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    What do you do for a living?

    Ooh I'm just considering selling one of my motorbikes and buying some goats...would you recommend it??
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    What do you do for a living?

    Yeah beer is a huge part of my life now... Let me know if you have any technical questions - I have been a commercial brewer for a while now from tiny breweries up to nationals!
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    What do you do for a living?

    It's so interesting seeing the diversity here. Just goes to show how great chickens are!
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    New chickens...

    Thanks for the input. The oxfords are a very docile breed, the leghorn not so much. So should I pick them up and hold them? I wondered if me catching them and handling them would make them more scared of me or..?
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    New chickens...

    They also just seem to stay in the same area all the time...not wanting to explore! I guess they will get less nervous over time. I know what you mean though...their attempts at scratching are pretty poor! Haha Last night they were looking to roost - 2 of them got it (kinda), but the other...
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    New chickens...

    Also, I wondered if they might become happier once they start laying eggs?
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    New chickens...

    Thanks, I did wonder about rationing them, but it's quite hard when they free range! I got then from a fairly commercial breeder so... They just don't seem curious about anything...it was just lashing I down with rain and they just stand in the open getting soaked. I picked two up and brought...
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    New chickens...

    So I got 3 new chickens 3 days ago...and they are very different from my last ones (who got eaten by a fox!) My old chickens would eat out of my hand from day one, they would come running over to me from day 3 and eat anything I had to offer...my new ones don't. They hide in the run all day...
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    Waiting again..

    As promised...
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    What do you do for a living?

    I'm a brewer and my fiancé is a designer... And yes the chickens do drink my beer haha Here's my brewery...
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    Waiting again..

    Thanks, will try and get some better ones today ...and some video with my GoPro camera. Here in Oxford, England we only really have foxes and badgers. There are birds of prey like buzzards but not in this area. I was very surprised that the fox had them - we hadn't seen or heard a fox the...
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    Waiting again..

    Hi all! I joined a while ago when I got my first 2 chickens. Unfortunately they got had by a fox a few weeks ago :( they were taken at about 10am while free ranging. Anyway, I upgraded the run and went and got 3 new hens today! An Oxford Brown, an Oxford Blue and a Cream Leghorn. They...
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    Night time issues...

    They do hang around there quite a bit during the day...as soon as they hear the door go they come running up the garden :) but I think they are actually trying to roost there...it is the highest point of the garden and the light from the house keeps it quite well lit...
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    Night time issues...

    Haha I think they are just waiting for food...they don't like being handled much haha.
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    Night time issues...

    I mean the bikes are right by the back door, where I go in and out of. Their coop is about 30 yards down the garden from the bikes, but the garden is stepped, so there are steps down to the first part of the garden which is about 20 yards long, then another drop/steps and their coop is in the...
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