me and my partner rescued 40 from a battery farm 2 days ago here is a photo of the worst looking one this is what happens when you buy cheap chcicken at the supermarket. I was talking to the farmer who said he gets the birds at point of lay all 16000 of them (he said he had paid £55000 for...
Just thought i would do a little update i ordered aload of fence posts and pig wire (cheaper than chicken wire)
so we started putting the fence up but go snowed off
This is where the gate is going to be big enough to get wheelbarrow through
something i learnt from my other run
PS i...
well its been a long weekend managed to get it cleared! found a shed at the bottom that had previously had chickens in it pic below
Site now fully cleared
My partner working hard
the old coop
Stylus
i have been offered a Goat for sale
What type of housing do other goat owners have can anyone please post some photos to give me a idea of what i am going to need to build
Thanks in advance
Stylus
after expanding my flock the people who live next door are starting to get a little upset with the hens in the back garden so i decided to look for some land. This came in the form of a Small Holding of 1/8 acre in size that i am renting off the local goverment for £61 a year thats $123 here are...
I bought 6 Khaki Campbell Duck Hatching eggs off ebay they arrived all intact i already had my incubator on
Its now 7 days on and i candled them i used a christmas projector that i bought from B&Q (a DIY store) for £8 thats $16 BARGIN
And heres the results
I numbered them 1 to...
When i hatched out my chicks one of them got stuck and i decided to help it as a result Lucky (her name) has a bent toe
It appears not to cause her any pain or problems but just thought i would share the photo
Happy New Year
Stylus
from what age do I give my chicks to an outside run? We have been having frosts here in the north east of England I have no intention of taking the heat lamp away at the moment but I thought I would give them access to the run! They are currently sox weeks old
Stylus
mine holds 50 eggs I layed 30 half of them hatched did not expect any at all to be honest now I have 15 five week old chicks and some of them need to go ESP the roos but where to send them is the question I am sure I will find somewhere!
i am currently expanding my set up and i requre around 9 nesting boxes i have been looking for wood to construct them but its slightly expensive if bought from new so i have seen some plastic builders buckets for 98p nearly $2 each i have checked and my biggest hen fits in the bucket so i...
The incubator cost me £180 thats around it has an automatic turner built in at day 18 you just put the lid on the other way around and the turner stops turning so to speak i bought it from
http://www.wheatcroftpoultry.co.uk/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=3
its the second one down the red one...