UK Members Please Say HI

[Shabana]

Hello there and welcome

 

[birdistheword86]

Hi from northwest UK southport

Anyone close have and pullets ready to lay for sale?

 

[shanenetchucks]

Hello from Derbyshire in the UK

 

[suffolkchick]

mine where a year old before they layed but that's because they came of age in winter and missed winter and started in April 2013

hatched May 2012

hello im from suffolk, fancie that...
i have legbars that are 3 months old now, so im looking at having eggs next year
was looking forward to having some before christmas, oh well. did u guys know that they are a rare breed because i dint, first time chicken owner and i bought mine purely because the lady said they were girls and i looked up a pic of what they would look like fully grown and thought, wouldnt they look pretty in the garden, how shallow... i have one that is happy to be picked up and fussed the other 2 will be stroked in the coop but make a right noise if i try and pick them up.

 

[hllewellyn]

Hi

Hi

Im not trying to seperate this forum up but i thought it would be nice to know who and how many UK based members there are here

The main reason is then as the members in USA conduct Egg Swaps and Counrty and County based Sales and Advice then we can see who would be best to ask for local advise

So Any UK member just say Hi and state which Town/County your in


I will Start

I'm in UK, West London [Berkshire]

Hi!! I'm in Liverpool with my Ko Shamo, and was previously in Mid-Wales with a big flock.

 

[Limeflower]

Hi, I live in Kent and have just joined this fab site x

 

[rebrascora]

Hi.

I've been a member of this forum for about 8 months but only just discovered this thread.

I'm just on the Durham side of the County Durham/Northumberland border. Looks like, so far on this thread, there are people a long way south and a long way north of me!

I am starting to suffer quite badly from what the Americans on this forum seem to call "Chicken Math"!!!

I started with a trio of exchequer leghorns in January this year and things have just gone silly from there!
I now have the original leghorn trio, (Horace, Margo and Matilda)
a pair or cream legbars, (handsome Harry and Lily)
a red sex link, a blue haze and an RIR, (Molly, scranner Anna and Henrietta)
a silkie (Dippy who has shown no inclination to lay me a "Dippy egg" but is cute as a button, so I forgive her!)
a silkie cross (Frances who is ever so pretty but terribly shy and is currently sitting on 9 eggs....today is day 3)
a little white hen that was sold at auction as an Araucana but doesn't lay blue eggs. She does have tufts/muffs though and is therefore called Tasha....I hadn't seen a hen with a moustache before!
Tasha managed to hatch 14 eggs in one brood this summer and 13 of them have survived and are now 9 1/2 weeks.

I also have 4 other chicks (2 welsummer and 2 cream legbar) that are 3 weeks old, which my sister out law gave me and my partner tells me that there are more of those coming my way!.

Currently I give away the eggs my flock produces to friends and family, but as things expand I am going to have to consider selling them to cover costs. They are all free range.

Anyway, I really liked the idea of this thread, to provide sales, swaps and support for those of us within travelling distance here in the UK and just wanted to say that I'm definitely up for that.
I can potentially offer hatching eggs and in a few weeks I suppose, I will have to think about parting with some of my chicks, as they reach point of lay. Not got anything fancy, just some farmyard mutts for anyone wanting a few chickens to free range and produce a few (hopefully blue tinted) eggs, as they are cream legbar x araucana.

Anyway lets try and keep this thread active to attract more UK members.

Best wishes

Barbara

 

[rebrascora]

Hi Limeflower

It seems like we are at opposite ends of the country so can't really offer much other than moral support.
Have you got hens yet and if so, what breed/how many?
Hope you get as much enjoyment out of them as I have over the past 7 months. The excitement of finding your first egg is ridiculous isn't it!

Best wishes

Barbara

 

[hllewellyn]

Hi Barbara!

Wow - it certainly sounds like you have your hands full. But that's what's great about chickens - you can just can just run wild with it! I once had over 200, each with a name, and last summer I settled at 30 hens and 18 cocks! I had to part with my flock when I left home and moved up north but am now rebuilding, starting with an OShamo cock chick who was due for the chop but I swept away to live in my living room! I'm also trying to find a temporary home for a rescue OShamo hen who I want to get but can't really house until I move again next year. I desperately miss keeping a flock.

I think this thread is a great idea

 

[Limeflower]

Hi Barbara,
we have only had chickens for a few weeks and already we are all chicken mad, we just love them!
Just wanted to ask how were your original chickens when you introduced new ones?
We have already talked about maybe getting some silkies....? But didn't want to upset the girls.
Thank you