Peppermint Pets

[rls22]

I've got a spare shed and wanted to make a big run and get some rescue battery hens - hubby says hens and whippets=not good idea. Please give me some evidence to the contrary!! No problem keeping them where we live as a neighbour has them as well.

I know Jo's whippets (including the pups) are all content to potter in the garden with the chickens - supervised of course!

All of ours are keen rabbiters but they certainly no that the chickens are not for chasing.

 

[hely]

lovely piccies

 

[peppermint lady]

my garden is split in two, the dogs have the top and elisha and other furry/feathers have the bottom :lol:

i think my whippets would chase the hens or even eat them (w00t) having said that the hens come close to the fence and the dogs just look, they had more interest in the bunny :blink: the hens dont seem to have any fear of the dogs at all...but then i dont think the hens are all that bright :lol: :lol:

 

[Janimal]

loved your pictures...you have gorgeous animals... :wub: and I just love your chicken run..its great.

 

[haycroft]

Blooming hell...you better get a farm...i thought you only had a few chickens

i do like that frizzle

my bantam has gone broody for the third time this year and shes sitting on 3xbantams,1xlight sussex,1xrhonde island red,1x maran

i still have that pekin bantam if you want him otherwise very shortly he'l be going to the fluffy clouds

cant wait...due first week in sept

i found a lovely place in sanford in the vale which sell alsort of breed of chicken, this is where they gave me the three fertilised eggs

they had funny looking young frizzles aswell

i think i ought to get OH to extend my hen run

 

[haycroft]

I've got a spare shed and wanted to make a big run and get some rescue battery hens - hubby says hens and whippets=not good idea. Please give me some evidence to the contrary!! No problem keeping them where we live as a neighbour has them as well.

i have bantams..used to have a couple of hybrids...the dog killed one :-

whippets and hens...they soon get used to each other...never leave them together though...whippets are more interested in chicken poo yuk

 

[haycroft]

Blooming hell...you better get a farm...i thought you only had a few chickensi do like that frizzle

my bantam has gone broody for the third time this year and shes sitting on 3xbantams,1xlight sussex,1xrhonde island red,1x maran

i still have that pekin bantam cockeral if you want him otherwise very shortly he'l be going to the fluffy clouds

cant wait...due first week in sept

i found a lovely place in sanford in the vale which sell alsort of breed of chicken, this is where they gave me the three fertilised eggs

they had funny looking young frizzles aswell

i think i ought to get OH to extend my hen run

 

[peppermint lady]

one of mums silkies has gone broody, i tried to get her to get some eggs for her to sit on...but she said no :lol:

where do you get your fertile eggs from?

i cant have a cockerel...i think the peeps in the street would have a fit... (w00t)

the frizzle is brilliant she is sooo friendly :wub: :wub: :wub: as are both polish, im not keen on the peking ive got...shes very bossy and flighty around the garden, i hope she starts laying soon so shes at least earning her keep! :lol:

i only have her because the other polish i had was a cockerel, so the lady swapped him for her.

elisha and i have 8 hybrid hens, 2 silkies, 1 peking, 2 polish and the frizzle...omg we have 14 chickens (w00t)

mum has 2 silkies and 2 hybrids :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub:

addictive these chuck :blink:

 

[kirsty]

Cinderella and Snow white are gorgeous :wub:

 

[haycroft]

one of mums silkies has gone broody, i tried to get her to get some eggs for her to sit on...but she said no :lol: where do you get your fertile eggs from?

i cant have a cockerel...i think the peeps in the street would have a fit... (w00t)

the frizzle is brilliant she is sooo friendly :wub: :wub: :wub: as are both polish, im not keen on the peking ive got...shes very bossy and flighty around the garden, i hope she starts laying soon so shes at least earning her keep! :lol:

i only have her because the other polish i had was a cockerel, so the lady swapped him for her.

elisha and i have 8 hybrid hens, 2 silkies, 1 peking, 2 polish and the frizzle...omg we have 14 chickens (w00t)

mum has 2 silkies and 2 hybrids :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub:

addictive these chuck :blink:

our own pekin had laid her own eggs which had been fertyilised by the cockeral...and theres a place just on the farington RD which sell different breeds of chickens, so when i was passing i popped in ,just to ask... they dont usually sell fertilised eggs but he gave me the three at £1 an egg, he was just going to put them into his incubator..i think its called 'seven acres nursery'

but they have lots of young chicks/pullets/older ones/cockerals

maybe your pekin needs a male friend to get her in the mood...they suppose to be good for going broody then you can rear your own chicks

 

[peppermint lady]

one of mums silkies has gone broody, i tried to get her to get some eggs for her to sit on...but she said no :lol: where do you get your fertile eggs from?

i cant have a cockerel...i think the peeps in the street would have a fit... (w00t)

the frizzle is brilliant she is sooo friendly :wub: :wub: :wub: as are both polish, im not keen on the peking ive got...shes very bossy and flighty around the garden, i hope she starts laying soon so shes at least earning her keep! :lol:

i only have her because the other polish i had was a cockerel, so the lady swapped him for her.

elisha and i have 8 hybrid hens, 2 silkies, 1 peking, 2 polish and the frizzle...omg we have 14 chickens (w00t)

mum has 2 silkies and 2 hybrids :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub:

addictive these chuck :blink:

our own pekin had laid her own eggs which had been fertyilised by the cockeral...and theres a place just on the farington RD which sell different breeds of chickens, so when i was passing i popped in ,just to ask... they dont usually sell fertilised eggs but he gave me the three at £1 an egg, he was just going to put them into his incubator..i think its called 'seven acres nursery'

but they have lots of young chicks/pullets/older ones/cockerals

maybe your pekin needs a male friend to get her in the mood...they suppose to be good for going broody then you can rear your own chicks

ive just spoken to my friend and she is collecting over the next 2 days silkie x peking eggs, by saturday she will have 3 so i will go and collect them, we have now moved mums silkie Martha into her own quarters and put 2 "normal" eggs under her we will see if she stays on them then put the fertile eggs in there place on saturday and wait and see

well why not have this peking hen for unrelated company for your chap? :wub: