Mrs Webmuppet Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 (edited) With the sad demise of Bumble our head chook and regular egg layer , Mr W has said that Little Miss Webmuppet and I can get more chooks to replace the losses (we have gone from 6 chooks to 3 in the last year or so) but I now need the help and advice of the forumites. Do we go ahead and get 2 or 3 chooks now or so we wait until spring? If we do decide to get some more in the near future, does anyone have any spare housing we could borrow for the duration of the intros? ( we are near Ipswich, Suffolk) And any recommendations for suppliers in the Suffolk, Cambridge, North Essex area? Help! Edited October 30, 2010 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Now that you've got a green light, can you bear to wait until spring? I couldn't, got two chooks three weeks ago and am already looking into getting more in the spring... If I can wait that long! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Just think you could be all set by Christmas, intros done and everyone settled. If you wait till spring that's another 5/6 months away. Besides 3 more would help keep them warm of a nightime in their house. It's been a bit frosty lately. I've convinced me, what about you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted October 27, 2010 Author Share Posted October 27, 2010 I have to say I am tempted to say yes, lets get some more sooner rather than later ( I have got 6 days off in a row in November when I could do the trickier part of the intros ) but it's the spare housing/ where to go to get more chooks question that I am stuck on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 I was doing to wait until spring for new girls bvut went with a freind last weekend just to have a look of course. I came home with 3 new girls. OH said it was very handy me just happening to have the cat box in the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 All being well we will be getting more chooks tomorrow we are off to Landbase Poultry near Colchester in the morning. I have managed to arrange to borrow a coop (which will hopefully fit in my car ) which we will pick up on the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 roll on tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Sounds like a plan Good luck - remember the photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted October 30, 2010 Author Share Posted October 30, 2010 Hurrah, we are back I have a coop and run in pieces in my car and three new chooks in the Cube run whilst Bromley, Snowy and Bling free range.This afternoon we will mostly be rebuilding the borrowed coop and run! We bought an Amber Star, a French Grey and a Pied Suffolk.Pics to follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Webmuppet Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Our new girls.........all the meticulous planning involving extra hen houses etc. all turned to 'poo' and now they are all snuggled up together in the cube......the best laid plans etc - lol French Grey and a Pied Suffolk Amber Star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 They are all lovely. What did you think of the place in colchester you bought them from. I'm thinking of getting a couple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Like your new chooks How did they end up in the cube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 They are lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted October 31, 2010 Author Share Posted October 31, 2010 We got the chooks from Landbase Poultry in Ardleigh. They don't have very many chooks left. The three we have were this years hatching but are around 8 months old. They are selling most of the remaining chooks for between £7 and £14 .............(hears stampede of Omleteer feet in direction of Ardleigh!) By the way they have an Eglu Go on display at Landbase Poultry. I had put the new chooks in the Cube run whilst Bling and co were free ranging as Mr W and I were supposed to be building a 'borrowed chook house' unfortunately somehow a vital piece of the house had got left behind and by the time we realised it was getting dark and Bling and co were desparate to go to bed. I ended up spraying everybody with anti-speck and then they all took themselves off to bed. They have an extra feeder and extra water containers in the cube run, I will let Bling, Bromley and Snowy out in the garden in a little bit. This morning we had our first egg from the newbies laid by Custard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Well done that Custard and what lovely-looking girls! Hope the integration continues smoothly. You would indeed be hearing my feet stampeding to Ardleigh, but I've had to promise the pet-sitter no increase in numbers before my hols in 3 weeks and I've put my name down for some more ex-batts any time after I get back. Just as well, as it takes only minutes to put the door on the cube run and cat-carriers in the car, and self-restraint is not one of my key characteristics ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jill the potter Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 That's great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
