...and the rolling pin wouldn't touch it so I had to use a hammer.
When we bought our starter pack of 3 chickens + woodchips, feed, feeders, grit, 'how to look after chickens' leaflet etc etc there was also a bag of mixed corn. So what?
Well this bag of corn soon became the best weapon in my armoury - a failsafe method of enticing the blighters back into the coop after a brief sojourn in the garden. They love it (you can see them tucking in on the video a couple of posts back). It soon ran out however and a trip to the local pet shop for more corn was called for. This new stuff just isn't good enough however and I found myself subtley stalking the bovans nera (black with gold neck) round the garden via various piles of leaves and gnarly bushes to get her back in. Once I'd extracted the thorns from my flesh I emailed Kirsty (www.hensforhomes.co.uk) to find out why they wouldn't eat the new stuff.
What they need is mixed corn and what I'd bought was straightforward corn (still in the husk) and it's too hard for them to get into. Not one to waste a quid I set about the new corn with a rolling pin and began to see it from the chickens point of view. The good stuff in corn is pretty hard to get into and the rolling pin wouldn't touch it so I had to use a hammer...
This is great stuff. We're expecting our chickens plus all their paraphernalia in a few weeks, so it's wonderful to read about someone else's adventures in the early days.
ReplyDeleteWe also have foxes who live nearby and visit our garden
regularly and are also hoping that chicken wire underneath will keep them out.
That's great - hope everything goes well. If I can help please ask. Don't know much so please don't expect definitive answers!
ReplyDeleteWe've had fun so far...
Geoff