We have hens + 1 egg

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We have hens + 1 egg

Post: # 152781Post bodrighy
Wed May 06, 2009 12:17 pm

At last we collected the 3 hens from our friendly farmer neighbour today.

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Her indoors has already named the big one Rosie..she seems to be the boss, and the smaller pale one is Libby (short for Liberty as she has alread shown her escapologist tendencies :brave: )

It took them asll of 3 minutes to com out of the coop and start scratching and taking food from the hand.

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Post: # 152791Post Millymollymandy
Wed May 06, 2009 12:38 pm

Lovely, I hope you will all be very happy together. :lol: Their run looks great in that woodland setting. Have fun!
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Post: # 152801Post bodrighy
Wed May 06, 2009 2:51 pm

P.S. It's taken5 hours to get our first egg :shock: Is this a record?

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Wed May 06, 2009 3:00 pm

that looks really good.
cant wait till i have the space for some hens.
hope it all goes well with them
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Wed May 06, 2009 5:16 pm

Woohoo fresh eggs nothing like it, love the run
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Post: # 152848Post bodrighy
Thu May 07, 2009 1:00 am

becks77 wrote:, love the run
so do I as it cost me a grand total of £2.49 for a load of screws. Everything else is off freecycle or recycled from something else including an old boat. Maybe not as pretty as some but as it is hidden in the trees and the hens couldn't care less does it matter?

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Post: # 152850Post Millymollymandy
Thu May 07, 2009 4:59 am

It looks fabulous to me and the less you paid for it the better!
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Post: # 165090Post MrsD'ville mkII
Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:16 pm

Great stuff. We had an egg in the crate by the time we got home with our hens!
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Post: # 165093Post Big Al
Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:42 pm

Millymollymandy wrote:Lovely, I hope you will all be very happy together. :lol: Their run looks great in that woodland setting. Have fun!

Woodland setting ?? that's the disused bit of the garden that the chickens are going to clear... well they have to earn their food..... :lol:


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Some nice woodwork there too.... I've lost my mushroom, well Mrs Big al has but she won't admit to it yet,lol...
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Post: # 165099Post Rosendula
Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:42 pm

Of course Rosie's the boss! :cheers:
How egg-citing for you! *groan*. Sorry! I bet no-one's ever heard that one before. :oops:
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Re: We have hens + 1 egg

Post: # 165112Post Millymollymandy
Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:18 am

No I haven't!





Yeah right. :mrgreen:
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