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Post by racaille on Mar 16, 2015 17:41:06 GMT
The trouble with free range hens is that you can guarantee they will go where you don't want them  I spent some time on Saturday sowing two boxes of wild flower seeds on the bare earth where our new septic tank and huge drains have been installed. Raked them over nicely in preparation for the rain yesterday .... ... and today the hens spent the day scratching them up again and eating them.  Remind me to fence my veg patch really securely ..... |
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Post by pboy on Mar 16, 2015 18:42:46 GMT
Oh no, naughty chickens!
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Post by brigadier on Mar 18, 2015 12:15:31 GMT
I have escape artist chooks, they have a large run partial shade and a roomy hut but they must wander (at the risk of being eaten by Folly Wally Dog) and we couldn't find where they were getting out- until I caught one yesterday doing a limbo under the gate. Bloody chooks!
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Post by haffyfan on Mar 18, 2015 19:13:12 GMT
Naughty chucks!
My ducks are always up to mischief, especially the 2 boys who are just like naughty little boys, always where they shouldn't be...at bed time i shout to the girls it's bed time and they waddle into their house unaided but the boys usually lead you on a merry chase around the garden. Leave the kitchen door open for Erik to be in/out and they're in the kitchen like lightning...or further through if you don't notice.
The garden is totally wrecked, beyond repair unless we move and then we'll have to returf and sort the borders, which to be fair have also been Eriked...Romanian rescues love to dig BIG holes as they lie in them in their former lives to keep warm/cool so we're told. He's now making a start behind Duckingham palace in an attempt to get at next doors dog. A pooch needs to keep busy and have a project!
Fortunately gardeners we ain't but my Mum would have kittens if it was hers lol, i can only imagine what would happen if we had a veg plot.
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Post by racaille on Mar 19, 2015 7:19:04 GMT
Gosh I miss my ducks!
Haff I didn't know you had a Romanian rescue dog (have I missed this somewhere?) What's the story?
(I love Romania and recommend it as a holiday destination, honestly. It's amazing. Go to Countess Kalnoky's and ride one of her Shagya Arabs in unmapped countryside - it's a real experience!)
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Post by brigadier on Mar 19, 2015 9:25:09 GMT
My ducks are quite well behaved by comparison. I do love them and we make good use of the eggs. Im just debating whether to raise some more babies as I love having the ducks but the boys would be for the table :-(
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Post by haffyfan on Mar 19, 2015 18:16:37 GMT
Rac he's the same dog we short term(!) fostered back at the end of August/start of Sept...he has terminal cancer and had been written off by the vets and only given a couple of weeks to live. We think he likes his new life as he's got no plans to give it up just yet - The power of love? Here he is plus the disgrace that once was our patio...please excuse the mess lol Attachments:
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Post by racaille on Mar 19, 2015 18:18:06 GMT
Hmm, and that's the same problem I have with my chicks: there are always more boys than girls (why is that?) but we are awful about butchering them, real wusses. And yet they taste so good....
The first time we did it my son was little so we didn't tell him that the coq au vin was one of ours until afterwards, when he raved about the meal (raised as French!) When we said it was Hector in the pot, he replied: 'Well Hector was delicious. Who can we kill tomorrow?'
The only problem was when the OH mistakenly chopped the head off the lad's 'pet' rooster, who was called Fried Egg. There was a moment of hilarity when he tried to jam the poor bird's head back on ....
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Post by racaille on Mar 19, 2015 18:19:41 GMT
LOL Haff! Did you say you were trying to sell your house?  Love Erik though  |
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Post by brigadier on Mar 20, 2015 8:24:04 GMT
can just imagine your OH doing that! Its always a mistake to have a pet rooster- they seem programmed for destruction. We have a bantam one that we are fond of but he in turn is a real wuss and if a fox came he would push the hens out first!
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I spent some time on Saturday sowing two boxes of wild flower seeds on the bare earth where our new septic tank and huge drains have been installed. Raked them over nicely in preparation for the rain yesterday ....
for so much hard work we thank ye!!
