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Keeping chickens (for eggs)

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    #122
    CardBordWindow
    Registered Users Posts: 3,196 ✭✭✭CardBordWindow


    cococoady wrote: »
    Got 2 chicks today from Cardboardwindow and he also kindly have me a loan of a hen to look after the chicks who are just over a week old. Lovely little things they are. Can't think of the breed the chicks are tho haha
    One is a pure Polish Crested bantam, and the other is a Polish Crested - Silkie cross.


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    #123
    deisemum
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    I got 3 rescue hens last night, they're scrawny but hopefully will improve big time soon. I kept them in a separate run from my own hens for about 2 hours last night then when it was dark just lifted them and put them in the hen house beside the other hens.

    They're all out in the big run together but I'll be keeping an eye on them for the next few days so they don't get bullied while the pecking order is being adjusted.


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    #124
    cococoady
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    CardBordWindow wrote: »
    One is a pure Polish Crested bantam, and the other is a Polish Crested - Silkie cross.

    Good man haha


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    #125
    spankmemunkey
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    cococoady wrote: »
    Good man haha

    I can just see the other chickens now, damn polish comin in here and taking our jobs! lol


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    #126
    cococoady
    Registered Users Posts: 963 ✭✭✭cococoady


    Did someone post here that you need to register the chickens with the council / government?


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    #127
    spankmemunkey
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    cococoady wrote: »
    Did someone post here that you need to register the chickens with the council / government?


    I think that was pigs and the like, they need a livestock number, then again im not sure so dont quote me on it.


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    #128
    bluecherry74
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    You need to register alright with the Dept of Agriculture - the form is the 3rd from the bottom here:

    http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/animalhealthwelfare/animalwelfare/registrationofpremisesanimals/

    My form has been sitting here beside me for the last few weeks, so this has been a reminder!


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    #129
    deisemum
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    Yeah you do need to register, they don't come out and inspect them or anything, it's just so the Dept. can contact people if there's an outbreak of avian flu.

    My 3 rescue hens seem to have settled in and are laying.


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    #130
    cococoady
    Registered Users Posts: 963 ✭✭✭cococoady


    Cheers.

    I got 4 more the weekend to add to the 2 I already have (1 chick died last week). Got a hen who is laying, a 7/8 week old chick and a couple of 2 week old chicks


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    #131
    deisemum
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    cococoady wrote: »
    Cheers.

    I got 4 more the weekend to add to the 2 I already have (1 chick died last week). Got a hen who is laying, a 7/8 week old chick and a couple of 2 week old chicks

    Are the new chicks being reared for the table or for laying?


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    #132
    cococoady
    Registered Users Posts: 963 ✭✭✭cococoady


    deisemum wrote: »
    Are the new chicks being reared for the table or for laying?

    Laying. Why's that?


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    #133
    deisemum
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    I'm considering getting a few eggs to hatch out and rear for the table. Just wondering if you were doing the same thing.


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    #134
    cococoady
    Registered Users Posts: 963 ✭✭✭cococoady


    deisemum wrote: »
    I'm considering getting a few eggs to hatch out and rear for the table. Just wondering if you were doing the same thing.

    Nah I'm the sort of person who wouldn't be able to do that. Plus the little one would kill me before I'd get a chance to kill a chicken haha


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    #135
    cococoady
    Registered Users Posts: 963 ✭✭✭cococoady


    A few pics of our chickens


    Edit: pics wouldn't load


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    #136
    CardBordWindow
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    cococoady wrote: »
    Laying. Why's that?
    Laying eggs.


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    #137
    cococoady
    Registered Users Posts: 963 ✭✭✭cococoady


    CardBordWindow wrote: »
    Laying eggs.

    I said "Why's that" not "What's that" haha


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    #138
    CardBordWindow
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    cococoady wrote: »
    I said "Why's that" not "What's that" haha
    Ha! Twas too early in the morning for me to be reading posts, never mind replying to them!! :o


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