Moocher71 4,049 Posted February 2, 2022 Report Share Posted February 2, 2022 Any one with large oeg or bantams that will have any young birds for sale near Peterborough area give us a pm I'm looking for a trio ,not looking for show quality as they for me granddaughter so if you have any you moving on give me a pm please . Atb Mooch 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poxon 5,718 Posted February 14, 2022 Report Share Posted February 14, 2022 On 02/02/2022 at 10:17, Moocher71 said: Any one with large oeg or bantams that will have any young birds for sale near Peterborough area give us a pm I'm looking for a trio ,not looking for show quality as they for me granddaughter so if you have any you moving on give me a pm please . Atb Mooch Get some layers mooch got to admit having a couple of fowl round the place again is good for kids my two young sons love having chickens plus helping out collecting eggs feeding cleaning we got a few hybrids for laying they’re a good asset I’ve put our 3 to work clearing fertiliseing scratching an tilling our raised veg beds over winter they had a month on each bed doing where work all we done was add fallen leafs an straw plus any greens to the run for them to work in to the ground…..the grounds like black gold be interested to see what weight in crops I can get out the ground Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moocher71 4,049 Posted February 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2022 2 hours ago, poxon said: Get some layers mooch got to admit having a couple of fowl round the place again is good for kids my two young sons love having chickens plus helping out collecting eggs feeding cleaning we got a few hybrids for laying they’re a good asset I’ve put our 3 to work clearing fertiliseing scratching an tilling our raised veg beds over winter they had a month on each bed doing where work all we done was add fallen leafs an straw plus any greens to the run for them to work in to the ground…..the grounds like black gold be interested to see what weight in crops I can get out the ground The misses as said if we get chucks she wants rescue hens so that's the game out the window Hopefully you get a good crop from veg patch this year ,I've put in for allotment and they said plots going and they have meeting end of every month so hopefully we get one and get the grandkids helping Atb 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poxon 5,718 Posted February 14, 2022 Report Share Posted February 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Moocher71 said: The misses as said if we get chucks she wants rescue hens so that's the game out the window Hopefully you get a good crop from veg patch this year ,I've put in for allotment and they said plots going and they have meeting end of every month so hopefully we get one and get the grandkids helping Atb Rescue hens are good value for money you can pick them up for 50p to 1.50 each they look a bit ropey for a bit but good living outer doors they look good as new plus plenty of eggs once they age stop laying or any problems they make for good dog scran hopefully Mate we’re going all in this year on the veg growing we normally grow a little but nothing to serious but we got big plans in our little veg patch this year we wanna try growing as much as we can an store a lot to try an keep the cost of living down we got a little poly tunnel as well our little veg patch is only about 18ft by 18ft plus a 6x8ft poly tunnel the poly tunnel is a new thing for this year we’re lazy gardeners we practice no dig gardening on the beds we just add compost then plant we try an work out growing time needed for each crop the day it’s harvested we got a new crop/seedlings to plant in that space so the ground ain’t left empty we get 2-3 crops out of one spot a growing season. i tryed getting a proper size allotment plot but they seem in real demand in this village allotments seems like a you gotta be in the click to get a plot I give up enquiring in the end it’s a shame because the village allotment here’s really nice it’s like a old Victorian walled garden I think it was originally part of the old manor here hope you get a plot sorted mooch ya grandkids will love it especially once they learn an see food being grown 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moocher71 4,049 Posted February 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2022 20 minutes ago, poxon said: Rescue hens are good value for money you can pick them up for 50p to 1.50 each they look a bit ropey for a bit but good living outer doors they look good as new plus plenty of eggs once they age stop laying or any problems they make for good dog scran hopefully Mate we’re going all in this year on the veg growing we normally grow a little but nothing to serious but we got big plans in our little veg patch this year we wanna try growing as much as we can an store a lot to try an keep the cost of living down we got a little poly tunnel as well our little veg patch is only about 18ft by 18ft plus a 6x8ft poly tunnel the poly tunnel is a new thing for this year we’re lazy gardeners we practice no dig gardening on the beds we just add compost then plant we try an work out growing time needed for each crop the day it’s harvested we got a new crop/seedlings to plant in that space so the ground ain’t left empty we get 2-3 crops out of one spot a growing season. i tryed getting a proper size allotment plot but they seem in real demand in this village allotments seems like a you gotta be in the click to get a plot I give up enquiring in the end it’s a shame because the village allotment here’s really nice it’s like a old Victorian walled garden I think it was originally part of the old manor here hope you get a plot sorted mooch ya grandkids will love it especially once they learn an see food being grown One of me old neighbours rescues hens and said she'll give me a few when she goes collect the next batch , The fella in charge of Allotments told me he's fed up with those who have got plots but do nothing with them when they could be producing veg etc for family's so he's giving plots to new people so hopefully we get one soon . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BobDown 745 Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 On 02/02/2022 at 10:17, Moocher71 said: Any one with large oeg or bantams that will have any young birds for sale near Peterborough area give us a pm I'm looking for a trio ,not looking for show quality as they for me granddaughter so if you have any you moving on give me a pm please . Atb Mooch I have two pairs of Oxford gingers if you would like some eggs I can post out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
albert64 1,882 Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 7 hours ago, BobDown said: I have two pairs of Oxford gingers if you would like some eggs I can post out Are they the proper size or bantams mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BobDown 745 Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 2 hours ago, albert64 said: Are they the proper size or bantams mate Proper size that’s my older pair, , I’ve a young pair June hatch I’ll get a photo 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moocher71 4,049 Posted March 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 22 hours ago, BobDown said: I have two pairs of Oxford gingers if you would like some eggs I can post Bobdown I got sorted with few hens for the grandkids but thank you for the offer bud 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BobDown 745 Posted March 10, 2022 Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Moocher71 said: Bobdown I got sorted with few hens for the grandkids but thank you for the offer bud No prob if you ever fancy any I will send you some 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moocher71 4,049 Posted March 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 11 hours ago, BobDown said: No prob if you ever fancy any I will send you some Thank you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BobDown 745 Posted March 12, 2022 Report Share Posted March 12, 2022 On 09/03/2022 at 20:03, BobDown said: Proper size that’s my older pair, , I’ve a young pair June hatch I’ll get a photo My youngsters 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wickenuk 40 Posted March 16, 2022 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 i like them gingers the cock has nice bronze tail feathers, do any of your hens come spurred ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BobDown 745 Posted April 6, 2022 Report Share Posted April 6, 2022 On 16/03/2022 at 17:58, wickenuk said: i like them gingers the cock has nice bronze tail feathers, do any of your hens come spurred ? My young hen in the photo is gunner be spurred, I’ve an unrelated hen which isn’t so hope fully she throws the spurred gene on Quote Link to post Share on other sites
albert64 1,882 Posted April 6, 2022 Report Share Posted April 6, 2022 I’ve got greys and I’ve four young hens that are all spurred as was there mother 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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