PLEASE SIGN IN IF YOU HAVE CHICKENS

[tortoiseSHELL]

I'm still campaigning for a 'chicken' topic - I think MNHQ have said it is too much of a 'minority' topic. But, there seem to be loads of us. So please sign in so I can see how many there are! Thank you!

I am plannign to kill a few, eat two and throw the rest around.

I don't have chickens yet but have some on order, due to arrive mid April. Our henhouse is being made by the same chap who made Jamie Oliver's coop

Oi, Fox. Fuck off

Fluffy was a white silkie hen. They are great as a pet, they are a bit unusuall as they have an extra toe, their skin is dark and they have dark eyes.
If you want a silkie, get a silkie cockerel, they hare lovely blue patches by their ears and they seem to mate with any size chicken.
We have a young hen, who was laid by a buff orpington hen and brought up by our Maran hen...don't ask.
But she looks so different, medium sized with dark eyes, brown/red feathers and 5 toes. One in a million.
AB

OMG there is someone there.

Get orf my land...foxes!
AB

All my opringtons are buff.

Yes - and I'd like a chicken topic

Why don't you (since you are campaigning) search old topics on chickens and note the contributors, and then CAT them to ask them to sign into this thread

PrincessPeaHead has chickens, so does D of Norksbride.......

I am a keen chicken keeper - have been since I was 6.

although am currently chicken-less due to fox attack a week ago - the bloody thing took all my 7 chickens - 4 silkies (3 golden and one partridge coloured), 1 faverolle (the silliest and friendliest chicken ever ), 1 cream legbar and 1 silver sussex.

Got someone coming this week who'll give me a quote for a fully enclosed foox-proof run and shall start again...

Looking forward to the excitement of poultry auctions, anyway.

(and yes, would like a chicken topic!)

That's a shame geekgirl

I have chickens
I also have foxes
I will have more chickens on wed (hopefully) if my incubator does its stuff!

I haven't got chickens but am hoping to in the future. Like TortoiseSHELL's idea of three separate topics.

TORTOISESHELL !!!!XXXXXX

HUrrah for escaping from ethical living!

It could just go under 'livestock' in Homes and Gardens you know, then would encompass chickens, ducks, pigs, goats, etc etc etc.

Goats! Does anyone else have goats? We are just awaiting our little British Saanen milker to keep our darling 11year old goat company.
We have geese and ducks too and I'm on the lookout for Norfolk Black turkey eggs for the incubator.

I do! Only 4 (and only one of them seems to be laying eggs which wasn't quite the plan...). But was thinking about posting about how to stop them digging up my plants (I know, pointless...) so think topic would be good!

I've got chickens and had ducks too until the fox scoffed them all

Yes we have chooks here.

This thread is slightly superfluous now, since MNHQ are going to give us a topic but so far we have...

tortoiseshell
ska
gentleotter
alienears
mehgalegs
marmadukescarlet (coming soon)
hippipotami (would like some)
DuchessofNorksBride
Ripeberry
Professor Yaffle (on order)
handlemecarefully
geekgirl
PrincessPeaHead
zog (would like some)
hermionegrangerat34
ingles2

The makings of a clique!!! But there must be more people out there - when the children are in bed and my brain starts functioning again,will have a look in the archives!

tortoiseshell
ska
gentleotter
alienears
mehgalegs
marmadukescarlet (coming soon)
hippipotami (would like some)
DuchessofNorksBride
Ripeberry
Professor Yaffle (on order)
handlemecarefully
geekgirl
PrincessPeaHead
zog (would like some)
hermionegrangerat34
ingles2
BigBadMouse

ingles - about your ducks. I'd love ducks, but we REALLY REALLY REALLY don't have room! (Only have smallish urban garden so even the chickens is pushing it!

I've got one in the freezer!

No, seriously we started with 2 chicks last year (bantams of some sort) but they both turned out to be boys so we had to get rid. Plus we realised we didn't really have enough room for them