Livestock

I am more worried it has put a temporary end to my supply of freshly laid eggs!It is horrible to think of the suffering of some of the chickens, injured and left dying before my neighbour found the carnage. My previous neighbour had a similar experience, they managed to nurse a couple of...

That depends how fond you are of your garden! They're very destructive in their endless quest for food. Try ensuring that there are two lots of food and water some way apart and try to spend some time with them so you can put a stop to the bullying behaviour. Failing that, if the older ones...

I prefer duck with mushrooms myself! The missus would have my head before i could have theres though!

Better put Lovely Speckledy Hen on here I thought. On my knee and inspected my butterfly mug earlier. Then they all had to have some grapes. That is a daily treat according to them and who am I to disagree.

Thanks all for the replies. I will get some ordered.Rusty

You need to see if it works then @lolimac Chilled out or not they should respond but mind your fingers when you are rubbing the line out.! I used to keep chickens and I found them pretty gormless..

Its more my wifes hobby than mine so I'm no expert. We did have lots of different colour eggs at one time from brown to conker brown, olive, green, dusky pink and blue. The colour doesn't determine the taste - its more what they are fed on. We have a relative who will only eat blue eggs - he...

@Mike Allen what a thing to put up i'm sitting here ….I seem to be covered on all issues on fighting them with OCD

Sorry @Mark56 - only just seen this thread. Portisgrass, did you read the link that Redwing sent you? Feeding and raising a nestling like this is actually far more complicated than you might think, and you can do more harm than good - however well meaning you may be. I strongly urge you,...

As I said yesterday I left the incubator on for another day and yesterday’s gut feeling that they were done was wrong, as this morning there were another 3 chicks hatched, they sound chirpy and look healthy, I quickly whipped them out of the incubator and are now in with the rest, in the brooder...

Oh bless! So sweet. All the best with the rest of the lambs

Do you mind the snakes have moved in?! I'd be so worried! Yeah, if I ate more veg I'd have a chicken bucket like yours too, don't think your rules are as strict as ours mind! And if I had a bigger place I'd probably have some sort of farm on the go too so envious of you!

Would the omlet "go" house be ok for 3 chucks? That in a home built run?

Re: rooster, they are *all* noisy and they are *all* on the protective side (it's their job, after all). And don't be fooled into thinking they only crow in the morning *any* time of day, or night, or whenever takes their fancy. Also, do *not* be conned into believing that if you...

Brilliant Sarah Nice one Nando

Honey is my Old English Game Bantam. She is just getting into the swing of this years laying. I spotted her "sitting" a couple of times, just must have been wind. Then she presented me with this effort .... (from left to right: standard, medium sized egg, bantam egg and Honey's!)The winds...

Hi Sarah, Ive been known to blow dry my girls! I'm being serious. A sheltered area would be the best thing for your girls mine have an area on my veggie patch, it's perfect for them because it keeps the dirt dry so they can dust bathe all year round & they can get out of the rain, they can get...

I bought a 4 lot plus coop&run from a friend last yr,2 of them was being pecked away in a sorry state,all are fine now What i did was try to introduce them into my larger run with my others,it didnt work out,there was only one that was brave enough to venture out of the coop for days,so i took...

Same here Loli, mine kept ticking over right through the winter this year, normally I'd expect to get no eggs for about a month or so around December and early January.I've been trying to think what I'd done differently this year and I have changed a couple of things since last winter.I used...

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