Re: Switching from growers to layers

"EppingBoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the advice. Looks like I'm off to the feed merchant this
> afternoon to get a bag of layers.

you have a feed merchant open on a Sunday ??

- <thinks>
well we are !
<duh>

> They've had grit available since I got them, 6 weeks ago, and it goes
> down gradually, so I know they're eating it.
great

> They are spoilt at the moment though as they wander into the house in
> the afternoons when my wife and kids get home and let them roam.
> Especially with all the rain we've had the last week or so. Yesterday
> afternoon they were sunbathing next to a radiator with their legs and
> wings stretched out.

LOL - I love it
So I don't think the weather is going to upset
> them too much. They got thrown out though when they tried roosting on
> the back of the sofa!
spoil sport
!!

> We've got friends down for the weekend who think we are mad and should
> have got a dog or a cat instead. OK you can house train a dog or cat,
> but you don't get eggs or decent manure at the end of the day.
> This may sound strange, but can chickens be house trained?  A friend of
> mine when I was at school had a pair of ducks that he managed to
> housetrain somehow. They used to bang on the french windows when they
> wanted to go out. I've seen this with my own eyes many times so I know
> it wasn't BS. I only ask cos Crackle pooed on my lap yesterday. I
> don't mind wiping the floor down, but my trousers are a different
> story.

Weeelllll - if you saw it - I believe you
I would say get on friends reunited and find that friend and ask them !!!
most of us have trouble enough getting ducks to lay somewhere relatively
sensible let alone anything else!!!

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> As you can gather, these are pets rather than livestock.
>
> Bryann