Hi Chookie...

You did the rent-a-chook thing didn't you? How are they going/How did it go?
Haven't read the group for a while so I may have missed things.

DH has just (already) given me my Christmas present - 4 chooks! For a
second hand chookpen that he bought me a few weeks ago. They will start
laying in 2-3months.

:)

...aprill

In article <BFCF59EE.14251%aprill [at] aprill.net>,
Aprill Allen <aprill [at] aprill.net> wrote:

> You did the rent-a-chook thing didn't you? How are they going/How did it go?
> Haven't read the group for a while so I may have missed things.

Laying well! And I have found a source of layer mash only 10 mins away, at a
good price.

After some extensive rain a few weeks back ruined our pile of lawn clippings
(when dry, we use them for guinea pig bedding), we tossed it all in to the run
for the chooks to scratch in. They were just starting to create hard bare
patches, so it's been good for them to have soft stuff underfoot.

Quiches and their ilk have become usual weekend food. :-)

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

"In Melbourne there is plenty of vigour and eagerness, but there is
nothing worth being eager or vigorous about."
Francis Adams, The Australians, 1893.

Aprill Allen <aprill [at] aprill.net> writes:
>DH has just (already) given me my Christmas present - 4 chooks! For a
>second hand chookpen that he bought me a few weeks ago. They will start
>laying in 2-3months.

They'd be 4 French Hens, would they?
--
John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)

In article <051224000103730.24Dec05$rookswood [at] suburbian.com>,
John Savage <rookswood [at] suburbian.com.au> wrote:

> Aprill Allen <aprill [at] aprill.net> writes:
> >DH has just (already) given me my Christmas present - 4 chooks! For a
> >second hand chookpen that he bought me a few weeks ago. They will start
> >laying in 2-3months.
>
> They'd be 4 French Hens, would they?

Watch out for the maids a-milking, pipers piping et al -- has anyone else
heard the lovely exchange of letters between Cynthia Bracegirdle and Algernon
ffotherington-Smythe?

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

"In Melbourne there is plenty of vigour and eagerness, but there is
nothing worth being eager or vigorous about."
Francis Adams, The Australians, 1893.

On 24/12/05 10:43 AM, in article
051224000103730.24Dec05$rookswood [at] suburbian.com, "John Savage"
<rookswood [at] suburbian.com.au> wrote:

> Aprill Allen <aprill [at] aprill.net> writes:
>> DH has just (already) given me my Christmas present - 4 chooks! For a
>> second hand chookpen that he bought me a few weeks ago. They will start
>> laying in 2-3months.
>
> They'd be 4 French Hens, would they?

o0o0o.. Yes! Now, why didn't I hassle him for the other 11 things?

:)


...Aprill