Recent content by grenhouse

Hiya, I am from South Yorkshire, up north. Yeah, Hugh's river cottage website used tobe good, then they revamped it and a lot less people use it now. There are much better forums for poultry keepers now, the practical poultry forum probably being the best with the poultry keeper being the next...

good hatch! Just out of interest, did you hatch them dry or did you increase the humidity? I had much better results with my last dry hatch. Thanks Steve

Hi all, Have been looking at the site for a couple of years now and never joined but decided to do so today! I have been keeping chickens and quail for around 3 years now. My current flock consists of Chocolate orpington bantams, Large fowl lavendar orpingtons, Buff orpingtons, Blue and white...

Will sort some pics out soon. They are just some old fitted wardrobes which I have turned into 6ft x 20 inch cages with mesh floors and wooden drawers underneath. Need some smaller mesh for the floors for the buttons though. Thanks for the help guys! And I have PM'd you animal 8! Steve

Yes I will keep them in pairs. I have just hatched 15 but saw these in an auction on friday and paid £7 for them, so glad there are some hens in there! Thanks for your help I'm sure there will be many more questions coming. I have only just started keeping the buttons but have kept japanese and...

Thanks for your very quick response! Are they all the same 'colour'? I have 2 males which look like the bottom one although they have the black bib like your avatar and this one doesn't. Will check for feathers. Thanks Steve

Hi all, I'm from the UK but spend a lot of time looking at your site for ideas and inspiration! I have recently bought some new buttons, there are 2 which are very straightforward to sex. However the other 5 are proving a little more difficult du to their colours. I have my ideas but wondered...