[OT] Bird flu

My parents are away until March and have 8 hens outside (someone else
feeds and waters them and collects the eggs). If the Government
requires all poultry to be brought indoors I'll have to drive the 30
miles over there, clear out the shed, find some straw for the floor,
somehow catch 8 hens which don't know me, get them into the shed and
shut the door. In the dark, if it happens before the weekend :-(

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:49:19 +0000, Zog The Undeniable wrote:

My parents are away until March and have 8 hens outside (someone else
feeds and waters them and collects the eggs). If the Government
requires all poultry to be brought indoors I'll have to drive the 30
miles over there, clear out the shed, find some straw for the floor,
somehow catch 8 hens which don't know me, get them into the shed and
shut the door. In the dark, if it happens before the weekend :-(

Wait until they're asleep, they're much easier to grab that way. Okay, you
can only grab 2 at a time and the others might wake (although it's
surprising what they'll sleep through) but it works and I prefer it to
looking like a prize pillock pointlessly pursuing pestilential poultry

Of course, the ones I catch are usually introduced to Mr Axe a few seconds
later, which is a pretty good way of ensuring they are not vectors for
H5N1.

Graeme

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:49:19 +0000, Zog The Undeniable
wrote:

My parents are away until March and have 8 hens outside (someone else
feeds and waters them and collects the eggs). If the Government
requires all poultry to be brought indoors I'll have to drive the 30
miles over there, clear out the shed, find some straw for the floor,
somehow catch 8 hens which don't know me, get them into the shed and
shut the door. In the dark, if it happens before the weekend :-(

Make sure that you wrap them up warm and put Lemsip in their feed ;-)
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Tom Crispin wrote:
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:49:19 +0000, Zog The Undeniable
wrote:

My parents are away until March and have 8 hens outside (someone else
feeds and waters them and collects the eggs). If the Government
requires all poultry to be brought indoors I'll have to drive the 30
miles over there, clear out the shed, find some straw for the floor,
somehow catch 8 hens which don't know me, get them into the shed and
shut the door. In the dark, if it happens before the weekend :-(

Make sure that you wrap them up warm and put Lemsip in their feed ;-)


According to my SO most bird flu is just male birds making a fuss about
a minor cold ;-)

--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham

"Zog The Undeniable" wrote in message
news:43fa0f65.0@entanet...
My parents are away until March and have 8 hens outside (someone else
feeds and waters them and collects the eggs). If the Government requires
all poultry to be brought indoors I'll have to drive the 30 miles over
there, clear out the shed, find some straw for the floor, somehow catch 8
hens which don't know me, get them into the shed and shut the door. In
the dark, if it happens before the weekend :-(

We used to keep chikens when was small and they had a small house where
they roosted at night so presumably your parents have the same or do they
have no shelter from the weather. As for catching chickens I know two
methods
a) chickens often come running when food appears so a corn trail to the shed
might work.
b) if you can corner one then stick your arms up and out the chicken thinks
you're a large bird of prey and goes into "freeze mode". At that point you
pick it up and tuck it under your arm and transfer to shed.

have fun
Julia

"JBB" wrote in message
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b) if you can corner one then stick your arms up and out the chicken
thinks you're a large bird of prey and goes into "freeze mode". At that
point you pick it up and tuck it under your arm and transfer to shed.

have fun
Julia

I do think that should the above method be utilised, we are given access to
the .mpg

For educational purposes, of course :-D

Cheers, helen s

JBB wrote:

We used to keep chikens when was small and they had a small house where
they roosted at night so presumably your parents have the same or do they

According to the BBC yesterday, small "hobby" farmers with 50 chickens
will only be "encouraged" to keep their chickens indoors.

--
Arthur Clune

Zog The Undeniable wrote:

My parents are away until March and have 8 hens outside (someone else
feeds and waters them and collects the eggs). If the Government
requires all poultry to be brought indoors I'll have to drive the 30
miles over there, clear out the shed, find some straw for the floor,
somehow catch 8 hens which don't know me, get them into the shed and
shut the door. In the dark, if it happens before the weekend :-(

You want one of these:

http://www.mindfully.org/Technology/...hine4jun03.htm


James
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James Annan
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http://www.ne.jp/asahi/julesandjames/home/
http://julesandjames.blogspot.com/

James Annan wrote:

Zog The Undeniable wrote:

My parents are away until March and have 8 hens outside (someone else
feeds and waters them and collects the eggs). If the Government
requires all poultry to be brought indoors I'll have to drive the 30
miles over there, clear out the shed, find some straw for the floor,
somehow catch 8 hens which don't know me, get them into the shed and
shut the door. In the dark, if it happens before the weekend :-(


You want one of these:

http://www.mindfully.org/Technology/...hine4jun03.htm


and I found the video

http://www.seanos.net/videos/harvester.wmv

James
--
James Annan
see web pages for email
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/julesandjames/home/
http://julesandjames.blogspot.com/

You want one of these:

http://www.mindfully.org/Technology/...g-Machine4jun0
3.htm

and I found the video

http://www.seanos.net/videos/harvester.wmv

Like something out of Wallace and Gromit isn't it?

The description of calmer chickens feeling more 'in control' doesn't really
stand does it?