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    Advice needed about shell less egg and runny poop

    Great advice, I'll give it a go Thanks
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    Advice needed about shell less egg and runny poop

    Hi, I've only had my beautiful hybrids for about 6 weeks and they all seemed to be doing really well. Started laying not too long ago with small but perfect eggs. They have a diet of layers pellets, corn, kitchen scraps and grit as well as outside forage. My problem is that although they are...
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    Uncharted territory

    Well my lovely ladies have been with us for almost a week now. In the end I went for 3 Suffolk blues. Agatha, Beatrice and Cecily. They are great fun, very confident and can deal with the children. I often find myself sitting with them as they are so calming and really cheer up my day. I...
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    Uncharted territory

    Thank you, Predators are down to a minimum. I'm in the UK so no issues with raccoons etc, foxes and rats could be an issue but I have three chicken proof dogs who will patrol the area supervised to lay their scent. I also have alpacas who as we know are brilliant fox guards, and 4 very loud...
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    Uncharted territory

    It's finished!! I am hopefully picking up 3 hybrids next week so will post pictures then. Very excited!
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    Uncharted territory

    It started off as this:
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    Uncharted territory

    Phase one of the chicken plan is complete. I've painted the Wendy house it's looking much better and now I've just got to secure the door, puts locks on the shutters and block in the back. I have a perch ready to put in and nesting boxes. Fencing will be complete next weekend. I'm super...
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    Uncharted territory

    Hi everyone, I'm not yet lucky enough to own any chickens but I'm in the process of converting my children's disused Wendy house and fencing a small part of my garden under some trees. There must be lots of things I don't know about chickens and although everyone says they're very easy to look...
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