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Posted: 31 December 2007 08:08 pm | 1st Post |
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| Our hens are in their new living quaters, its an old wooden shed which was used as a breeding shed for rare breed chickens . its full of windows so its very light inside during the day. the hens have just started to lay again out of 40 hens we have had 10 eggs today as opposed to 3-4 eggs over the last few weeks.
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Villageways
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Posted: 1 January 2008 02:49 am | 2nd Post |
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Excellent! Where I used to live, my neighbour's chickens would come and visit me nearly every day, roughly at the same time - they would literally come and peck at the front door. I even missed them if they didn't pop round to see me. Blimey! I must be a right saddo 
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Posted: 9 January 2008 07:29 am | 3rd Post |
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Ours have been ticking over nicely, despite the snow, hail and freezing temperatures. We're getting about 3 a day from our 5 hens. Everyone else's nearby seem to have stopped, but I don't think they feed them properly and their chicken accommodation may be somewhat below par.
We went to buy a cock on Xmas Eve, but the farmer had sold them all. Hoping to get a batch of chicks under way as soon as possible. Hopefully, he'll have a decent looking fella for us in a couple of weeks.
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Posted: 13 January 2008 09:36 pm | 4th Post |
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We breed our own laying hens rhode island x hybreds. We have the incubator for the winter hatchings. So they start laying in the summer and broodys do the summer hatchings for the winter laying birds that way we are never out of eggs. This year one of our broodys did some of the winter hatchigs!!! Globle warming is here ! She sat for three weeks rised them untill 6 weeks and went back into lay!! now that is a first for me. The hen is a cochin very calm and kind with lots of feathers to keep them all warm. They free range and do thier own thing and we are happy to say it works.
Wendy
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Posted: 14 January 2008 05:43 pm | 5th Post |
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You'll have to put some pictures up, Wendy, so we can all have a look. 
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Posted: 14 January 2008 11:24 pm | 6th Post |
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Thanks for the reply
If I knew how to post pics you would be so bored because there would be so many!!! I love our hens all 70 of them!.
I will try and work out how to get pics on we have 17 hi line hens for laying 6 cochins for laying and brooding. 3 pure Wellsummers for lovely deep brown eggs and breeding more pure wellsummers. 3 french copper blacks for chocolate brown eggs that shine! and breeding 2 black and 1 lavenda silkie fo white eggs and breeding. 5 Rhode island x hybrids for laying light brown eggs. 1 aracana Dont ask why only one its a long story! 6 Belgian d'uccles millie fleur and 6 cobs. and rhat is just the hens We have 9 wellsummer x cochin chicks all hens 5 wellsummer x copper blacks chicks all hens 4 pure wellsummer chicks all hens 2 norfolk bronze turkey hens it soon adds up and thats not to mention the cocks for each breed. just as well we have 6 acres and more sheds by the year!!. I think I need to get out more
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Posted: 15 January 2008 12:12 am | 7th Post |
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Hi Wendy
When you have a mo to sort some pictures out, all you need to do is:
- Underneath where you actually type your posting you'll see two boxes. One blank and the one next to it says 'Browse'
- Click 'Browse' and select a picture you want to upload from your own pc.
Hope this helps,
Anita
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Posted: 15 January 2008 12:52 am | 8th Post |
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Thanks again
Now I have to get the photos on to my computer and into the right files.
On the next wet and windy day when i am not working or smallholding I will get round to it promise
Love the site
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Where are all your photos  ok I suppose I have mised them too I will get the hang off this soon
Byeeeeeeeeeee
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Posted: 15 January 2008 11:00 am | 9th Post |
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With all this rain and the light not really getting started aroun 11:00 my chuks have stopped laying again, so Ive set up some lights on a timer to click on in the morning and hopefully kick start them into action again, its awful when you have customers waiting for eggs and you have to turn down the business.
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Posted: 15 January 2008 08:08 pm | 10th Post |
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Try beeding birds to lay at different times of the year.
Early dec jan hatchings lay in the summer
june july hatchings lay in the winter no need for extra lights they just lay to their body clock.
Eggs all the year round
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Posted: 15 January 2008 08:18 pm | 11th Post |
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| I've made a mental note of that tip! Excellent!
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Posted: 15 January 2008 08:25 pm | 12th Post |
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| I didn't know that! Thanks Wendy
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Posted: 16 January 2008 08:57 am | 13th Post |
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| Thanks Wendy Ill give it a go
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Posted: 2 February 2008 09:04 am | 14th Post |
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Just to let you all know all my summer hatchings are in full lay and 2 of my older hens have gone broody!! What are yours doing? this could be a globle warming survey ? Happy hatching
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Posted: 29 February 2008 09:00 am | 15th Post |
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well we're getting there , the ladies have started laying by the dozen so off to the market Ill be going soon.
http://www.bramblescroft.com
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