Recent content by Boris27

That's a good way of looking at it actually, thanks.

My leghorn is slowly driving me round the bend. She is broody and I cannot seem to break it. She has now pulled all the feathers out under her. We don't own a cockerell and there are no eggs under her. She is moved out of the nesting box and locked away from it regularly. She has been given...

Hi all, we've got 6 mixed breed pol pullets nearly 4 weeks ago. They have only been out to free range twice and mixed with our ducks in that time. (We'll be doing that more now we've secured everything.) We would like to add 6 more hens from a different reputable beeder. Could this intro be...

Thanks. But not really what i'm asking. Useful to know, but the hen house can be extended or a secondary one sorted. The aim is to make the stable predator secure enough to just have the roosting perches and nesting boxes directly in there without the hen house. My issue is the two different...

The coop is roughly 4ftx4ft within an enclosed stable of roughly 8ftx16ft. And yes, same breeder. But they keep the different breeds all separate there.

We are getting 5/6 full size POL hens this weekend, all hybrid mixed breeds. No hens or roosters at the property currently. While there, I had hoped to also pick up one or two Pekin Bantams to add in with the coop at the same time. As none of the hens have lived together before, do I stand a...