tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post4149023502100019638..comments2023-09-07T15:35:59.964+01:00Comments on The Compost Bin: A question about keeping a non laying hen.Compostwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028585447065282738noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-38370128065932857542008-12-21T20:53:00.000+00:002008-12-21T20:53:00.000+00:00Sadly Genghis the hen is rather poorly and I fear ...Sadly Genghis the hen is rather poorly and I fear is on her last legs :-(<BR/><BR/>I can't find any obvious ailment and she is not apparently egg bound , has no crop or breathing problems or a swollen abdome...<BR/><BR/>but is looking bad....<BR/><BR/>I shall probably seek the vet's advice tomorrow..Compostwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028585447065282738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-79837290616202492632008-12-15T22:21:00.000+00:002008-12-15T22:21:00.000+00:00Good for you HDRAlthough I would hardly describe Y...Good for you HDR<BR/><BR/>Although I would hardly describe YOUR activities as a "farmlet"!<BR/><BR/>Your blog reads more like a fully fledged farm to me...Compostwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028585447065282738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-10152922258981550542008-12-15T01:24:00.000+00:002008-12-15T01:24:00.000+00:00Good for you! On my farmlet the bullies go first, ...Good for you! On my farmlet the bullies go first, the necessary next, and several get to live till they drop. Not the most economical, but part of my 'ethically raised egg' practices. <BR/><BR/>HDRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-37692308840001663392008-12-14T21:46:00.000+00:002008-12-14T21:46:00.000+00:00Yes, been there (by torchlight!) too! flippin hen...Yes, been there (by torchlight!) too! flippin hens! wouldnt be without them though!<BR/><BR/>Leranne xLeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09573431221299174647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-17830122082945369752008-12-14T20:14:00.000+00:002008-12-14T20:14:00.000+00:00Yes leanne!I am very pleased that my girls are sti...Yes leanne!<BR/><BR/>I am very pleased that my girls are still laying well despite the dark days, I must be doing something right by them!<BR/><BR/>ANd I do NOT use artificial light! ( apart from the torch I need to use to get bloddy recalcitrant hens to go inside the house after dark....)Compostwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028585447065282738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-106221636385598242008-12-14T20:05:00.000+00:002008-12-14T20:05:00.000+00:00I feel the same, half of my girls are ex battery h...I feel the same, half of my girls are ex battery hens, and i am just happy to be able to give them quality of life whether they lay for me or not. there is also the fact that naturally reared hens lay infrequently in winter anyway, unlike the poor caged birds kept in 24 hr artificial light to force them into continual laying. My own hens barely lay in winter- but thays ok, their bodies are Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09573431221299174647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-29165165824914463662008-12-14T19:32:00.000+00:002008-12-14T19:32:00.000+00:00CW, the next one you get you have to call Paxo. W...CW, the next one you get you have to call Paxo. We have said once we are able to keep chickens they will all be called Dimanche, or rouge label! LOL That is bad isnt it!Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00809314184012834659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-39396833068774537612008-12-14T18:12:00.000+00:002008-12-14T18:12:00.000+00:00Hmm having spent half an hour running around in th...Hmm having spent half an hour running around in the cold and dark chasing her tonight, trying to get her to go in the bloody hen run....<BR/><BR/>I am beginning to regret my soft heart... ;-)<BR/><BR/>I was muttering "sage and onion stuffing " towards the end.....Compostwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028585447065282738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-53383539877585820832008-12-14T17:35:00.000+00:002008-12-14T17:35:00.000+00:00What a lovely soft heart you have. I would do exac...What a lovely soft heart you have. I would do exactly the same. What is the cost in real terms of keeping her? Priceless. The cost of not keeping her? It doesn't bear thinking about, does it.Margaret's Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11736694208684946814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-72788827398125972342008-12-14T16:15:00.000+00:002008-12-14T16:15:00.000+00:00Hi bothIts a question of degree really, isn't it? ...Hi both<BR/><BR/>Its a question of degree really, isn't it? I have 8 laying hens, one of whom lays very rarely. The others all lay when not in moult, so I have enough eggs. If it got to the point where none laid and I had no other laying hens I might well feel I would be eating a few of them...<BR/><BR/>But at the moment I can afford one hen's worth of feed...who doesn't lay..<BR/><BR/>and yes Compostwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028585447065282738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-47526152700826561822008-12-14T15:37:00.000+00:002008-12-14T15:37:00.000+00:00I would feel the same as you CW - I would have no ...I would feel the same as you CW - I would have no problem in keeping a non-laying hen, especially is she was an ex-battery girl.<BR/><BR/>I only keep two hens at the moment, and they are purely as pets - the eggs being an extra bonus! I firmly believe that if I take on the care of an animal, then I have a responsibility for the welfare of that animal until the end of its natural life. For me Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00704065088967190856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2272014660849023022.post-6297033107321408122008-12-14T14:38:00.000+00:002008-12-14T14:38:00.000+00:00Long live Genghis the Hen :)Long live Genghis the Hen :)Dalesgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13882336731021173979noreply@blogger.com