Christian Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Last time we went it was pouring with rain and all we saw were a few wet cocks *spits tea out in shock* yeah, right *cough* I'm a good boy I am! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Course you are. Hang on Can we just check with Lesley if she is missing any stock I am SURE I just saw one her pigs fly past the window Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Last time we went it was pouring with rain and all we saw were a few wet cocks *spits tea out in shock* yeah, right I'm on my way up to Norfolk. Anyone fancy joining me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Can I catch a lift? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 You'll just have to join the queue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannie Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Er - not to Norfolk at the moment folks... Wonder if those chooks are in the exclusion zone - will someone house them or will they get impounded and culled?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Ummm, the AI outbreak is in Suffolk - not very far away, but different county Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 I wonder how long it will take someone in the media to think about the chickens on the roundabout and start a mass hysteria about killer chickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 I was wondering how long it would be before a bunch of mindless oiks decided to have some fun and kill them all in a drunken spree of a Saturday night, now that they have been given some publicity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hidinginlight Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 I randomly came across this topic and I live in Bungay, the town beside Chicken Roundabout, so I thought I'd fill in the details in case anyone was interested. The bypass and roundabout were only built in the 1960's. There was already a small farm on the land beside the destined position of the roundabout. Over the years, although the farm seems to have diminished to a smallholding, the chickens remained. In answer to some of the points raised; Yes, there is an elderly man who regularly goes to feed the chickens and is often the first to protest when anyone suggests removing them - a chicken ambassador, if you like. The chickens do as their ancestors did - they roost in branches of the trees bordering the roundabout at roughly head/chest height. I imagine it is this way that they avoid the majority of predators. New chickens do appear from time to time, and it does seem as though the recent bird-flu scares have bumped up the numbers considerably. A lot of the chickens are single-combed and medium sized and tend to be cream/green coloured, but the other day there was one which looked a lot like a Shamo (?) and a few which could be bantams. The Roundabout is actually on the border between Norfolk and Suffolk - the Waveney river runs just to one side of it (a geographical feature that divides the two counties), and the roundabout was approx. 2 miles from the Surveillance Zone when it was in place. In the past, when the question of culling the chickens for health reasons, or for traffic safety, has been raised, it always seems to have ended with the consensus that the chickens are the original inhabitants of the site so deserve to stay. Also, I have never seen a dead chicken on the road, roundabout or verges, and do not know of any shunts or crashes on the roundabout, so I don't think they are much of a traffic hazard. For anyone that was interested, I hope that helped! P.S Even drunken oiks in Bungay/Ditchingham (the village near the roundabout) are too fond of the chickens to harm them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 8, 2007 Author Share Posted May 8, 2007 That's really interesting, hidinginlight......thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 It's nice to hear how it all came about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 Thanks for the explanation, I often go round the roundabout twice just to watch the chooks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 I know some people from Bungay - and they have a freerange egg farm (but nothing to do with chicken roundabout). They have really happy hens who are free to freerange all day long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
