Comments on: The Chicken Ark http://www.pool-room.com/2008/08/the-chicken-ark/ Where all the good stuff ends up. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:44:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Keeping Chickens http://www.pool-room.com/2008/08/the-chicken-ark/comment-page-1/#comment-28034 Keeping Chickens Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:01:09 +0000 http://www.pool-room.com/?p=327#comment-28034 <p>Hi Darren,</p> <p>Ahh, we've recently had friends move from the UK to Melbourne...</p> <p>They're talking about getting some chucks - you guys have much more space than us, I suppose it isn't too much of a consideration - for us Brits with postage stamp gardens it's a little different!</p> <p>We have family living near Adelaide - they moved in the 60's they have a small holding. When they say small holding, it'd actually be a pretty big farm by our standards over here! It's a couple of hundred acres.</p> <p>We've got our names down for a council allotment, they reckon it'll be 18 months before we're given a veggie patch. Until then we'll just have to make do with what we can grow in the garden.</p> <p>Yeah post the images when you get them - I'm jealous of people who have decent DIY skills. 'Handy Andy' I'm not. LOL!</p> Hi Darren,

Ahh, we’ve recently had friends move from the UK to Melbourne…

They’re talking about getting some chucks – you guys have much more space than us, I suppose it isn’t too much of a consideration – for us Brits with postage stamp gardens it’s a little different!

We have family living near Adelaide – they moved in the 60′s they have a small holding. When they say small holding, it’d actually be a pretty big farm by our standards over here! It’s a couple of hundred acres.

We’ve got our names down for a council allotment, they reckon it’ll be 18 months before we’re given a veggie patch. Until then we’ll just have to make do with what we can grow in the garden.

Yeah post the images when you get them – I’m jealous of people who have decent DIY skills. ‘Handy Andy’ I’m not. LOL!

]]> By: Darren http://www.pool-room.com/2008/08/the-chicken-ark/comment-page-1/#comment-28029 Darren Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:37:11 +0000 http://www.pool-room.com/?p=327#comment-28029 <p>I really enjoyed both those shows, Hugh's and Jamie's. They haven't really had a huge effect here in Australia that I can see, although more people are slowly moving back towards having their own vegie patches and chickens often follow on from that.</p> <p>I'm working on a couple of follow-up posts. Shouldn't be too much longer...</p> I really enjoyed both those shows, Hugh’s and Jamie’s. They haven’t really had a huge effect here in Australia that I can see, although more people are slowly moving back towards having their own vegie patches and chickens often follow on from that.

I’m working on a couple of follow-up posts. Shouldn’t be too much longer…

]]> By: Keeping Chickens http://www.pool-room.com/2008/08/the-chicken-ark/comment-page-1/#comment-28015 Keeping Chickens Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:11:03 +0000 http://www.pool-room.com/?p=327#comment-28015 <p>So how's the chicken ark coming along?</p> <p>We've recently got four Isa Brown chickens. They're point of lay, so will hopefully start 'earning their keep' in eggs soon.</p> <p>There's a bit of a chicken keeping revival going on in the UK at the moment. I suppose down to a few reasons, but I think it started with the celebrity chef's campaigns earlier in the year.</p> <p>They highlighted the plight of battery chickens and encouraged people to buy organic or free range.</p> <p>This couple with the rising cost in the shops and the supposed downturn in the economy has meant that more and more people are trying to become a little self sufficient in more of their food needs.</p> <p>Anyhow, posts some photos of your ark... We ended up buying one as the one we made didn't turn out too good!</p> <p><a href="http://www.keeping-chickens.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Keeping Chickens</a></p> So how’s the chicken ark coming along?

We’ve recently got four Isa Brown chickens. They’re point of lay, so will hopefully start ‘earning their keep’ in eggs soon.

There’s a bit of a chicken keeping revival going on in the UK at the moment. I suppose down to a few reasons, but I think it started with the celebrity chef’s campaigns earlier in the year.

They highlighted the plight of battery chickens and encouraged people to buy organic or free range.

This couple with the rising cost in the shops and the supposed downturn in the economy has meant that more and more people are trying to become a little self sufficient in more of their food needs.

Anyhow, posts some photos of your ark… We ended up buying one as the one we made didn’t turn out too good!

Keeping Chickens

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