Cheeky chooks

[bert the fert 28]

Are your chickens as territorial as mine ? I've been putting wild bird food out all over the garden, but if the chooks see the wild birds feeding, they go scoff their food. Peevish buggers.

 

Here's a coupla pics of them nicking seed from the garden wall.

[trappa 518]

Ha!. My chooks are more laid back than yours then! When i scatter a few grains for them to peck at half the sparrow population come down for a feed but my hens dont seem to mind.

[fireman 11,463]

I got rid of my chooks now but the hens would let the sparrows and dimmocks feed along side them but my cockrel would try to kill them and did so many times .

[bert the fert 28]

Aww @ nasty cockerel Hector's an arse, but at least he doesn't kill other birds. I think mine are mebbe displaying the nature of their breed, cos i remember the breeder telling me that Jersey's are terribly greedy birds.

[tb25 4,627]

they look good eatin...

[bert the fert 28]

they look good eatin...

 

 

Hush your mouth They're much adored and totally pampered pets

[tb25 4,627]

i no just messin with ya

[bert the fert 28]

i no just messin with ya

 

 

You sounded just like my hubby when you said that about eating them. He winds me up by picking up Hinge, my favourite hen and squeezing her leg, saying " there's plenty good eating on that " He's all and i'm all

 

Lucky for him i know he's joking

[Tuzo 251]

I got rid of my chooks now but the hens would let the sparrows and dimmocks feed along side them but my cockrel would try to kill them and did so many times .

 

 

 

Would that be the Charlie Dimmocks......lucky fella if you've got her running round your garden.

[craigyboy 1,274]

I got rid of my chooks now but the hens would let the sparrows and dimmocks feed along side them but my cockrel would try to kill them and did so many times .

 

 

 

Would that be the Charlie Dimmocks......lucky fella if you've got her running round your garden.

[Kay 3,709]

they look good eatin...

 

 

Hush your mouth They're much adored and totally pampered pets

 

I have always fancied some chickens Elaine but i dont think it would work with the greyhounds .. maybe one day if i move from here to somewhere with more garden so i can keep them safe from the dogs :thumbs:

[bert the fert 28]

they look good eatin...

 

 

Hush your mouth They're much adored and totally pampered pets

 

I have always fancied some chickens Elaine but i dont think it would work with the greyhounds .. maybe one day if i move from here to somewhere with more garden so i can keep them safe from the dogs :thumbs:

 

 

It's the other way round here, Kay.

 

I let the dogs out one day, a few weeks ago. After about half an hour i could hear Pob, the old lurcher, yipping indignantly. When i went outside to see what was wrong i found both dogs corralled into a corner by the five bar gate. Moomin the springer was quaking in terror behind Pob, and Hector the cockerel was strutting up and down in front of them with his chest stuck out, stamping his feet, and giving them the wing of doom. He's such an arse, that bird. But he does make me laugh.

[Kay 3,709]

they look good eatin...

 

 

Hush your mouth They're much adored and totally pampered pets

 

I have always fancied some chickens Elaine but i dont think it would work with the greyhounds .. maybe one day if i move from here to somewhere with more garden so i can keep them safe from the dogs :thumbs:

 

 

It's the other way round here, Kay.

 

I let the dogs out one day, a few weeks ago. After about half an hour i could hear Pob, the old lurcher, yipping indignantly. When i went outside to see what was wrong i found both dogs corralled into a corner by the five bar gate. Moomin the springer was quaking in terror behind Pob, and Hector the cockerel was strutting up and down in front of them with his chest stuck out, stamping his feet, and giving them the wing of doom. He's such an arse, that bird. But he does make me laugh.

 

Mind having said that madge is scared of the swans when they come out the water for bread .. she gets behind me legs :laugh:

[Moll. 1,793]

Kay, mine live with the dogs no problem

Even got a house hen Eating my tea look down at the dogs waiting for a scrap and there is a chicken in amongst them, gazing up with them waiting for a titbit

 

[Malt 379]

Kay, mine live with the dogs no problem

Even got a house hen Eating my tea look down at the dogs waiting for a scrap and there is a chicken in amongst them, gazing up with them waiting for a titbit

 

 

Brilliant picture!