K-F-C Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 I've tried to find some piccies of my girls mixing. The bantams did move in with the big girls one day. Perhaps they prefered the cube to the eglu. Great! I think your set up is what my wife is afraid of! She does love her garden! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-F-C Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 but everyone NEEDS a white chook! well you would know more than me what an amber lays If I get a white one though I will have to choose another name! I am having enough trouble choosing the colour of my cube! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 well I was the sale kept going from orange to purple and then the men in my life took over so maybe let another person pick it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 but everyone NEEDS a white chook! well you would know more than me what an amber lays If I get a white one though I will have to choose another name! I am having enough trouble choosing the colour of my cube! You have to name the Cube too you know!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 very good point Emma! Yes Naming of the cube is most vital mine is Norman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-F-C Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 well I was the sale kept going from orange to purple and then the men in my life took over so maybe let another person pick it??? My wife has said she is having nothing to do with them and she thinks it's ridiculous that I am spending a few hundred pounds on hens and eggs! You have to name the Cube too you know!!!! Don't even go there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 give her a week and she'll be putty in their claws Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Great! I think your set up is what my wife is afraid of! She does love her garden! We have just got this built to save the garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickcluck Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 You can always source your chooks seperately then you could have a mix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 very good point you dont have to have omlet hens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-F-C Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 give her a week and she'll be putty in their claws I'm not so sure... she hates animals! She is scared of the bones under their skin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 very good point you dont have to have omlet hens Mine are from here, there and everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 give her a week and she'll be putty in their claws I'm not so sure... she hates animals! She is scared of the bones under their skin! she has bones under her skin too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 give her a week and she'll be putty in their claws I'm not so sure... she hates animals! She is scared of the bones under their skin! My OH said he was having nothing to do with the chooks but he built them a WIR and spent all day Sunday in the garden just watching them! He even let them into our end of the garden! Are you sectioning off a bit for your girls? I know you said you had a bark area, pop a fence up around it and the garden will be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-F-C Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 give her a week and she'll be putty in their claws I'm not so sure... she hates animals! She is scared of the bones under their skin! My OH said he was having nothing to do with the chooks but he built them a WIR and spent all day Sunday in the garden just watching them! He even let them into our end of the garden! Are you sectioning off a bit for your girls? I know you said you had a bark area, pop a fence up around it and the garden will be fine I'm gonna start off and see where they are interested in going... they will only be free-ranging whilst supervised and we live near a railway and have seen foxes in the garden in the past. If they go near any of our veggies or new plants I'll shoo them away... if this is getting a problem I'll get a pop up fence. I am a school teacher so they will be able to free range lots during the holidays but not so much during term time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 KFC, where in Cheshire are you? I used to live in Runcorn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-F-C Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 KFC, where in Cheshire are you?I used to live in Runcorn. I live in Cheadle Hulme, near Stockport. I am originally from London. I just found this local breeder that has various white hens availiable! http://www.creagmhorpoultry.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 KFC, where in Cheshire are you?I used to live in Runcorn. I live in Cheadle Hulme, near Stockport. I am originally from London. I just found this local breeder that has various white hens availiable! http://www.creagmhorpoultry.co.uk/ Looks like a good selection there too.....some of the birds in the pics look quite young so this should be considered if you are going to be mixing them with the Omlet chooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Have you thought about some pure breeds? I love brahmas & cochins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Have you thought about some pure breeds? I love brahmas & cochins. Good point Janty! Your OH won`t be able to see the bone as there are too many feathers!!! Brahmas and Cochins are lovely! I have Orps and they are big and fluffy too.....they live with two hybrids very happily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggienator Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Great! I think your set up is what my wife is afraid of! She does love her garden! If she loves her garden she will love the chooks, they eat slugs and snails, and their poo is the best compost activator in the known universe (especially if you give them some Bokashi with their feed). I got them as pets and for the eggs, but now would recommend them to anyone who gardens just for the poo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-F-C Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 KFC, where in Cheshire are you?I used to live in Runcorn. I live in Cheadle Hulme, near Stockport. I am originally from London. I just found this local breeder that has various white hens availiable! http://www.creagmhorpoultry.co.uk/ Looks like a good selection there too.....some of the birds in the pics look quite young so this should be considered if you are going to be mixing them with the Omlet chooks. Righto! How old / young with the Omlet hens be? Did I read somewhere that they will be about 19 weeks? If I get from there I will have to decide between the Utility Light Sussex, White Star and the Amber! I'm guessing that with the White Star I may be running the risk that it will be too small? Have you thought about some pure breeds? I love brahmas & cochins. Good point Janty! Your OH won`t be able to see the bone as there are too many feathers!!! Brahmas and Cochins are lovely! I have Orps and they are big and fluffy too.....they live with two hybrids very happily I'll have a look in a sec! I'll consider any white hen! As long as I can source them locally in time for my Omlet arrivals. I suppose a quieter breed seems more attractive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-F-C Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 Great! I think your set up is what my wife is afraid of! She does love her garden! If she loves her garden she will love the chooks, they eat slugs and snails, and their poo is the best compost activator in the known universe (especially if you give them some Bokashi with their feed). I got them as pets and for the eggs, but now would recommend them to anyone who gardens just for the poo! Yep. Defo gonna get Bokashi and Garlic Powder. I read that dropping a garlic clove in their water is good too! I am also growing a load of garlic chive from seed so that I can put a plant in their run for them to demolish every now and then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-F-C Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 Have you thought about some pure breeds? I love brahmas & cochins. Just had a look... not really a fan of these! I don't like their legs! They look like they are wearing those hairy moon boots that were popular in the late eighties! I like the ones that have legs like the ones that you see frozen in Chinese supermarkets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 A few pics of my pure breeds just to temp you. Mrs. Beeton, my naughty pekin Kylie the gold brahma miniature. Scary Spice the splash cochin. Buffy, the buff columbian brahma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
