Didsburylass
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I am new to chicken keeping, collected 3 ex batts Sat 13th Feb 2016, now insanity has set in! 
Hello greetings from Manchester
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Hi Didsburylass, and welcome to the world of the similarly afflicted! Before long, you may find another common virus will enter your system - Morehens Disease. Several of us on here keep exbatts, so will be interested in your progress with the new girls. What are their names, and what sort of setup have you got for them?
Didsburylass
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Hi Marigold
They are called Parsley, Sage & Thyme, a very untidy lot there were when they arrived. I have an Eglu Go Up with 2mtr run and a 4mtr Chicken fence to give extra space, hopefully when more organised I will get another Mir extension to the run. Once settled and the weather warmer they can come to the allotment into the fruit cage 2/3 times a week, then home for tea!
Each has its own personality which are
Parsley - Shy and retiring the lowest in the current order and appears to be very vain! Forever preening then looks at the others with a "what do you think girls" expression
Sage - Current leader of the pack and an out and out thug. Put extra feed and water containers in run, loves to tip everything up if she cannot do that jumps in and scatters everything for six then grinds it in with her feet leaving a great deal of mess each night, generally behaves like a petulant teenager.
Thyme - Currently the deputy! But challenges Sage when feeling brave sits with Parsley when Sage goes off on one
So far have had to do a complete clean of the run every night
As to Morehen Virus, I have a sneaky feeling I may be coming down with it, eying up another part of the patio!
Lorraine
They are called Parsley, Sage & Thyme, a very untidy lot there were when they arrived. I have an Eglu Go Up with 2mtr run and a 4mtr Chicken fence to give extra space, hopefully when more organised I will get another Mir extension to the run. Once settled and the weather warmer they can come to the allotment into the fruit cage 2/3 times a week, then home for tea!
Each has its own personality which are
Parsley - Shy and retiring the lowest in the current order and appears to be very vain! Forever preening then looks at the others with a "what do you think girls" expression
Sage - Current leader of the pack and an out and out thug. Put extra feed and water containers in run, loves to tip everything up if she cannot do that jumps in and scatters everything for six then grinds it in with her feet leaving a great deal of mess each night, generally behaves like a petulant teenager.
Thyme - Currently the deputy! But challenges Sage when feeling brave sits with Parsley when Sage goes off on one
So far have had to do a complete clean of the run every night
As to Morehen Virus, I have a sneaky feeling I may be coming down with it, eying up another part of the patio!
Lorraine
rick
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Hi Didsburylass,
Noted with interest your thoughts to take them to the allotment because I've tried this myself. It's not a common thing to do and there is a potential for stress with any moving that has to be thought through carefully. But mine did enjoy the being there at least although they were famished when they returned as although they loved digging and finding worms and bugs the calorific value of their finds was quite low.
Take food and water and guard against anything alarming to birds, flapping sheets or streamers that are common on allotments for example. Transport smoothly in a box with good ventilation and screens their view of the world going by and as quickly as possible.
You may find that it is actually quite an operation to do and you'll have to weigh up whether it's actually worth the inevitable short term (but potentially moderate and reasonable)stress.
Birds are funny, sensitive, creatures in more ways than one as I'm sure you will be finding out already
Noted with interest your thoughts to take them to the allotment because I've tried this myself. It's not a common thing to do and there is a potential for stress with any moving that has to be thought through carefully. But mine did enjoy the being there at least although they were famished when they returned as although they loved digging and finding worms and bugs the calorific value of their finds was quite low.
Take food and water and guard against anything alarming to birds, flapping sheets or streamers that are common on allotments for example. Transport smoothly in a box with good ventilation and screens their view of the world going by and as quickly as possible.
You may find that it is actually quite an operation to do and you'll have to weigh up whether it's actually worth the inevitable short term (but potentially moderate and reasonable)stress.
Birds are funny, sensitive, creatures in more ways than one as I'm sure you will be finding out already
Didsburylass
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Hi Rick
it was a thought it's 3 mins by car and would give them a break for the day rather than stay in the run
Didsburylass
it was a thought it's 3 mins by car and would give them a break for the day rather than stay in the run
Didsburylass
rick
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That was my thought exactly and they did enjoy it but it was quite an expedition!
Search for the thread 'Girls day out' for the pictures.
Search for the thread 'Girls day out' for the pictures.
