Azayles
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Post by Azayles on Jul 28, 2015 14:03:05 GMT
Because chickens! These are our chickens, Swedish flower hens, if I remember rightwardly. Brickabrack, Jerry and Dollymixture! They give us gorgeous fresh eggs most days, unless it's very hot or very cold, and they each have their own characteristics Clockwise from left, Brickabrack, Jerry and Dolly mixture. Chickens! by Azayles, on Flickr Brickabrack by Azayles, on Flickr Dolly - Hater's gonna hate by Azayles, on Flickr Jerry - After my tea! by Azayles, onFlickr Dolly by Azayles, on Flickr This is my favourite one of Bricktop Brickabrack by Azayles, on Flickr Dolly by Azayles, on Flickr Jerry, the orange one, very much rules the roost, literally and figuratively :-P Brickabrack (nicknamed "Bricktop") is the one brown one with the blue band on her leg. She's "next in command", and likes to try and pull rank with Jerry sometimes. Dolly is the ditzy one of the three, always getting herself into trouble and hiding away in strange places Thanks for reading!
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Spangoid
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Post by Spangoid on Jul 28, 2015 14:34:16 GMT
Who is it who gives the awesome blue eggs?
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Azayles
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Post by Azayles on Jul 28, 2015 14:37:23 GMT
Who is it who gives the awesome blue eggs? That's Jerry Bricktop gives rough pink eggs, and Dolly gives smooth pink eggs
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KKM
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Post by KKM on Aug 1, 2015 0:45:24 GMT
They're beautiful girls- I love the names! We used to have a small flock of Rhode Island Reds and Golden-Laced Polish a while back and they were lovely companions. However you may want to provide them with plastic eggs to slow down their egg production as prolific laying for human consumption is not natural and can lead to calcium/vitamin depletion, impaction, and egg binding. Hens in a natural environment would lay a couple of clutches (around 10 eggs each) per year. Providing a plastic egg when your hen lays a real one will result in her not continuously trying to replace her lost 'babies' and therefore slowing down production and improving her health.
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Azayles
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Post by Azayles on Aug 1, 2015 0:54:49 GMT
I've heard about that, and mum even tried plastic eggs on them (proper weighted ones that even felt genuine) and they just push them out the nest Mum keeps a close eye on them though (I can't get near them, far too fast for me!) And they have extra grit and mineral drops for their water
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Sycohearted
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Post by Sycohearted on Aug 9, 2015 0:14:34 GMT
Woah man, nice cocks. (JK, they're girly girls )
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