Poultryheads...

[Mr Roper]

Show off your loveable, odd little friends here.

Having recently bought a house with 2 hens (one now dead) and a cockerel I found myself thrown into poultry life. Never thought these goofy little st machines would get such a hold on me.



I’ll start..
Clive, Maude, Ethel, Horrible whitey, (Not pictured)((The one pictured is cool) and Mavis.
I swop their names around as I see fit except for Clive.







Plan is to convert one of my barns into a chicken palace and get to the heady and obsessive heights of 20 chicken pals.


The floor is yours...

Edited by Mr Roper on Sunday 25th October 18:16

[Mr Roper]

BoggoStump said:

https://thegoodlifeainteasy.com/2017/11/14/rescuin...

https://freshstartforhens.co.uk/

https://www.bhwt.org.uk/rehome-hens/

I love chickens and especially Cockerels. But i dont have any.

I'll almost certainly be looking to rehome caged hens when I've completed the barn.

[Mr Roper]

3 cocks.

[Mr Roper]

I don’t think they like the new decor...

[Mr Roper]

3 more added to our little clan....

[Mr Roper]

Very happy to read that the restrictions are being lifted on the 31st. Freedom at last.

[Mr Roper]

Thought i'd update this thread as I finally got around to getting rid of my 8 x 4 shed and converted one of my stables into a large coop..Also quadrupled the size of the run.


So seeing as I now have ooodles of space I went shopping for some POL's

Currently staying in a halfway house (my parents) while I finish off a few bits.

Went for Marans and Cream Legbars because they look fricken awesome....







...Aaaand, seeing as space is no longer an issue I bought some Aylesbury ducks. They'll have their own coop inside the stable coop, effectively all living together. Just need to put in the pool and soak away.
(Mine are the one's with graffiti)

Edited by Mr Roper on Monday 11th October 14:44

Edited by Mr Roper on Monday 11th October 14:45

[Mr Roper]

Yeah, they make a proper mess so I’m starting with 3 and seeing how I get on.

Getting nearly ready for the residents….

[Mr Roper]

All set.

[Mr Roper]

Heavy duty storage box, around 1.5ft x 2.5ft. Was 12” deep but cut it down to 8” so it’s not too heavy to tip out. Made a soak away with old bricks topped with gravel.

[Mr Roper]

So far so good. Chateau Roper is open for business….

[Mr Roper]

AndyAudi said:

Just remembered something about keeping hens & ducks together.

At night time hens go to their beds themselves, but ducks needed to be chased in.

Aye….Ducks have very good vision at night unlike chickens so they will stay out late, even sleeping in the run so I’ll need to herd them in.

Pool party tomorrow.

[Mr Roper]

Happy birds, happy eggs..Happy Roper.

[Mr Roper]

They should keep themselves to themselves so long as they have enough space so they’re not on top of each other.

I’ll keep an eye on ‘em. I don’t want to separate them if I can help it but I will if the Ducks fancy a tear up.

[Mr Roper]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Do the hens and ducks mix with each other, or stay within species?

Getting on fine.