On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 10:30:43 +0100, Judith in France wrote
(in article
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> On Jul 6, 8:29 am, AriesVal <valerie.copel...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 14:50:40 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France wrote:
>>> Mary, the Egglu arrived yesterday at my daughter's in the UK, I will
>>> pick it up in early September. I think I will leave "at the point of
>>> lay" chickens until Spring, what do you advise?
>>
>>> Judith
>>
>> I'm not Mary but I would say get them now - once the pullets settle in
and
>> mature (about approx 8 weeks) you will be getting newly laid eggs by
end of
>> August latest, and if you timer light their little house they will lay
all
>> Winter too :)
>> --
>> "I've learned that making a "living"
>> is not the same thing as "making a
life."http://www.copelands.plus.com/val/
>
> Thanks Val but I am not picking up the Egglu from my daughter's house
> until September. I am going to drive to England by myself as I am
> flying to the USA from Heathrow so I will pick up the hen house on my
> way back to France. I thought, obviously wrongly, that the chickens
> were killed in the winter, this is what my neighbour does?
>
I hardly profess to be an expert, but everyone round here keeps their hens
till old age. They lay less during the winter, but they do still lay.
Doesn't that happen in your area? Were you thinking of buying new every
year?
You might like to hang round the sci.agriculture.poultry newsgroup. I
have
had a lot of good advice there, and despite the name there's not too much
science! They are very helpful to the beginner, and the people who post
range from keepers of two bantams to a commercial flock. It's a worldwide
group, too, not just UK, so there may be other people with your particular
weather conditions.
--
Sally in Shrop****re, UK
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