Rabbits & Chickens?
26 June 2013, 11:14 PM
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Reminds me when I once attended a Chinese top man's master class. After the class one evening, we took Master Feng to a British fun fair for some exposure. We went to a fast food van to get some food. He asked for a hot dog. The van girl asked if he wanted some onions, mustard or ketchup on top of it. He said "Noh, noh, noh! Just the dog, just the dog please!"
28 June 2013, 02:49 PM
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I would say it depends what ground the hens are kept on, if they are only in a smallish garden the hens will have it turned into a Barron muddy state in no time at all, you need a lot of space for not many hens at all and if they don't have access to fields etc its best to keep them indoors on deep litter if possible when its wet outside as things get really messy really quickly. As long as the animals have plenty of space I don't think there will be many issues, as long as the owner has a strict routine for cleaning etc.
I keep about 50 hens spread across 3 different allotments and like already said they can be horrible little *******s, once feather pecking starts its a seriously hard vice to break, they peck out the newly forming feathers to get at the blood in the "pins", once they taste blood they will literally eat the bleeding bird alive, it normally starts through lack of space, boredom and possible a lack of something in their diet.
As with most things involving animals I would say try it and observe the behaviour, I don't think the hens would peck the rabbits to establish who's boss, so if they peck the rabbits frequently it'll be due to aggression/boredom in which case the rabbits should be removed immediately, there may also be an issue with the hens ****e as it carries all sorts of nasties which may affect the rabbits but that's just a possibility I have no idea if they would be affected by the problems the hens spread/suffer from.
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I keep about 50 hens spread across 3 different allotments and like already said they can be horrible little *******s, once feather pecking starts its a seriously hard vice to break, they peck out the newly forming feathers to get at the blood in the "pins", once they taste blood they will literally eat the bleeding bird alive, it normally starts through lack of space, boredom and possible a lack of something in their diet.
As with most things involving animals I would say try it and observe the behaviour, I don't think the hens would peck the rabbits to establish who's boss, so if they peck the rabbits frequently it'll be due to aggression/boredom in which case the rabbits should be removed immediately, there may also be an issue with the hens ****e as it carries all sorts of nasties which may affect the rabbits but that's just a possibility I have no idea if they would be affected by the problems the hens spread/suffer from.
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Mick
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