Little project with the kids

[poxon 5,915]

Done a little project with my kids the project was get all materials an built a chicken house that didn’t look to bad an was practical and cheap as possible to make this is what we made £29.99 chicken house build 

[Greyman 31,763]

Nice one, I must have had most types of pets over the years from goats to owls but by far the best are chickens feed on table scraps and give a return of those lovely orange yolked eggs, peg it down if it hasn’t got a wire floor as the Fox will be under it in no time

[brambles 3,398]

Done this myself a few year back wae the grandkids, winter set in kids stayed in chickens got fed to ferrets

atb in your venture mate

[poxon 5,915]

6 minutes ago, Greyman said:

Nice one, I must have had most types of pets over the years from goats to owls but by far the best are chickens feed on table scraps and give a return of those lovely orange yolked eggs, peg it down if it hasn’t got a wire floor as the Fox will be under it in no time

My strangest pet was a Chinese red lobster.Ive not had chickens probably 4-5yrs when I lived in a town it’s nice to have them again we got these as working animals for eating waist tilling scratching an fertilising our veg garden if they don’t pull there weight there be turned to dog food. I think we’re safe from any Fox in the area if a Fox thinks is can get to the chickens before my beddy cross can get to the Fox it’s well come to them my beddy cross hates foxes with a passion 

[poxon 5,915]

15 minutes ago, brambles said:

Done this myself a few year back wae the grandkids, winter set in kids stayed in chickens got fed to ferrets

atb in your venture mate

I did say to my kids feed an water daily an move it daily tbh I half expect mine to Jack on feeding them but I’d be nothing looking after 3 chickens I used to rear 4000 a time for laying in one of my side jobs I had 

[lurchers 2,984]

She wants me to build a new chicken coop and get some in for the granddaughter,feck that it’s me that will be looking after them and I don’t need extra jobs,hence why they went last time.

[jukel123 9,424]

Nice job mate.

Edited October 30, 2021 by jukel123

[jukel123 9,424]

8 hours ago, W. Katchum said:

Was at a customers house today doing a little paddock on back of property an she had a couple them egluu or what ever they called iv saw them about in shops an on web look handy enough for a few hens I imagine, but what caught my eye was her chooks, first off I thought they were pheasant fighting an when I got closer to set some traps I was a bit confused haha so I asked an she said they were old English pheasant fowl or summat, wierd looking things, but smart all the same, quite rare an hardy she reckons, an they must be cos she was remote an the winters there are severe. 

You into pest control now Katch? Given up farm work?

[Francie 6,368]

1 minute ago, jukel123 said:

You into pest control now Katch? Given up farm work?

I think hes always done both jukel if I'm not mistaken

[poxon 5,915]

9 hours ago, lurchers said:

She wants me to build a new chicken coop and get some in for the granddaughter,feck that it’s me that will be looking after them and I don’t need extra jobs,hence why they went last time.

They don’t take much looking after there easy mate 

[poxon 5,915]

9 hours ago, W. Katchum said:

Was at a customers house today doing a little paddock on back of property an she had a couple them egluu or what ever they called iv saw them about in shops an on web look handy enough for a few hens I imagine, but what caught my eye was her chooks, first off I thought they were pheasant fighting an when I got closer to set some traps I was a bit confused haha so I asked an she said they were old English pheasant fowl or summat, wierd looking things, but smart all the same, quite rare an hardy she reckons, an they must be cos she was remote an the winters there are severe. 

Them Omlet Eglus are good but bloody expensive I’ve had a couple of the classics the mk1 an 2 when I used to breed Pekins an Sussex bantams an one of the Omlet cubes I ended up selling them on eBay for profit after I give up breeding the classics good for a couple of hens for laying there really hygienic as you can disinfect and pressure wash them out but even there expensive the cubes like £800 starting price second hand they sell for strong money . Bet it was nice to see them pheasant fowl there classified as a rare breed I think there the closest relative birds to jungle flow 

[jukel123 9,424]

The mark up on 5hose plastic henhouse must be astronomical. They are only same as a plastic barrel. Somebody handy could get plastic barrels for free and adapt them.

[poxon 5,915]

30 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

The mark up on 5hose plastic henhouse must be astronomical. They are only same as a plastic barrel. Somebody handy could get plastic barrels for free and adapt them.

I bet it isI wouldn’t say there the same as a plastic barrel as they have a cavity and well designed for ease of use but there the same as in there made from plastic but there’s no reason a barrel couldn’t be adapted an will work fine them eglus when they first come out was in the boom of Jimmy’s farm,river cottage,Jamie Oliver an Ramsey all promoting the good life an clean rearing food I think them eglus were very cleverly marketed the original mk1 & 2s and the mark 1 cube were well made in the uk then they started getting them made in China the quality was rubbish 

[forest of dean redneck 12,022]

Had the small omlet for bantams and had big cube , nice housing but expensive an they red fades in the sun so looks awful .

I like watching chickens they are entertaining . 
think my favourites  Ive had are were breeding quartet of Brahma bantams and some pekin x Japanese hens.

[Ken's Deputy 4,462]

1 hour ago, sid g said:

same we`ve had chickens rabbits budgies pigeons canary`s goats  pigs ferrets  and guinea pigs plus all the dogs kids had to muck in or they went my daughter used to show rabbits and guinea pigs , now they`ve all got dogs n cats the gals  started kitting her shed out to get back into the shows life seems to move at a quicker pace today was a time when most people round us had chickens , 

Not half as fast as that post, Sid. I was completely out of breath by the time I paused, at that comma.