tom123 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Well, I have been offline for 3 days and so much has happened with me! here goes... FIRSTLY... on Thursday, I got home from school to find my mum in tears in the chicken run. She told me that she couldn't find fizz We looked down all the roads, gardens and eventually found her in a bush in someones back garden! she now has her wings clipped (don't know why we didn't do it in the first place !!!) and is in the covered bantam run while I am at school and the bantams are in a netted off area. NEXT... Me and my mum have ALWAYS wanted to hatch chicks so we made the most of it when my friend offered me a broody silkie and broody coop, I mean we couldn't say no could we? So we now have 'Cluck' on 5 hybrid hatching eggs that should hatch on the weekend of mothers day. These all already have homes, including the cockerels. FINALLY... We have come to the sad decision to get rid of a few of our chickens Sadly Floyd, Maisy and Daisy are going HOWEVER this means Fizz can go in the covered run with a new friend, either a leghorn, white star or another white egg layer. So thats me done! I am very sad about the bantams but we were overflowing! we don't have a large garden or the money to be feeding all 10 of them including 5 hungry chicks! will update you on the bantams and fizz's new friend. Tom P.S. Anyone going to Salisbury Poultry Auction on Saturday 14th March??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Can't keep up with you Tom Glad you found Fiz that would have been terrible. It will be really exciting hatching eggs. Do you know what they are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Can't keep up with you Tom me neither. Glad you found Fizz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Nor me. Am glad you found fizz too. Is there something I am not getting here Tom? Why are you hatching more chicks if you have had to get rid of some hens because you were overflowing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Just seen the Salisbury catalogue. Might well go .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Is there something I am not getting here Tom? Why are you hatching more chicks if you have had to get rid of some hens because you were overflowing? I wondered that too. My lot are costing me a small fortune to feed at the moment but if I couldn't pay for their food (and I don't feed the cheapest brands either because I want what is best for my babies) I wouldn't have hatched any chicks. I've got ten hybrids and I'd never rehome any of them just because I wanted to hatch chicks. What if all of your chicks are cockerels? Surely you can't keep them all so the bantams would've gone for nothing. I can completely understand some people need to reduce the size of their flock and rehome some on occasion but to replace older chickens with chicks isn't very nice at all. They're real live animals not disposable objects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Tom does say all the chicks already have homes waiting including any cockrals. (sorry for butting in) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 He's not they are just visitors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 That was what I wasn't getting! Apologies Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 You Guys! Sorry didn't explain that well These are the birds I have atm... Milly Molly Babs Lucy Poppy Fizz Floyd ---- Daisy ---- ALL BEING SOLD Maisy ---- Cluck ( 'borrowed' broody) ----Going back to her home 5 hybrid hatching eggs ---- ALL HAVE HOMES, NOT KEEPING ANY got it? Patricia, let me know if you are going, bet you end up getting more bantams Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eglutinie Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 hi tom , i'm new to omlet and me and my mum have chicks . we're not exactly overflowing but we're happy with our 4.i was wondering have you got a mandy as well to make a milly-molly-mandy hope you get some good chicks we've got Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 You have been busy! Good Luck with the chicks , but... didn't you have other bantams? Rosy and Jim? Or was that someone else? Also I'll take your pekin cockeral! Ha, NO, sorry would love him but could never, I annoy the neighbours enough already would love him though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
