My dear cock and one of his mistresses were missing from their home stead when I got back from the Cois Fairige festival yesterday. My five minute job of just feeding the family turned into an hour long search of the farm yard and surrounding tree's! After giving up the ghost and about to concede defeat to some sly fox I hear a familier crow, but from where? The randy rooster and horny hen had gone to a swinging party being hosted in the neighbours hen house! I walked in the door to find a right session on, a meal trough in the middle of the floor and a couple of sets of tractor key's in it. We left them to it after the queen herself explain'd quite firmly she'd have no interest, (after which I ran quickly back for my own keys)
Yours Poultry
Jay
Monday, September 14, 2009
D day is coming!
When you buy little chicks with the view of raising them as meat the day they have to meet the chopping board is so far in the future that you never really give it any consideration. But that day is approaching, fast! There is 4 bird's getting too fat to walk now so they have to meet there end! Will I be able to do it? Await further posts!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
21 days later.....
....and no eggs hatched- This my fellow farmers and farmerettes is a bad sign! My delightful granduncle must have killed my developing brood when he killed power to my incubator! Old people and their fear of "the electric" will never be overcome methinks!
After a long wild wet poultry free weekend at the "Electric Picnic" festival I came home to find all my stock alive and well and considerably happier and content looking. Maybe by doing nothing I would be a better farmer, or more likely, the fact that we have moved to a new premises! I now have a large shed for my feathered stock and hopefully (fingers crossed) the rats and other such vermin wont find us!
Money wise I managed to sell my beloved old ex military land rover and can now fund the purchase of more stock! I did make the mistake and blow most of it on attending the above mentioned weekend but lads, I did need a break from all this hard work I'm doing. So, talking to a fella today for day old broilers and should now have a steady weekly supply of about 30 birds!
Also, to your utter amazement, my poultry has made me there first few yo yo's. I wont embarras myself by astucally divulging the financails but there was somebody out there who taught my hen ark was a good idea, and even went as far as paying me for the privilage of owning it. Now I have got a message a couple of days later complaining that the hens I included have yet to lay an egg but fingers crossed... And anyway, I have my money!!
Yours,
Poultry in Motion,
Jamie
After a long wild wet poultry free weekend at the "Electric Picnic" festival I came home to find all my stock alive and well and considerably happier and content looking. Maybe by doing nothing I would be a better farmer, or more likely, the fact that we have moved to a new premises! I now have a large shed for my feathered stock and hopefully (fingers crossed) the rats and other such vermin wont find us!
Money wise I managed to sell my beloved old ex military land rover and can now fund the purchase of more stock! I did make the mistake and blow most of it on attending the above mentioned weekend but lads, I did need a break from all this hard work I'm doing. So, talking to a fella today for day old broilers and should now have a steady weekly supply of about 30 birds!
Also, to your utter amazement, my poultry has made me there first few yo yo's. I wont embarras myself by astucally divulging the financails but there was somebody out there who taught my hen ark was a good idea, and even went as far as paying me for the privilage of owning it. Now I have got a message a couple of days later complaining that the hens I included have yet to lay an egg but fingers crossed... And anyway, I have my money!!
Yours,
Poultry in Motion,
Jamie
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