Category Archives: Poultry

Creosoting and foxproofing

Posted on August 17, 2011 | Leave a comment

The last blog entry on the poultry project took us up to the installation of the basic foundations of the coop and run. The next stage has been to move the hen house onto the site and foxproof the run.

The house has been sitting quietly on the trailer for a month, whilst we’ve been on holiday. I’d forgotten just how heavy most of the panels were. When I loaded up, not only did I have the help of the seller, but we had only a few yards to carry them. Unloading, Jean and I had a long walk from the allotment gates to our plot with each large and clumsy panel.
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Preparing for the chickens

Posted on August 14, 2011 | Leave a comment

We had the blessing of the local Council to keep chickens on our allotment. Since we returned from hols we’ve been busy first killing the weeds, and then starting to build our new chicken run.

Here’s a snapshot of progress:


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What are Ixworth chicks worth?

Posted on July 18, 2011 | 2 comments

We’ve taken the plunge, and committed to buy a breeding four of Ixworth chickens.

The picture was commissioned by the creator of the Ixworth breed, Reginald Appleyard, from the artist Whippell. It shows his ideal Ixworth pair. I’ll be able to post an actual picture of ours when we pick them up in late August.
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Coop Jacques

Posted on June 26, 2011 | 2 comments

The next project is … keeping chickens.  A few chickens in the back garden will keep us in eggs, and if we take some cockerels as well as pullets, some meat for the freezer.

We’ve sounded out the neighbours, and we can shoehorn a run and coop into our little back garden. So when this came up on eBay, I couldn’t resist it.

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