memphisto Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Just wondering after meeting the lovely Sammiboo last week who had travelled quite a way to get her Silkies, how far have you travelled to get your chickens? Just wondering how many miles we've clocked up between us all?! I'll start with my as they are all from various places: Bubbles, Penny, Dilys, Maisy, Willow- 8 mile round trip (x2) Ruby & Lottie- 86 mile round trip Phoebe & Tilly- 86 mile round trip Lola & Livvy- Breeder brought to me, met nearby- 4 mile round trip Edie- 86 mile round trip Saffron & Savannah- 132 mile round trip Tabitha-12 mile round trip Isla- 98 mile round trip (with Tabs in the back!) Angel, Baby, Holly, Star 106 mile round trip Lily & Sophie (looking after for someone, unsure for how long) 24 mile round trip Total Chicken Mileage= 650 miles So along the lines of the total chicken counter....add your mileage to the post above and see how far we've travelled! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I cant even begin to count it up but some I remember are Middlesborough - 380 mile round trip Dover - 320 mile round trip Hastings - 300 mile round trip Truro - 550 mile round trip Oswestry - 230 mile round trip, I've done this at least 4 times so 920 miles in all Blackburn - 320 mile round trip Bradford - 280 mile round trip Harrogate - 300 mile round trip so thats 3370 miles plus I reckon there is a good bit to add to that that I cant remember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House MD 221B Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 That's some amazing figures, ours is a little different as We lived in Coalville, Leicestershire, when Sally got her first 2 from Omlet (delivered) so not sure where they came from, but when we moved house to the Isle of Wight, our 4 girls made the 3 hour car journey and 1 hour ferry crossing without so much as a bwark! We were so proud of them but I should imagine Coalville - IOW = 200 Miles and oxford - coalville = 40 miles? so 240 Miles ish making it 3,610 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Wow . I've made 3 trips to the same farm, about 20 miles away. so total 120 miles . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 The grand sum of ............130 miles made up of 2 trips to Thorndon = 88 miles 1 trip to Ardleigh =42 miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pips_pekins Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 My chicken mileage is not too bad, but then I only have 4 chickens! 3 round trips as follows:- 180 miles to collect two bantams + 25 miles to collect bantam wyandotte + 40 miles for frizzle pekin = 245 miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammiboo Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 ooo interesting thread My first two girls (Bunty and Mabel) market drayton (80 mile round trip) Then went back to the same place to get ethel and phyllis (80 mile round trip) Glady and Dorothy (amoungst a boot full) came from FR chicken farm closing in silverstone (250 mile round trip) myrtle and agness ex batts from Haslingden (180 mile round trip) Silkies from peterborough (306 mile round trip) Total: 896 miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chookingham Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 1st 2 girls delivered, so no mileage. Next 3 girls round trip of 50 metres - my neighbour used to raise hybrids. 3 orps from Power Poutry in Norfolk, so about 120 mile round trip, and the latest 3 from Jessie's Hens in Cambridge, another 20 mile round trip. So 140 miles and 50 metres (should I have used yards with miles - oh well ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Two lots of girls were local about 14 mile round trip x 2 Three pekins 15 miles x 2 Another 3 pekins 40 x 2 Nankin 110 miles Belgian bantams 14 miles x 2 Wyandotte bantam 3 miles Gold laced orpington bantam 70 miles Three more local girls 2 miles Araucanas 8 miles silkies 10 miles so in total 369 miles oops, I forgot my light sussex and Welsummer thats another 60 miles so 429 in total Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 A great idea first two - Omlet delivery = 0 miles by me, presumably the van was making other deliveries adopted three; 26 mile round trip, had to do it twice as the owner came with me and I took him home, so 54 miles one adopted: delivered, so 0 miles again, although I could guess at a 10 mile round trip for the owner: 20 miles bought three: 30 miles away = 60 miles two hatched in school incubator, and delivered by friend who kindly raised them to POL for me: 26 miles Total: 160 miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Ok, I'm a bit like Tasha... Doubt I can remember them all!! 1st girls - Powys 100 mile round trip 2nd girls - Wernlas - 220 mile round trip 3rd girls - llantrisant - 70 mile round trip 4th girls - Powys 100 mile round trip 5th girls - reading, then Northampton 360 mile round trip 6th girls - Malvern - 160 mile round trip 7th girls - Coventry - 300 mile round trip 8th girls - Neath - 4 mile round trip 9th girls - hatching eggs - Glynneath - 20 mile round trip 10th girls - hatching eggs - Bristol to Malvern - 220 mile round trip 11th girls - Malvern - 160 mile round trip 12th girls - Northampton - 320 mile round trip 13th girls - Cardiff East - 90 mile round trip 14th girls - Wernlas - 220 mile round trip I think that's everyone So that's 2344 miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memphisto Posted November 29, 2011 Author Share Posted November 29, 2011 Grand Total so far: 8595 miles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy049 Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Flordon (Little Hen Rescue), Norfolk - Ruby, Violet and Bessie - 64 miles round trip Fritton, Norfolk - Binnie and Laura - 14 miles round trip Weybread, Norfolk - Lottie and Lillie - 54 miles round trip We also went 34 miles extra on the last trip to look somewhere, but didn't buy anyone, she I'll leave that out. Total - 132 miles Grand total - 8727 miles. Thats a lotta petrol money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 My first 2 came straight from Omlet so no miles there. The 4 lovely girls I have now came from just outside Milton Keynes which was 77 miles from Fleet. So 154 miles altogether Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 I can't really remember everyone but... Trio of d'Anvers = 8miles + add Babs = 8 miles 4 hybrids Cotswold Chickens = 120 miles Rehomed from Nuneaton = 40 miles Cilla, Alice, Mabel + Audrey from Northampton = 100 miles ... X3 trips (at least! ) Seymour from Tamworth = 14 miles National Show = 50 miles Cotswold Chickens for green layer = 120 miles = 660 miles But if you add miles to Chickeny work = another 10,000 miles over Summer and another 320 every week since September Can't even think of the all the shows and other bits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackian Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Mine are all omlet girls and I suppose 20 miles at the most .. Of course the lovely Omlet guy had to go back again. But knowing what I know now ,that I did not know about Chickens then ..I would have gone 200 miles at least for them myself and more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Silly me I thought this was a thread re how fast they can move - when I want to catch them I'd say 10mph and they zig zag to confuse me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Silly me I thought this was a thread re how fast they can move - when I want to catch them I'd say 10mph and they zig zag to confuse me Brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffy chick Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 All the chickens I've had (17 in total) either came to me to be rehomed (0 miles for me) or from 1 of 2 breeders just down the road. So maybe er 20 miles, at a push Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfer_chicken Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 36 mile round trip + 20 mile round trip + 2x 36 mile round trip = 128 miles I didn't think it would be that much as all our journeys have been less than 30 mins each way! Though 128 miles/10 chickens = 12.8 miles per chicken which makes me feel a bit better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
