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[DizzyDelights]

Hi just joined, I am from Lincolnshire near Bourne x

Hi Ribeehens sorry for the late reply, no idea where the time goes! Sounds like you have a lovely flock.

 

[DizzyDelights]

Hi
I'm new, not yet got my chickens but am in the planning and building stage with help from my dad. I'm not sure whose more excited about it me or him.
I have had chickens before but it was over 10 years ago.
I live in a small village in Morayshire Scotland.

Hi Ditsydaisy, I spent a my childhood in Scotland, much further south than you though, between Edinburgh and Glasgow, often visited Forres, Elgin, Lossiemouth and Dornoch until about 20 years ago, now rarely get a chance
Silkies and Polish are adorable, not the brightest birds though. I don’t seem to have a good track record with black chickens, they all seem to die on me for no obvious reason. Black ducks on the other hand, I don’t have a problem keeping alive.
Hope you get your babies soon.

 

[RMB94]

South West in Bristol

 

[Perris]

South West in Bristol

Hi You must be near to @Shadrach then

 

[KDMcM]

Hi. New guy.

I have 4 girlies presently. My two youngest likely to start laying in the next 4 weeks.

I really just stopped by to check on the state of this registration nonsense. It sort of looks like it's an actual law now rather than a suggestion, or guideline, although I've yet to see the text of an actual law. The (broken) .gov.uk website says "you have to" but there isn't even a citation there. legislation.gov.uk doesn't show me anything useful, and even ChatGPT didn't come through for me!

It's going to be a mess. I fear I'll have to declare the source of the chickens for example, so that will dry up because next we'll hav to register transfers. I'd guess that when they die, I'll probably have to pay to get them disposed of rather than burying them. Etc. etc. etc.

I'm not looking forward to the whole thing ceasing to be a fun, free, mentally supportive, economical way to help the environment and its inhabitants.

My ones are happy, health, and have more longevity than they would in a commercial hen house. I don't want to do sodding paperwork for a hobby.

:-(

Quick. Somebody say something funny.

 

[Perris]

It's going to be a mess

it's a simple register. You've been consuming too many conspiracy theories. Chill out man!

 

[Perris]

H5N5 has been found in East Yorkshire.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/bird-flu-avian-influenza-latest-situation-in-england

If you keep ducks as well as chickens, you should take particular care.

"Ducks have been considered “Trojan horses” for influenza (H5N1) because of their pivotal role in virus propagation and evolution (11–13). In our study, the 2 reassortant influenza viruses (008 [H5N5] and 031 [H5N5]) and their 3 possible parent viruses (108 [H5N1], 909 [H5N1], and 013 [H6N5]) were all isolated from apparently healthy domestic ducks. We speculate that domestic ducks may serve as reassortant vessels for creating new subtypes of influenza viruses. In view of the practice of raising ducks in a free-range system, these novel strains could be transmitted to other domestic poultry and even humans. There is evidence that these subtype H5N5 viruses have been transmitted to terrestrial poultry (Zhao et al., unpub. data). Thus, the role of domestic ducks in the influenza virus ecosystem should not be neglected. Systematic surveillance should be instituted to identify emerging HPAI (H5N5) viruses and to reduce their potential threat to animal and human health." https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3358203/

 

[FreddyFingers90]

Hi all! I am new here.

I am looking to re-home my Plymouth Rock hybrid cockerel (his name is Paulie Jr). I have attached some pictures of him for reference. I am willing to give him away for free as long as he goes to a home where he will be safe and happy.

He is 8 months old. He is a medium size cockerel (his father was large and his mother was a pekin). Therefore he would be a good fit if you want to breed him with bantam hens.

Paulie Jr is strong, muscular and healthy, with a lot of energy. He is good at foraging food for his flock. Paulie is friendly with humans and is turning out to be a good flock leader. He is very alert to potential danger and takes care to ensure that his entire flock are safe and have what they need (e.g. food, warmth etc).

For most of his time he has been peaceful and docile. Recently, however, he began challenging and acting aggressively towards our older cockerel.

I am based in Essex in the UK. However, I am able to travel anywhere in England to drop him off to you if that helps.

Thanks,
Freddy

 

[Perris]

a farm like this (perhaps this one) with 1.6 MILLION layers in those sheds has managed to import h5n1. So now they are all going to be killed humanely, apparently. Pity those birds didn't get humane treatment while they were alive.

And guess which fields locally have been 'fertilized' with the faeces of those 1,600,000 hens. Can you imagine the stench round there?
I wonder where the 1,600,000 carcases are going to end up.

 

[Baba_Yaga]

heartbreaking. And makes me furious, too. Do you know where?