Re: Manure


"Tom Withycombe" <tww@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In message <6m428pFf2o9cU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Christina Websell
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On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:39:30 +0100, Christina Websell wrote:

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I keep mine until they pass away naturally. 8-10 years sometimes.

They are more or less pets then. I mainly keep hens for the eggs they
lay
but I do enjoy seeing them running around too.

I would not call them "pets" exactly. I don't name them or allow them in
the house;-) I see no reason why, when they have given me their best
shot,
to dispose of them, or kill them as some do once they are past their best
laying. I have plenty of room for the geriatrics to womble around giving
me
occasional eggs, and I feel comfortable with keeping them this way, as I
have done for the past 30 years.
Atm I have I have 7 cocks and 16 hens of various rare breeds. I've cut
back..

My neighbour has a similar set-up. About 20 hens and 6 or 7 cocks - also
of rarer breeds. I share totally the view expressed on the pleasure given
by them running around. However, occasionally marginal irritation sets in
when the cocks competitively announce the new day some 20m from my pillow
at c. 0415 on a summer morning. But then, I suspect I am growing less
patient as I age :-))

<g> None of my neighbours have ever objected to sharing the news of the new
day with a ***-a-doodle-doo 75-100m away. Most say they don't notice, and
if they do, they like it, my nearest neighbours say they *love* it.
If they did I might suggest that they move back into a town and be woken up
by lorries revving up their diesel fumes under their window instead.
That'll larn 'em ;-)












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