Posts by carol-ann

apart from their usual feed, over the last few weeks as teh temperature is dropping and my girls moulting i have been giving them an oatmeal mixture made with milk and yoghurt and black sunflower seeds.  today i had some left over...

well i am in town, but we have garden allotments just over the fence from us, so chances are they are there   but also our bin emptying service has been cut back to once every 2 weeks, so am wondering if there is more food...

thanks that was helpful

we have had 2 or 3 rats running around in our garden for a couple of weeks.   we have put down rat traps, but no use., so over last couple of days have been putting down rat poison   today, i notice that the rats have...

ty. i wasnt sure if i should be worried or not, but i think its prolly ok?   the one that is molting looks so scrawney again hope that is normal

i have 6 chooks.     a couple of weeks ago, i took them to the usual place for boarding for 8 days.   while i was away 1 of my chooks died.  the farmer added another to the flock without...

i am in scotland.  in the middle of winter it gets dark around 4pm and doesnt get light until around 8am.   do the chickens go to bed at 4pm and sleep all the way through till it gets light?

ok silkiechicken, that one actually did make me laugh out loud!  

wow thanks for all your stories!   yeah, cant get my head around loosing 48 at one go, that would make me want to cry!!!!   @frogdoc - i wondered how long till that one would get into the frame -...

thinking about funny egg smashing stories!   i had an egg in my pocket, forgot about it and .................  sat down!!!!