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MakeEverything - 31/3/10 at 04:59 PM

Just got in from a spa day near Birmingham, to find a fkin CHICKEN in the garden?? - Yes, a LIVE one too!

Spoke to the RSPCA, and they said well, if youre happy to keep it, build a coop, and put it away at night!

So, we gained an unexpected household pet today! The kids will lvoe it!

flak monkey - 31/3/10 at 05:04 PM

Lol, we have chickens. Probably came from a neighbour. They dont usually stray very far from home.

Down side is of the 15 or so we have, 85% are cockrels, noisy buggers!

coozer - 31/3/10 at 05:15 PM

Hope you like omelletes

MakeEverything - 31/3/10 at 05:15 PM

Holy shit, it just laid its first egg!!

flak monkey - 31/3/10 at 05:30 PM

You should get around 1 a day

They'll eat anything, feed it well

scootz - 31/3/10 at 05:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by MakeEverything
Holy shit, it just laid its first egg!!


That means it likes you and wants to stay with you... forever!

scudderfish - 31/3/10 at 05:34 PM

And if it pisses you off, that's Sunday lunch sorted.

MakeEverything - 31/3/10 at 06:21 PM

quote:
Originally posted by scootz
quote:
Originally posted by MakeEverything
Holy shit, it just laid its first egg!!


That means it likes you and wants to stay with you... forever!


Well, after the naming ceremony (We called it Google) and going to wickes to buy some timber and chicken wire, the little bastard flew away!
Shortest ever career as a chicken farmer!

02GF74 - 31/3/10 at 06:53 PM

hope you kept your receipt.

omega 24 v6 - 31/3/10 at 07:05 PM

quote:

Well, after the naming ceremony (We called it Google) and going to wickes to buy some timber and chicken wire, the little bastard flew away!


Never count your chickens before they are catched


Ok my coats on and I'm leaving

Liam - 31/3/10 at 07:18 PM

Ha ha! Halarious

Well at least you got an egg out of it. Hang on - I thought the egg-laying gender wasn't too hot at flying? Or was Chicken Run not an accurate documentary?

flak monkey - 31/3/10 at 07:20 PM

None can fly, they can make a spectacular leap though, a good 10' anyway!

deanwelch - 31/3/10 at 07:35 PM

very very funny.............did you not think that might happen as soon as you finished building it a home............lol

hillbillyracer - 31/3/10 at 07:37 PM

Yeah they flap a lot & dont really fly but it assits the ability to jump a fair bit!
You're better off without it though really, we used to have them on the farm here & they're smelly thing that scrats about & makes a right mess!

blakep82 - 31/3/10 at 10:49 PM

i've got 2 chickens too

then one day about 2 weeks ago another 2 appeared just down the road! thats happened before lol. they're awesome pets though

MakeEverything - 1/4/10 at 08:36 AM

quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
hope you kept your receipt.


I did, but im going to build the coop today, and were buying another two chickens tomorrow.
Were calling one Google, and the other Boggle......

eddie99 - 1/4/10 at 09:34 AM

Brillant!

Simon - 2/4/10 at 09:04 PM

Very funny thread

Make sure chcikens are secure from foxes - we lost about 2 dozen. We got the fox though!

ATB

Simon

jlparsons - 2/4/10 at 10:22 PM

They're noisy and stinky but these problems are easily solved with a breadcrumb coating.

gazza285 - 2/4/10 at 10:34 PM

WTF are you doing on a "spa" day near Birmingham? There's only one Spa, and that's on Belgium's only hill.

boggle - 3/4/10 at 03:14 PM

boggle???

richard....i think you need to amend your original post from spa day to mincing day....

Paul TigerB6 - 3/4/10 at 07:51 PM

quote:
Originally posted by MakeEverything

Well, after the naming ceremony (We called it Google) and going to wickes to buy some timber and chicken wire, the little bastard flew away!


Probably because it was actually a pigeon!!

Benzine - 3/4/10 at 08:20 PM

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Originally posted by Simon
Very funny thread

Make sure chcikens are secure from foxes - we lost about 2 dozen. We got the fox though!


I've just got back from 7 weeks on a remote farm in Wales. They had 30 chickens and about 10 ducks. They are free to roam and had no chicken houses/coups etc, just a simple shelter for them to lay in, and they haven't lost any to foxes. Neighbouring farms have, and you can hear the foxes at night.

Reason: all the men on the farm pee around the farm at random locations (no running water for toilets, this place was remote!)

Simon - 3/4/10 at 11:06 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Benzine
Reason: all the men on the farm pee around the farm at random locations (no running water for toilets, this place was remote!)




ATB

Simon

Benzine - 5/4/10 at 08:29 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Simon
quote:
Originally posted by Benzine
Reason: all the men on the farm pee around the farm at random locations (no running water for toilets, this place was remote!)




ATB

Simon


if they lost 100lbs each and ditched the dungerees then it'd be close, the hair and beards are spot though!

Ninehigh - 22/4/10 at 08:18 AM

quote:
Originally posted by MakeEverything
quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
hope you kept your receipt.


I did, but im going to build the coop today, and were buying another two chickens tomorrow.
Were calling one Google, and the other Boggle......


Are they the frozen kind or are you risking them flying off too?