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A few weeks on... all good! They've got so tame that it's like having puppies around, and we're getting 2 or 3 lovely eggs evey day - even with the days getting cooler and shorter they've not slowed down laying yet. The boys are having great fun - when they go into the garden three hens run up...

Cor, I'm feeling a little lonely amongst all you Americans (friendly bunch that you are) - is there anyone from UK around here? I'm in the Midlands, just south of Birmingham, UK. It's a nice spot - fairly rural but in easy reach of Birmingham, London and Manchester, which I need to pay the...

Update: how much fun is this?! The gingers have settled in well. There were a few attempts at escapology for a few days, but we've now clipped wing feathers (thanks, youtube!) and reinforced the fenced area and they now scratch around happily where we want them. Their names are (brace...

Lovely thread. Lots of ideas!

Been flying a drone (responsibly!) with my two lads recently, with a GoPro Hero 4 slung under it on a gimble. That's all manner of fun!

Ok - the deed is done! We now have three hybrids settling nicely (I think!) into the rough-and-ready coop and run I've built. They're already showing quite a bit of character, with the Boss Chicken plotting her escape admirably; the other two following her lead by jumping onto the coop's roof...

Thanks all for the welcome! @Drumstick Diva - somewhere between layers and pets, I think. The eggs part is pretty important, but I'd also like them to be tame and laid back enough to be interesting family pets. Ok, here goes with a possibly stupid question. Is ok to get one of each of...

Hello. Just signed up here after deciding to take the plunge with a few back garden hens. What could possibly go wrong? I've got a coop being delivered this week (that's the bank holiday weekend taken care of, then!) and have been reading lots, but have not yet decided what birds to get. We've...