When I moved where I am presently the owner requested I cage my girls so they didn't destroy her lawn. I haven't caged them yet & she still has her lawn! They will graze on the lawn first thing but after about 20 minutes they move under the orchard trees where they can feast on fallen fruit &...
I have the same problem, @Perris. Plus a couple of nutters who bang on the door to be let in to lay. 🙄 Then the whole troop will follow me round the yard any time I put in an appearance, & my little Tootsie will come & scream@ me to come solve whatever problem she is currently having!
Tootsie.
All I can say is these dogs follow the chickens round & clean up any poop before it hits the ground! 🙄 And there is no way I would kiss a dog~ or even a chicken for that matter. I don't even kiss my cats & they are much cleaner animals! :plbb
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Sorbet & Tootsie.
Yes, I'm a no~digger when I can get away with it. Where I am presently I have 4 raised beds that were filled from the hole made when the neighbours put in a pool. The soil is awful: leached, sandy & full of stones. 🙄 I keep finding bits of plastic everywhere & the owner seems to have put down...
I can't produce enough eggs. I give my extras away but I have more takers than I can supply even though the majority of my girls these days are bantams. I may have made a mistake initially by explaining bantam eggs are nearly all yolk & the D'Uccle's are protein rich. Oh, & I show takers...
Regular gardeners do this too by recycling plastic bottles. Cut the bottom off & bury the bottle beside what is planted. Water is poured down the tube. Useful during water restrictions as no water is wasted & all of it goes where most needed. By the time the plastic disintegrates the plant is...
Yes, thank you, Shad. I took this place for 6 months with the possibility of 3 years. The 3 years is now pretty solid so I can build flock numbers again & seriously consider the vegetable garden. ❤️
I started with rescues so I know I don't have the stomach for it. I am more & more inclined towards bantams. The big hens are getting too hard for me to handle as I age & while I would always want Campines they are on the smaller side for a standard.
Of the 9 hens I have remaining, 6 are...
Lovely! I agree that chickens *talk* to each other. Mine will also *talk* to me though I don't think I'm so good @ communicating back. The exception is the evening purr...If my girls seem a tad unsettled @ roosting I will start the *purr* & eventually everyone will join in & settle down.
Campines are the birds I have ~ related & so prone to skittishness I was warned off them both times I went to buy. However if you have the time & are patient they can be handled without major dramas. This is my Aoife.
And Ha'penny. 😊
Not lap chickens but both sociable with me. Ha'penny is...
This is a very good point. I come from a state where a percentage of the population is reliant on things like mining ~ we overturned a certain election over this particular quandary. If we want to put people out of work over fossil fuels etc we need to provide alternative employment. These...
Only *clean* energy is not the norm ~ not here anyway. I think most of Victoria's electricity comes from coal. There can't be too many dirtier options. :confused: In QLD quite a few companies use gas. While I agree wind, solar & hydro would be optimal ~ especially in Australia which has lots...