Unsecure chicken perches

[atsw]

.... and it's bye-bye to the vegetables

 

 

Andrew

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Oh dear . What was that crop - it's hard to tell now .

[docsquid]

Oops!

 

Ours got out today, but thankfully no major damage was done before DH spotted it.

[poachedegg]

Oh dear! Great photo though!

[sparkysmum]

Same here, someone didn't lock the WIR last night and by 7.00am the newly reseeded wildflower border had been trashed.

[ISCA]

Great looking hens, shame about the vegetables

[Cinnamon]

Mine had all my peas last week

Lucky I planted too many & had enough spare - the hens are now confined to barracks.

[Chook n Boo Mum]

What a relief ........having read the title I expected the worst for Liquorice and the girls ............at least it was only veggies which are no more

 

Sha x

[Space Chick]

I have taken to growing veg in pots in the front garden, after my back garden terrorists proved they couldn't be trusted

[Purplemaniacs]

What a relief ........having read the title I expected the worst for Liquorice and the girls ............at least it was only veggies which are no more

 

Sha x

 

Me too, I thought something very nasty had happened to the girls, glad that the girls are ok, they look lovely, sorry about the veg though .

 

Chrissie

[mabelandflosmum]

Well I hope you had some really big eggs today!

[Toots]

When this happened to me i had 3 dirls looking at me saying.... well what do you expect were chickens!"

[Cooks]

What a relief ........having read the title I expected the worst for Liquorice and the girls ............at least it was only veggies which are no more

 

Sha x

same here, my stomach jumped when I read the title thinking the worst

[Jules.]

Mine had all my peas last week

Lucky I planted too many & had enough spare - the hens are now confined to barracks.

 

mine are, too.

[ValerieR]

Oooh don't you just want to give the buff coloured one in the middle a huge SQUEEEEZE!! Gorgeous and plumpalicious.

[joza2210]

Oh Dear ! Haha

All the chickens are lovely ...

I really like the buff orpington (if thats what she is)

And the frizzle cockerel ...

I have a question for you , because the cockerel is the orpington's son does she still look after him ?

Thanks

[atsw]

Oh Dear ! Haha

All the chickens are lovely ...

I really like the buff orpington (if thats what she is)

And the frizzle cockerel ...

I have a question for you , because the cockerel is the orpington's son does she still look after him ?

Thanks

Yes, the big buff is an Orpington. She'll be two next week (hatched 22nd April 2008). I did have a pair, and it was the other one of the pair that hatched the pekins last Summer. She was a fantastic Mum, but sadly she suffered a severe prolapse when she came back into lay and had to be put to sleep . Anna, the remaining orp has a totally different character. She shows no maternal instinct what-so-ever and never showed any interest in the Pekin chicks, not even when her sister passed on. Liquorish (the cockerel ) may be quite small, but he's quite capable of looking after himself and does a great job of keeping all 'his girls' under control.

 

Andrew