Livestock

at least I know she's being looked after & the remaining 3 girls seem so much happier. The woman who took her has a paddock, so eventually Babs will be free range

Aw thats great news...aren't they just a treat to whatch....have you named them ...i've named mine...i love them to bits...enjoy them

Thanks for the bulletin Webmaster. A little gentle stroke from all of us and we wish her well, Jenny

Dont forget fresh eggs with breakfast aswell jenny yum

Cover him in honey and cornflakes then let the chickens do the rest hehe. My neighbour next door used to be like that but since i trimmed his father in laws privets for him he seems to like me know lol

You might want to have a look at this thread

Really sorry to hear :( Having just had mine for 5 days I am already attached to them, and yes, can see each has her own personality. I haven't read to end of post (as I am about to dash off on the school run) just your first message, so hope you have since been able to sort out a coop and more...

It may not work - literacy is not a strong point amongst Vulpines

Lovely Vince,i've always fancied a speckeldy....mine are hybrids ...lovely lasses.One of my dogs is scared of the chooks the other wants to play with them

Thanks for that Scrungee

? Would the occupants of the chicken run not eat the growing greenery ? Jack McHammocklashing

Use 3 hinges, not 2 (the door will be harder to rip off) use screws not nails, again it makes for a lot better and stronger construction, use mastic on the corners (inside the house) and along all edges, this will leave no place for red mite to breed and hide, and make cleaning easy, the nest...

Hi Sterile, I'd read up on previous posts ....you'll find them interesting I went for Hybrids and they've been cracking girls...my oldest is coming up 5,semi retired...still lays every other day or so A safe and secure home for them is very important and a good diet.... There are pros and cons...

I have a little bantie rooster who's on the loose,he terrorises my nearest neighbour who is quite a distance away,when hes done playing hell with her he comes home.

I use vaseline on mine.....on thier combs i mean:D

I bet they can find all the slug grubs for you aswell

Over the last year or so a few sites have been extolling the virtues of using hempcore for chicken runs and coops. Well it looks like they changed processors and a lot of fine fibre is getting into the pack. I have spent today washing my chickens feet and removing clumps of muck from their...

They are safe in the coop It's on concrete but in the day I just let them out and leave them to it. I have covered almost all gaps with chicken wire but on 3 seperate occasions I have had to knock on next doors and a house behind mine to ask for chickens back I don't like the idea of caging...

Hi Louise I have the same 'problem' 13 ex-bats need a lot of sawdust and produce a lot of poop. They have started roosting out of the coop at night (why??) so I have been collecting their poop and throwing it into a newly started composter. I do have a lot of woodshavings as well so I am...

I've never noticed one of our hens moult since we changed from purebreds to hybrid hens.Feathers can be stuck into potatoes and hung up (mock raptors) as bird scarers.