nickand liz
In the Brooder
- Jul 4, 2017
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Hello everyone,
just a quick note to introduce ourselves. I am Nick and my wife is Liz. We have been chicken shepherds just over a year. Although my dad has been keeping poultry since he was 13. and hes 78 now. So I'm hoping some of his expertise has rubbed off. Liz became interested in Chickens when I took her to see some of my dads newly hatched chicks. one look and she was smitten. So after a two year wait on the allotment waiting list our own chicken keeping journey began. we started with half a dozen rescue Ex battery hens. We obviously lost a few and gained a few via other allotment holders, Liz went to help at a British hens welfare trust re-homing session and came home with another 10. but the inevatable sickness and deaths Liz decided to move away from Ex batties and keep pure breeds. we still have the ex-battie flock but decided not to replace them any after natural losses. Liz then went to see a lady she met who wanted to give up chicken keeping to consentrate on horses, and had a mealflur ( that may not be spelt right) for sale anyway she came home with about eighteen pikin bantams and another friend gave her what she was told were two more mealflur (?) chicks, one has grown into a beautiful cockrel called Elvis. the other one grew into what can only be described as a cross between a legbar and a T.rex. So We now have a sucsessful ex battie heard of chickens, whos eggs we sell the monies buy the food to feed them all, Liz hopes to start showing some of the pikins especially Elvis.We also have a small flock of polish ( Pompom heads) that we intend to breed and show. and are in the process of gathering some selected legbars in order to begin a breeding programe hoping to produce some beatiful Buff and Gold legbars.
just a quick note to introduce ourselves. I am Nick and my wife is Liz. We have been chicken shepherds just over a year. Although my dad has been keeping poultry since he was 13. and hes 78 now. So I'm hoping some of his expertise has rubbed off. Liz became interested in Chickens when I took her to see some of my dads newly hatched chicks. one look and she was smitten. So after a two year wait on the allotment waiting list our own chicken keeping journey began. we started with half a dozen rescue Ex battery hens. We obviously lost a few and gained a few via other allotment holders, Liz went to help at a British hens welfare trust re-homing session and came home with another 10. but the inevatable sickness and deaths Liz decided to move away from Ex batties and keep pure breeds. we still have the ex-battie flock but decided not to replace them any after natural losses. Liz then went to see a lady she met who wanted to give up chicken keeping to consentrate on horses, and had a mealflur ( that may not be spelt right) for sale anyway she came home with about eighteen pikin bantams and another friend gave her what she was told were two more mealflur (?) chicks, one has grown into a beautiful cockrel called Elvis. the other one grew into what can only be described as a cross between a legbar and a T.rex. So We now have a sucsessful ex battie heard of chickens, whos eggs we sell the monies buy the food to feed them all, Liz hopes to start showing some of the pikins especially Elvis.We also have a small flock of polish ( Pompom heads) that we intend to breed and show. and are in the process of gathering some selected legbars in order to begin a breeding programe hoping to produce some beatiful Buff and Gold legbars.
