and Charlie nearly pinning them to the gate for food BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Don't you feed the girls then Buff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CannyCat Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 I dashed to the hardware store in my lunch break - the world and its mother has been out buying clear pvc apparently, because I got the last 2 metres! Got home and let the girls out for 20 minutes before I had to leave for work again. I use grapes to get the girls back into the run, but Molly is a real gannet - she literally downs the grapes whole, just so she can eat them all before Millie gets one! I'm concerned that a) she'll choke! and b) poor Millie - who pecks her food before she eats it, like a good girl - never gets any. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
