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Hmmm. I stand corrected.

I'd never realised that they use the same shared exit. But then again I've never spent a lot of time staring at chicken's bottoms.

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Or paid attention in Biology lessons at school? :p:

(I didn't know, I was just being flippant :))

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I now know more about chickens than I ever wanted to...

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and you were more right than you knew it seems.

:shocked:

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Vent away..

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Update....

Since the chickens started to lay, on easter monday, weve been getting roughly 4-6 eggs per day.

Yesterday we had 6 eggs, but one broke. I dont think one of them is eating enough grit.

Even so, we have so many eggs that we dont know what to do with them all

:D

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Pickled eggs!

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Told you so. :D Get yourself some packaging and give a few away as gifts to visitors. ;)

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Yep thats what we do, when we get too many. How many chickens have you got then?

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Excellent idea.
I don't keep hens but I do the same with garden produce. It is always welcome and the recipients appreciate the thought and attention - I do tend to focus on the elderly, lonely, infirm around me and even people I can't stand the sight of :D

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got 4 chicks all together.

i dunno about pickled eggs, thats a bit of an aquired taste. lol

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Make frittata - you can chuck whatever you like in it. Bacon, potato, spring onion, tomato, cheese, herbs, seasoning etc. A bit of salad and crusty bread and there you go :)

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I think that's great news for you .I know you have put a lot of hard work into this and am pleased it's working for you ,all you need now is for some busybody to complain and a jobsworth from the council to start quoting rules and 300yr old by laws .Personaly i think more people should do this sort of thing .All of my grandparents had chickens/bantams and veggy gardens sadly these days it is very much out of fashion and deemed "unhealthy"by some ,i see it as a way to get nicer more healthy food and a good educational experience for the youngsters

well done that man :tu:

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Luckily our neighbours arent too fussy. I dont know why they are deemed unhealthy, I was actually very surprised at how clean chickens were, i mean obviously they poo alot but chicken poo is one of the best manure to use on your plants.

cant vouch for chicken poo manure though as i havent actually used any yet, but i might do this year.

i also dont have a cockrel, they are too noisy, so the locals havent got anything to complain about really, fingers crossed anyway :)

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Most fowl are clean ,it is second nature to live in clean surroundings ,and i know from my own experience that chickens are very fussy about the cleanliness of their surroundings
Alot of people i know would deem them unhealthy simply because they are alive and aren't wrapped in cling film :rolleyes: as for an egg with a feather stuck to it god forbid their little darlings should ever touch it ;)

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Well ive mostly been a vegetarian most of my life. Theres a special word for it. I'm not a vegetarian as i do like sausages, bacon etc. But i wont eat steak, lamb, pork etc.

I rarely eat chicken, but I do love my Chicken madras from our local asda, they dont do a vegetarian one.

Since getting the chickens ive noticed i dont eat chicken anymore, very rarely nowadays.

I certainly couldnt eat "MY" chickens. I dont know how people can raise their own pigs, chickens, cows, and then eat them.

I mean lets face it, they are part of the family. :D