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2steps

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
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Location: Surrey

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 05 10:31 pm Post subject: Naming chickens
Do your chickens have names?

N.V.M.

Joined: 05 Feb 2005
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Location: British Columbia,Canada,eh!

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 05 1:31 am Post subject:
when i lived on a farm, i was taught not to name the animals. you never know, one day you might butchering/eating Fluffygirl.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 05 6:46 am Post subject:
I've named my hens - Ginger, Marmalade and Treacle - but they will not end up in the pot so I'm fine. As NVM says, I wouldn't name anything I was planning to eat. With a couple of tame hens I find they know their names and I can even call them, either to come off a flower bed or to come down to the house.

Gertie

Joined: 08 Jan 2005
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Location: Yorkshire

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 05 10:38 am Post subject:

Our hens remind me of elderly spinster ladies - Ours are called Betty Fudge, Maggie, Peggie, Maisie, Poppy, Dottie, Lucy and Jo-Hen. Betty, Maggie and Jo-Hen are named after friends (Elizabeth, Margaret and Joanne). We did have Nettie (named after someone - hmmn, who was it now

), but sadly this hen recently passed away.

We also have Cornelius, our Light (ha!) Sussex Cockerel - who was an early anniversary gift from my mate, Liz.

What are yours going to be called 2steps?

barefoot_boo

Joined: 06 Aug 2005
Posts: 399
Location: Wiltshire

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 05 11:35 am Post subject:
Ours had names: Henrietta, Jemima, Plum Plum, Phyllis, Agnes, Sage, Onion, Lavender, Henny-Penny, Alfreda and Bruce the cock. I miss my babies!

Anna-marie

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
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Location: West Wales

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 05 11:40 am Post subject:
Hi 2steps, I name everything But then, I don't eat them!! Anna-marie

2steps

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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 05 3:09 pm Post subject:
we have origianally planned to eat them but as I learnt more about them and saw some for real it started looking more and more unlikely I think it's very unlikely they'll get eaten. one is calle marjorie, so far. I like marmalade as a name

Lozzie

Joined: 25 May 2005
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 05 5:44 pm Post subject:
If you have no plans to eat your chickens, what will you do with them when they eventually shuffle off their perches? Just bury them somewhere meaningful opr picturesque, like with a cat or a dog - or hand them over to the vet for disposal?

2steps

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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 05 6:01 pm Post subject:
Just bury them. Though I did read recently that you aren't suppst to bury pets in your garden

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 05 7:26 pm Post subject:

I've not heard anything new on pet burials, did you see if that was a new thing, 2steps?

However, chickens are livestock, and therefore, since about 2 yrs ago, supposed to be disposed of by somewhere that will provide a proper incinerator.

How likely it is that the thousands of backyard keepers across the country are doing this with their "fallen stock"

, I don't know. But you should be aware of it - we have not yet decided what will happen to ours. They're in good health, and could easily still be with us in 10 years time and who knows how things will be then

I see Omlet who make the, erm, modern chicken houses, still recommend the dustbin as an option. Nice.

sean
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 05 8:00 pm Post subject:
Bit harsh, they have using the vet as first choice. And mention burial.

sean
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 05 8:04 pm Post subject:
Sorry if this seems mean, but at the end of the day it's a chicken and it's dead. Unless it's illegal what's the problem with the bin, they're biodegradable?

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 05 8:08 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

Bit harsh, they have using the vet as first choice. And mention burial.

Not harsh at all as they shouldn't recommend something that is illegal, not without telling people at least.

As far as I can see, if you prep your dead hen ready for the table you can then bin it - and if you live round here put the rubbish out the night before and watch the foxes spread it all over the road. Another daft bit of legislation.

2steps

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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 05 8:49 pm Post subject:
I don't think could just throw a pet in the bin. Not cruel, after all they are dead but doesn't seem right In the case of a chicken as long it wasn't ill I can see any problem in throwing in the bin though, from a legal point of view. Plenty of leftover chicken and carcasses are throw away everyday from food so whats the difference?

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 05 8:58 pm Post subject:
As far as DEFRA is concerned a pet hen is livestock and can only be disposed in a few ways. I assume the law is to stop large amounts of fallen stock polluting the water supplies etc. I've not heard of a back garden hen keeper ever get into trouble though.

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