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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 20, 2016 9:34:33 GMT
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Post by PaulG2 on Nov 20, 2016 18:12:08 GMT
If we took up a collection here on TB I bet we could raise a quid to buy a chicken.
The only question is, who would deliver it to Denial?
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Post by Ditchcrawler on Nov 20, 2016 18:18:05 GMT
Lots of people keep rescue chickens, they are not normally in such good condition as those ones
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Post by smileypete on Nov 20, 2016 18:40:40 GMT
Going cheep! (or clucking cheap..) |
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Post by Bad-Bitch on Nov 20, 2016 18:50:58 GMT
They regularly sell live chickens off at bettys farm in willington for £2 each apparently they are only allowed to keep them for 72 days then get new stock. of course you have to kill them yourself unless your keeping them for egg laying.
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Post by patty on Nov 20, 2016 18:55:28 GMT
My youngest sons partner rescues chickens and has several in her garden..one is so decrepit it sits hiding its head in a hedge.
She's also rescued a baby squirrel and assorted baby birds...she works in a wildlife sanctuary and brings her work home if she needs to.
ATM at her work they have 120 hedgehogs
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Post by Jim on Nov 20, 2016 19:11:27 GMT
.... Not in our chicken run. When they stop laying they are swiftly despatched with a small axe. One is due for the pot next week, unless someone grasses me up to Wallace and Grommit first. Any fluffy bunnies wishing to complain, bring a carrot and an onion with you!
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Post by tonyqj on Nov 21, 2016 0:27:31 GMT
My youngest sons partner rescues chickens and has several in her garden..one is so decrepit it sits hiding its head in a hedge. She's also rescued a baby squirrel and assorted baby birds...she works in a wildlife sanctuary and brings her work home if she needs to. ATM at her work they have 120 hedgehogs Please note that if the squirrel is a nasty US import grey one that it's illegal to release it in the wild. She'll either have to keep it forever or give it to someone who deals with them. |
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Post by patty on Nov 21, 2016 4:38:31 GMT
My youngest sons partner rescues chickens and has several in her garden..one is so decrepit it sits hiding its head in a hedge. She's also rescued a baby squirrel and assorted baby birds...she works in a wildlife sanctuary and brings her work home if she needs to. ATM at her work they have 120 hedgehogs Please note that if the squirrel is a nasty US import grey one that it's illegal to release it in the wild. She'll either have to keep it forever or give it to someone who deals with them. She knew that....fortunately..or unfortunately depending on viewpoint over these matters she decided to bring the squirrel in a cage on an away day on my boat just before I sold her....I don't for one minute thing it was the fear of my driving that made it RIP..I believe it's time had come... Apparently she needed to ensure it was bottle fed at regular intervals..it survived the day but RIP that night at home with her She's just animal mad and once tried to nurse a pigeon back to health..in a cage in my flat initially..Molly was a bit put out at sharing the hall with Mr Pigeon |
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Post by Saltysplash on Nov 21, 2016 7:55:47 GMT
.... Not in our chicken run. When they stop laying they are swiftly despatched with a small axe. One is due for the pot next week, unless someone grasses me up to Wallace and Grommit first. Any fluffy bunnies wishing to complain, bring a carrot and an onion with you! Ours are kept as pets, Unless there was a sudden famine or other global disaster we dont eat them after they stop laying. |
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Post by quaysider on Nov 21, 2016 7:56:33 GMT
we TRIED to rescue some chickens on route to the chop via the battery hen welfare trust... you have to leap through an awful lot of hoops to "prove you have a safe and appropriate"home - including a visit to check on your suitability...
It all got a bit difficult to coordinate - on the day we were supposed to meet a lorry load in a lay-by and rescue the appropriately "re homed" number - the rest would continue on to their fate...
In the end, we got sick of being buggered around and bought 3 from a local farm for 8 quid each - Tika, Korma and Masala... alas now all rip.
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 21, 2016 8:00:36 GMT
In the end, we ... bought 3 from a local farm for 8 quid each - Tika, Korma and Masala... alas now all rip. What? In a curry! Out of the abattoir lorry into quaysider's frying pan! |
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Post by phil70 on Nov 21, 2016 8:27:32 GMT
When we lived in Lincs, the small ads were full of ads for "Trios" that is 2 hens and 1 cock. It was the only way they could get rid of the docks, by selling them with hens.
We inherited some chickens, they came with the cottage we bought, and we just sort of added to them as we went along, then came the ducks, followed by budgies, cockies, and all manner of cage birds, hundreds in fact.
We did occasionally get the odd escapee from passing lorries bound for chicken processing sites, they found a good home with us.
Our birds are the only thing we miss as live aboards.
Phil
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Post by peterboat on Nov 21, 2016 9:12:13 GMT
We used to have chickens and a peacock in the previous life now days its a dog and a budgie[Eric] He will appear in a bar near you soon!!
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Post by twbm2 on Nov 21, 2016 9:14:53 GMT
We live on a very ordinary urban estate. Our near neighbours have chickens. The male birds are not called 'cocks' for nothing. Bastard is up and about and crowing at 0430 in Summer.
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