Selecting a Chicken
Today we have been to Dobles Poutry to collect our chickens, where we were shown to a small enclosed barn, we had decided to get 3 chickens, Mary wanted a white one, then Sonia and I then picked a black and ginger one and then a grey one.
As we selected each chicken they were collected on a large net and then held carefully, while we selected the next one, I asked how to clip the wings so they could not fly successfully once released in our garden, and this was very professionally demonstrated, and look nice and simple, that is until I have to do it..
Our Chickens
On the way home we visited Mole Valley for some Chicken supplies, picking up 5kg of Layer pellets and 5Kg mixed corn we will use as a treat for them in the afternoons.
We had been given the chickens in a cardboard box and we then opened the box and tipped the chickens into the end of the eglu’s run, it was a lot more gentle than that sounds.
All when well the chickens having a good look around and feeding on the pellets, that was until the evening, when we wanted them to enter the sleeping area, I must point out that I had not read this part of the Eglu’s instructions, we tried pushing the chickens with a stick, calling them, they had no interest, but always moved as far from the entrance as possible. Finally when we had all but given up one of them walked inside then the other two made a dash for it, Sonia then quickly shut the door and we retired inside for dinner and a glass or two of wine.
