Nacktschnecken omlet Cube

[migsy]

I bet you are more excited than the kids. Choosing hens! Woo hoo

[AJuff]

A perk of the job I think!

[AJuff]

My daughter and I have been hen shopping!!!!!! For school . . . wish they had been for me as the three we chose are beautiful. Vanilla is a Coral Nick, Fudge a columbine and Toffee a black rock. DD is very excited she has been the first child in school to see them. Teacher training day on Monday . . roll on Tuesday . . I can't wait to see their faces!!!!

Will uplaod photos when I have figured out how to get them off my phone!

[chicken bark]

They sound lovely. All different colours. Roll on Tuesday.

[Purplemaniacs]

How exciting

 

I bet the children will love them.

 

I would love to do that for school but not sure the Head will go along with it

 

Look forward to seeing photos, I think I would want to keep them.

 

Chrissie

[Mrs Dabooka]

I suggested this to a local community centre. They were all on for it until they found out the deeds to the centre wouldn't allow live stock on the grounds.

 

A real shame as the centre is a deprived area and the kids would have really benefited from this.

 

Good Luck!

[Egluntyne]

That's a pity. Could you contact whoever owns the freehold or whatever and see if they will allow it?

[clucker1]

Just seen your post. My son's school were given 3 chickens earlier this year. The school asked the parents' help to build their run and it was made from local resources in line with their sustainability iniatitive. Then parents were asked to volunteer for the weekend/holiday rota for letting the chickens out and in, plus feeding etc. This has been a really good way to meet parents who I would otherwise have not met as we all received our training together. The school came up with the great idea of any family who wants some of the eggs, pays £1 and half a dozen eggs are given away each week from a name being pulled out of the hat in assembly on a Friday morning. When you have received your eggs, your name is removed ie so everyone is a winner! When you help with the chickens the eggs are yours too. Infact, I so LOVED doing the chickens I bought 4 Omlet girls and a cube myself in the Summer. (I did learn loads from the school chickens, hence my choice of the easy to clean cube!!)

[Lewis]

Good luck for Tuesday!

Are they moving in on Monday?

 

The school came up with the great idea of any family who wants some of the eggs, pays £1 and half a dozen eggs are given away each week from a name being pulled out of the hat in assembly on a Friday morning. When you have received your eggs, your name is removed ie so everyone is a winner! When you help with the chickens the eggs are yours too. Infact, I so LOVED doing the chickens I bought 4 Omlet girls and a cube myself in the Summer. (I did learn loads from the school chickens, hence my choice of the easy to clean cube!!)

Sounds like a good idea!

Glad you got some yourself too!

[Chicken Shirl]

How fabulous. Well done

 

Piccies please.

[Mrs Dabooka]

That's a pity. Could you contact whoever owns the freehold or whatever and see if they will allow it?

 

I'll have a word and see what they say. I think its council owned, but in a residential area. So there may be some lee way

 

But I love the idea of the egg draw.

[AJuff]

The kids just love the hens!!!! I'll post pics very soon!!!

[LeeMeadfan]

What a fantastic idea!

 

It would be great if every school could do this!

 

(off now to catch up on everything else I've missed when our internet went down!)

[AJuff]

Huge excitement at school today as Vanilla coral nick came into lay at the weekend! Three eggs this morning!

Toffee the black star has a very red face too but no crouching yet.

[tom123]

Sounds fantastic! Mum's school will hopefully getting chickens soon too

[chestnutmare]

Being a teacher and a chicken enthusiastic myself, I would love doing this as part of the curriculum. Imagine 'chickens' as the theme for the term - loads of skills to come from it!

Can't wait for pics.

[AJuff]

Arrived at school this morning to find the hens have been stolen!! They have been taken from the. The side was off and all the run doors were open. No sign of them anywhere. Children have been very upset. The police are following up leads. We will just have to wait and see what happens.

[Sam]

That's terrible!! It's not as if hens are even worth that much... money wise anyway Hope the police manage to find who did it...

[Sageandonion]

Oh that's awful, poor hens and poor children. Fingers crossed the police find the culprits soon and the hens safe and sound.

[mollyripkim]

That's terrible for everyone, it makes me wonder what this world is coming too. It's not as if they are worth a lot in monetary terms, poor children. I hope someone is ashamed enough to return them safely.

[Purplemaniacs]

So sorry to hear this

 

Chrissie

[Lewis]

What?!

 

I'm sorry

Hope the police can find out who did it. Do the school have CCTV? (spose you've already tried that though!)

[AJuff]

The school has no CCTV. It's in a lovely town in a very nice area so everyone is very shocked. It's a small enough town for word to get round so someone will know what happened. I put the eglu away in the shed earlier so it's secure. Let's wait and see what tomorrow brings.

[Gertie]

Oh your poor girls! I cannot believe people would do that. I hope you find out who did it. It's made me think twice about getting some hens for school...I don't work in such a nice area!

[chestnutmare]

That's awful. I really hope whoever took them gets found out. It's such a shame.