Posh and Pecks

Hi everyone!

See that new shop link top left? Ah yes!

We've taken a bold step here at Posh and Pecks towers and have opened a shop to sell you some great quality products with funky, clean, chicken themed designs. Mens, womens and children sizes are available.

The first of many designs is our "I love my chickens" range. This covers Classic T's for men and women featuring a great choice of colours. We have also introduced a Tote Bag made of organic cotton featuring this unique design, aprons, polo shirts and mugs! (I know it's unique because I drew the heart myself!)
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Late this afternoon, on the 53rd day of having Posh and Pecks, we are proud to announce that our first egg was laid by Pecks today! At least we think it's hers as she has been crouching a while and has been hogging the nest box the last three nights.

John holding Pecks first egg!
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Whilst I was out with chickens this afternoon it decided to rain, so rather than put the chickens back in the run and go inside (as we never leave the hens unsupervised) I decide to open up the canopy over the raised decking.

Louise

The girls seem to appreciate this and spent their time looking through and pecking at the patio window into the lounge much to the amusement of our cats Thelma and Louise.
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"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to abolish all local by-laws prohibiting the keeping of hens in gardens"

Deadline to sign up by: 06 September 2009

Visit http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/GardenPoultry/

On todays news from the BBC and on various newspaper sites it's being reported that two oap's are facing eviction from their home of 27 years for keeping two hens.

While they are clearly in breach of their tenancy agreement that specifically disallows chickens, with the knowledge we have gained we think that the clause disallowing chickens is just plain wrong!

First, I'll list the articles so you can see for yourself:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4943229/Good-life-pensioners-thre...
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I have not had much time with the girls this week owing to working late and night shifts, so I decided to spend a majority of the afternoon with them.

Today I thought I’d try the chickens on some probiotic yoghurt mixed with their usual afternoon treat of bokashi bran and Bill Oddies mealworm crumble.

Stuffing their faces
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It's Day 36 in the Posh and Pecks house. Let's see how they are developing!

When we got the hens, they were approximately 16 weeks old. It's not until 21/22 weeks that they start to come into lay properly. During that period, they are basically growing up, developing their bodies in preparation to lay eggs. A strenuous exercise! Imagine yourself popping one of those out nearly every day!

When we first got them, the combs and wattles were a very pale, almost white with a pinkish tinge.
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The pecking order I think is really hard to spot; over the last month since the hens arrived I have been trying to work out who is the boss. I had initially thought Posh was top of the pecking order as at first she seemed the pushy one although I have come to the conclusion that she is the friendliest and most inquisitive, leading us to believe she is top dog by using our non-chicken values.
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This will be the first weekend that we have left Posh and Pecks on their own. We have although arranged for our friends Mark and Shelley to come round to check on them.

We will ensure that the Eglu door is opened also that the water and food is topped up prior to us leaving on Saturday morning.

We have left the following instructions as its Mark and Shelley’s first time.

No need to empty the poop tray or let the hens out to free range as they will be fine over the weekend.

The girls generally put themselves to bed around 5pm so anytime after that you can lock the Eglu door.
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To ensure the chickens had a good workout this afternoon I decided to arrange a chicken version of a football match Pecks v Posh.

For the football I used the Treat Tumbler (for rabbits and guinea pigs) which we had previously purchased for approx £3 from the store Pets At Home

Treat Tumbler
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