blooming chickens....

strumjoughlamps

off with there heads I say.. they are not liking this cold snap so for the first time in 31 months it is looking like I have to purchase eggs

jellyroll

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Phil_aka_Pip

give 'em time, they'll sort themselves out. matey here at work his mum keeps chickens, they stopped laying for a bit but some of them have started again now.

not_the_dj

Chicken soup is a nice warm comforting meal at this time of year.

Phil_aka_Pip

not_the_dj said:

Chicken soup is a nice warm comforting meal at this time of year.

I'm sure the threat of it is enough to persuade a hen to start laying ...

SRich

I thought this was gonna be one of those "I live next door to some w***ers who have chickens in their back garden" threads

I have them at the house over the road - noisiest, most infuriating, least time aware cockerel I have ever had the displeasure to know.............and there's some out the back of my house who are the quietest most content hens I've ever had the pleasure to live beside.

Mind you......late night last weekend, I saw a very happy looking fox in rude health trotting up the street.

The neighbourhood's looking up! 

strumjoughlamps

Phil_aka_Pip said:

give 'em time, they'll sort themselves out. matey here at work his mum keeps chickens, they stopped laying for a bit but some of them have started again now.

this is the first time they have all stopped, been lucky I guess as the past 2 winters we have still had layers..

not happy about getting an egg from an egg box as opposed to a nest box.

strumjoughlamps

SRich said:

I have them at the house over the road - noisiest, most infuriating, least time aware cockerel I have ever had the displeasure to know.............and there's some out the back of my house who are the quietest most content hens I've ever had the pleasure to live beside.

yeah would never have a cockerel, in fact being in a City we are not allowed. you always see them 'free to a good home' on poultry forum which indicates how bloody annoying they are.

Phil_aka_Pip

a cockerel is far less annoying than the neighbour with the noisy zorst on his bmw.

next you'll be complaining if an owl hoots while you're awake

thecolourbox

Is a blooming chicken one you buy from The Gear Page classifieds?

axisus

jellyroll said:

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axisus

Pluck one and stick it in the oven. I guarantee they others will start churning out.

strumjoughlamps

axisus said:

Pluck one and stick it in the oven. I guarantee they others will start churning out.

we had one a few weeks ago that wasn't going to make it so the wife went out and snapped the neck.. well I got a pretty dirty look when I asked if it was heading for the oven..

I now know not to mention such things.

SRich

Phil_aka_Pip said

next you'll be complaining if an owl hoots while you're awake

Owl hoots are a delight......lovely to hear 'em call & answer...........this cockerel thinks he's king d1ck of the 'hood by the sounds of it.

Phil_aka_Pip

SRich said:

this cockerel thinks he's king d1ck of the 'hood by the sounds of it.

all cockerels do

doodle doo

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I can tolerate animal noise (cows mooing, sheep baaing, owls hooting, even cocks crowing), or water noise (the sea, or a river flow) but it's man-made noise that prevents or disturbs my sleep