Posh and Pecks

Kitchen scraps are the ideal food for chickens, some scraps anyway. Always make sure that they don't get raw potato peel though as that can make them ill. Our hens, Posh and Pecks, love leftover mash, peas, bits of bacon etc. Chickens are omnivores so don't limit to veg!

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It's been ages since we last posted here so I though I should give a summary of what is going on at Larkspur House!

Hopefully you are all still curious as to the well being of Posh and Pecks, our lovely hens! Well, they are both doing great and have a new home.
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We've spent the past few weeks sorting out the back garden, building raised beds in the front garden for vegetables and putting up the new greenhouse.

Helping out

Posh and Pecks helped us when it came to lowering the ground socket for the rotary washing line. At least they thought they did.

Surveying the area
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Eglu Hire

Eglu Hire provides Omlet Eglu's for hire in the Derbyshire area. The Eglu is suitable for chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs needing temporary housing.

Eglu Hire.com was launched in April 2009, its aim is to provide Eglu hire services and contacts to chicken owners based in the United Kingdom.

Derbyshire Chicken Owners

Need an additional Eglu short term? Introducing new chickens or battery hens to your existing flock? Want to test drive an Eglu before buying?
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We give our chickens their hors d'œuvre late afternoon generally between 5pm and 6pm. It is important that they are treated late afternoon to ensure that they eat their pellets during the day.

Over the last few months we have treated the girls to a number of various treats including canned sweet corn, chopped apples, mashed up bananas, grated carrots, spaghetti, cabbage, lettuce, brussel sprouts, rice, mashed potatoes, probiotic yoghurt, weetabix, grapes and mealworms.
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I am not talking about chicken poo this time, the chicken mess I’m referring to is the mess Posh and Pecks make in the garden after free ranging for an hour or two. We are fortunate that we don’t have a lawn just a patio otherwise there’d be piles of mud, no grass and two very messy chicks!

They love pebbles
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Finally we are happy to report that Posh is now laying, she started laying a week after we noticed her crouching. We could not confirm she was laying as Pecks takes a day off occasionally. That was until two eggs appeared on Friday 27th when we found one egg first thing in the morning and another about midday. Two eggs in one day!

It looks like she’d laid her first egg on Wednesday. We had assumed it was one of Pecks’ eggs but a closer inspection revealed it was paler and when we came to eat it the shell was thinner so it must have been her gearing up production.
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Well it’s just over 9 weeks ago that our chickens Posh and Pecks arrived. Pecks started crouching approximately 4 weeks ago and to date she has laid five GREAT eggs ; 14/3 16/3 17/3 19/3 20/3

Both chickens are approximately 25 weeks old. When they arrived the sun was rising at 07.53hrs and was setting about 16.31hrs. Nowadays, the sun rises at 06.00hrs and sets at 18.51hrs. Since the days are getting longer their treat time is now around 5pm instead 3.30pm and they have a lot more active time.
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The First Time