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| Catherine Jemma |
 Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:30 am |
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Hi there
An earlier posting referred to a product called an "Eglu" apparently a small
chicken house available in England or America and intended for 3 or less
backyard hens
Great Idea for this kind of thing to be available, I didn't know it was,
I've certainly never seen anything like it here (Australia) although I've
never especially looked
It seems the "Eglu" is rather small, with just a 3 hen maximum limit, I'd
hope the company make and market a slightly larger model that could take
upto 5 or 6 full size hens
Something that pisses me off and is such a waste of resources generally is
the excessively high amount of cat and dog ownership in Western World
cities, including even multistory apartments or flats, yet so few people
have backyard chickens, which in part at least can eat food leftovers and
chicken scraps.
Many parents nowadays are so slack with their kids, friends I know had 3
kids and regularly 50% of the food Mum served out onto the table was
un-eaten by the kids and went wasted into the rubbish bin
.......when I grew up, "in our 'ouse", you had to eat everything that was on
your plate (with the exception of bones or gristle)
Even in Perth, a small city by world standards just 1.5 million people,
there's a few multistory apartment towers, but most buildings restricted to
3 stories in height, tenants often allowed dogs and cats, but never
chickens. Golly we need some special sorta "Eglu" things designed to fit on
the standard outdoor patio they have (pretty much all upstairs apartments
have a 1 metre by 5 metre outside verandah thing, required under fire escape
laws
Now the trick would be to combine an "Eglu" with a sorta wheelbarrow thing
so that folks can wheel their chooks off to graze in the public park (some
home-made devices which some people call a chicken tractor or a chicken-ark
do exist, usually home-made
Hey can someone post some, not too big in memory size please, photos of
these Eglu things, for those of us that have never seen them
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| Jill |
| Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 5:47 am |
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Catherine Jemma wrote:
Quote: Hi there
An earlier posting referred to a product called an "Eglu" apparently
a small chicken house available in England or America and intended
for 3 or less backyard hens
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| Omelet |
| Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 8:24 am |
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In article <458f4670$1@quokka.wn.com.au>,
"Catherine Jemma" <xena@agn.net.auREMOVEthis> wrote:
Quote: ......when I grew up, "in our 'ouse", you had to eat everything that was on
your plate (with the exception of bones or gristle)
Nowadays, that's considered child abuse... and I agree.
Dad used to serve us far too large of portions.
It's probably why there is an obesity epidemic.
Neither I nor my housemate always clean our plates and we are finally
getting our weight under control.
Learn how to cook leftovers. Saves money too!
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| Mary Fisher |
| Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 4:13 pm |
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"Catherine Jemma" <xena@agn.net.auREMOVEthis> wrote in message
news:458f4670$1@quokka.wn.com.au...
Quote:
An earlier posting referred to a product called an "Eglu" apparently a
small
chicken house available in England or America and intended for 3 or less
backyard hens
Great Idea for this kind of thing to be available, I didn't know it was,
I've certainly never seen anything like it here (Australia) although I've
never especially looked
It seems the "Eglu" is rather small, with just a 3 hen maximum limit, I'd
hope the company make and market a slightly larger model that could take
upto 5 or 6 full size hens
I think that it would be more than adequate for four or five full size hens
but the suppliers have to be careful about what they suggest.
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Many parents nowadays are so slack with their kids, friends I know had 3
kids and regularly 50% of the food Mum served out onto the table was
un-eaten by the kids and went wasted into the rubbish bin
That's a disgrace, I agree, we never allowed our children to waste food
(couldn't afford it) and nowadays we don't allow our grandchildren to waste
food. If they take it they eat it. If it's not taken we have it next day
(isn't it odd how 'fry-ups' (even if it's not fried) taste so goos!
Quote: Even in Perth, a small city by world standards just 1.5 million people,
there's a few multistory apartment towers, but most buildings restricted
to
3 stories in height, tenants often allowed dogs and cats, but never
chickens. Golly we need some special sorta "Eglu" things designed to fit
on
the standard outdoor patio they have (pretty much all upstairs apartments
have a 1 metre by 5 metre outside verandah thing, required under fire
escape
laws
It could work there.
Quote:
Now the trick would be to combine an "Eglu" with a sorta wheelbarrow thing
so that folks can wheel their chooks off to graze in the public park (some
home-made devices which some people call a chicken tractor or a
chicken-ark
do exist, usually home-made
:-)
Quote:
Hey can someone post some, not too big in memory size please, photos of
these Eglu things, for those of us that have never seen them
Mail me and I'll send any number of pictures of ours.
This year we reared two cockerels and one pullet from fertilised eggs from a
friend. Tonight (Christmas day) we ate one of the cockerels, we had to kill
one before the other did. He was hatched in May and I skinned him, he was
also too old (folks say) to roast, being five months old at kill. I put him
in a casserole and left it in the oven with nothing added. He was so good
that we've discussed doing it again. His brother is going to be on the menu
although he's still strutting around :-)
Mary
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| 0tterbot |
| Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 8:42 am |
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"Omelet" <omp_omelet@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Quote: In article <458f4670$1@quokka.wn.com.au>,
"Catherine Jemma" <xena@agn.net.auREMOVEthis> wrote:
......when I grew up, "in our 'ouse", you had to eat everything that was
on
your plate (with the exception of bones or gristle)
Nowadays, that's considered child abuse... and I agree.
Dad used to serve us far too large of portions. (snip)
at our house, my mum (bless) was a terrible cook - the _food_ was child
abuse  (ironically, she's much better NOW.) i had to eat things i just
detested so when i had kids that was one rule i decided well in advance -
you don't have to eat stuff you simply have the misfortune to dislike. (and,
by default, you don't have to keep eating when you aren't even hungry any
more, because that's too weird for me). we try to make good food (and do a
pretty good job), so there's rarely a problem with things being unwanted,
hated, or uneaten - someone always wants it. the chooks get the kitchen
scraps & bits, but the dog gets the last dribbles of the dinner, if there's
anything left.
kylie (who seems not to know how to cook enough to get actual, saveable
leftovers!) |
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