Mars Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I couldn't see you in the total chicken counter thread Redsunset, am I missing your posts there or what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimnpaula Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 She probably doesn't know how many to add! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 No way am I adding to the total chicken counter thread.........I'd be carted off by men in white coats......and probably for very good reason!.... I do plan to sell a fair few so all is not lost..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 She probably doesn't know how many to add! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 No way am I adding to the total chicken counter thread.........I'd be carted off by men in white coats......and probably for very good reason!....I do plan to sell a fair few so all is not lost..... Ok Redsunset. If you are hatching to sell then you are execused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I couldn't see you in the total chicken counter thread Redsunset, am I missing your posts there or what She disappeared altogether I guess busy counting the new chicks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 Hope everyone chooks are doing well? Not been on here for ages so have lost track of all the gossip! Been a very busy summer (can't call it summer as weather has been worst in years!!!!) Small maternity ward just now as had quite a few baby chicks this summer, a mix of my own Heinz 57's and some pure breeds I hatched in incys. Last lot appeared last week, as same Chook who hatched out on roadside verge did the same this year but came with 12 babies to the gates on Monday morning!! Didn't find her next and she takes them back there every night and back to gates in the am! Sadly lost two of them today as made the common rookie mistake of leaving water in metal dog bowls and two drowned.....could have kicked myself. Ordered two more 18 L drinkers tonight so won't make that mistake again when babies about. One mum has started taking her five week old babies up a tree as no room now in the Ali baba pot she hatched them in....I leave them to it as mum knows best and weather finally a bit nicer this week. Have spread almost four tons of gravel down by all the coops/shed so no more mud for me/them this winter. Got nice chicken print wellies (not willies as my iPad used to write!) for my birthday and decided they are to posh to wear until my others have kicked the dust And no Mars I am not doing chicken counter..........I know I have to many but the SAS would break first lol........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 You are back! Missed your 'too many chicken' stories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Welcome back! Wondered where you had been! Sounds like you have been a busy girl. I have three new ladies and yes, you guessed right they are ex batts:)) faith, hope & charity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 Aw shucks nice to be missed if only for my batty chicken stories lol! Off course I guessed you had ex batts gavclojack, what else and glad they are settling in, not without a drama or two as par the course for a new mum! Thank you Cat Tails too. Will try and keep adding tales from the wilderness of bonnie Scotland and my yarns and mishaps from the coops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Hello Nice to hear from you and glad you haven't been washed / blown away! We've finally moved into our new house and chooks continue to cause worries and niggles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimnpaula Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Good to see you back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 Fab news mullethunter! New home for you and the chooks. No doubt we will have similar niggles over the coming winter months! After a disastrous summer I am dreading winter already and the oldies are off to bed by 8pm? The two cockerels are now breaking out the hamlet cigars seeing the amount of little chicks around and lying back....as only a bloke would do..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 Thanks jimpaula, hope you and yours are well too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimnpaula Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Aggie has had an impacted crop which thankfully seems to be clearing now, but otherwise we're all ok, thank you for asking. Just waiting until after our holiday to add some more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Aggie has had an impacted crop which thankfully seems to be clearing now, but otherwise we're all ok, thank you for asking. Just waiting until after our holiday to add some more Might I be seeing you at biggin Hill's foal farm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimnpaula Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 'Fraid not, this time it's posh birds, next time for ex caged. I like my coloured eggs and Skye is getting along in years and I miss my Sussex's - so another blue egg layer prob Cream Legbar, a Welsummer if poss for dark brown and a light and a speckled Sussex is the plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted August 24, 2015 Author Share Posted August 24, 2015 Don't know how one of my little slim white leghorns is walking as laid three huge eggs in a row! I put normal large brown eggs in the carton for comparison! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted August 24, 2015 Author Share Posted August 24, 2015 Oops, pic a bit big but ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cat tails Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Ouch! Poor hen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimnpaula Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Ouch!Poor hen! My thoughts exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share Posted September 12, 2015 Hello, am still busy with chook duties and hatching! Got two of the breed I wanted about 3 weeks ago (jubilee orpingtons plus a lavender!) so very happy! Did hatch lots of speckled Sussex plus a few buff orps and a couple of lavender araucanas. Have lots of cross breed babies too this year and some are stunning as in all gold/barred but turquoise earlobes? Hope to have all babies sorted/hardened off now before the winter kicks in. My wellsummer hatch......all boys! Will try and rehome a couple. Have lots of Heinz 57's and a couple look like Perkins with wee short legs bustling about. And I started with six hybrids (3 hrs ago )and thought that was a lot!! Still have my original bluebelle........... Hope everyone is doing well with their chooks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Hello there redsunset, it's good to hear from you. Wow it sounds like you have been a busy bee...I just wanted to ask exactly how many do you have now? I thought you said "no more" about a year ago or was I imagining that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysmum Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Yes, you should have your own " and my current running total is........." thread Seriously your hatches all sound gorgeous esp the heinz's. Any chance of some pics? They're bound to be gorgeous! Hope weather is being kind to you Ax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
