tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758923382182845981.post4431546397861235674..comments2024-01-19T08:43:42.365+00:00Comments on Contemplating Change: The garden and the chickenswillowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818659940895641160noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758923382182845981.post-19519732768693100182009-03-09T00:32:00.000+00:002009-03-09T00:32:00.000+00:00Hi Willow,Glad your hens seem to have settled down...Hi Willow,<BR/><BR/>Glad your hens seem to have settled down into their "new" area. Cute as they are they can be very destructive. Our 6 girls are in an area that used to have grass - not a blade left now. Luckily it's an area that I do not see from "any" part of our house :-). it was designed to be a clothes line area - but I've had to put in a clothes line in another area now :-)<BR/><BR/>Libbylibbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14306878370572439115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758923382182845981.post-41348250624381220152009-03-08T19:26:00.000+00:002009-03-08T19:26:00.000+00:00Chicken updateOn Friday I returned home to find on...Chicken update<BR/><BR/>On Friday I returned home to find one chicken on one side of the fence and one on the other. Both of them were clearly upset about the situation and each wanted to be on the other side. I reunited them and they calmed down.<BR/>They have shown no signs of wanting to escape over the weekend and seem quite content now. Hopefully they will now stay in their half!willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05818659940895641160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758923382182845981.post-18479447630711423472009-03-07T17:11:00.000+00:002009-03-07T17:11:00.000+00:00Your fence looks like a good idea! I hope the chic...Your fence looks like a good idea! I hope the chickens get use to it quickly.Heather L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09892693393383714339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758923382182845981.post-91186648924788772972009-03-06T19:29:00.000+00:002009-03-06T19:29:00.000+00:00You could try shutting them in their run only for ...You could try shutting them in their run only for a day or two, then when they are allowed out they are more content with life!<BR/><BR/>If it is any consolation, my lot do this, too...when they are shut in the orchard pen, which is a rough square of 25 m x 25 m....<BR/><BR/>and they all STILL run up and down along the netting!<BR/><BR/>And when in the garden ( 3/4 of an acre!) they STILL want to get into the wood....<BR/><BR/>its thier nature to be contrary!Compostwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028585447065282738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758923382182845981.post-85799952879202346052009-03-06T07:27:00.000+00:002009-03-06T07:27:00.000+00:00I arrived home from work yesterday afternoon to fi...I arrived home from work yesterday afternoon to find two very smug hens on "my" side of the fence! I think I have found the gap where they squeezed through and have done some repairs.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if they think they are further away from their source of tasty titbits when they are further from the house. Perhaps as they realise that scraps and cake crumbs are still on offer in their half of the garden they will like it better.<BR/><BR/>My son is amused by this battle of wits and was heard humming the tune from The Great Escape yesterday evening - I don't think they tunneled their way out though!willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05818659940895641160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758923382182845981.post-12845704916730735582009-03-05T19:43:00.000+00:002009-03-05T19:43:00.000+00:00I didn't realise they were called Sage and Onion -...I didn't realise they were called Sage and Onion - how cute! Maybe you should show them the oven and threaten them with an alternative fate if they don't behave. I don't know anything about chicken psychology, but maybe the fact they can see the rest of the garden is what's frustrating them - if you could plant something along the boundary that would block their view, maybe they'd be satisfied with their space.Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00144097263060047523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758923382182845981.post-41993177517172736622009-03-05T11:30:00.000+00:002009-03-05T11:30:00.000+00:00Compromise is usually a good solution in my experi...Compromise is usually a good solution in my experience - but I have no idea how long they will remember their previous territory. Perhaps you could explain to them how well off they are compared to battery hens!Moonroothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02034336153685658320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758923382182845981.post-34535095736822422042009-03-05T10:11:00.000+00:002009-03-05T10:11:00.000+00:00We are in pretty much the same boat-with 17 chicke...We are in pretty much the same boat-with 17 chickens, all of them beautiful...at the expense of the once beautiful garden. Hope all goes better with the segregation! Sue.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12839150404724685131noreply@blogger.com