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    What's the temperature where you are???

    6C, feels like -3 (43 / 27F). Wind 23mph gusting mid 30s. Light, patchy rain.
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    pollipazzi's 365 project

    Do you still get the old Cadbury's chocolate in Ireland then? The UK stuff has been awful since they were bought by Kraft and the recipe changed.
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    Windy hill chickens - first flock(s) of my own

    *Loud broody yowling* Bloody hell, who's trying to steal your nest this late in the day? Oh. It's your chicks. The ones that you hatched less than 11 weeks ago - remember them? :rolleyes::barnie:he Not sure they'd totally thought through their plan to sleep with the big girls tonight but it...
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    Question of the Day - Wednesday, February 4th, 2026

    I have a thin roll-out futon and a folding tatami mat. No actual bed and I prefer to sit on the floor. Technically I have one "bedroom" and an open plan kitchen + living room. When I've finished moving house one of those will be getting fitted out with floor mats for jiu jitsu though. The...
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    Windy hill chickens - first flock(s) of my own

    Not usually short on ventilation here with the wind! It should be fairly simple to drill or cut out slots for the wall to slot into, the same way the standard roof fits. Using the single layer corrugated stuff with a long overhang at the corrugated ends could work if you were looking to add...
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    Windy hill chickens - first flock(s) of my own

    At some point I might experiment with cutting a polycarb panel down to use as a replacement roof, outwith summertime when it would turn the coop into a greenhouse. Still the issue of rain getting in but I reckon I could probably get away with either taping the joins around the nest boxes, or...
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    First time broody hen question

    How long have the eggs been in the incubator / under the broody?
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    Question of the Day - Sunday, February 1st, 2026

    Not if I'm confident I know what I'm talking about
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    Question of the Day - Monday, February 2nd, 2026

    An under-counter one, no idea what make. I got it a week ago because the place I'm moving into was unfurnished and the place I have been living came with its own fridge which needs to stay here. I got funding for it and a couple of other things, because I'm moving out of temporary...
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    Windy hill chickens - first flock(s) of my own

    They probably could be, given the chance. So far I've managed to avoid giving them the chance. I think the bigger chickens help keep them in line to an extent - some of them will chase and peck hard enough to get a beak full of hair, so the rats know to run from them and that seems to extend to...
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    Windy hill chickens - first flock(s) of my own

    No, it's fine for roosting in but nest box material would end up soaking and mouldy after three weeks. And I have birds choosing to roost there now, including the older cockerel and the most recent chicks. It's also VERY dark inside on a cloudy winter day - darker than I'd want chicks living in...
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    Windy hill chickens - first flock(s) of my own

    There are plenty of actual nest boxes and a few other places that would work, but most of them like laying in the two boxes in the old coop that a few still sleep in. Some will queue if there's another chicken in the nest they want; some will try to either evict them or just pile in on top; some...
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    Windy hill chickens - first flock(s) of my own

    Being screamed at by an angry pancake probably isn't great for the younger pullets who are just starting to lay, either. I'd prefer it if they mostly used the same nest boxes and didn't go off starting secret nests everywhere.
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    Windy hill chickens - first flock(s) of my own

    Easier to let her sit for a bit, with marked eggs so I know which to collect, and then have a "predator" (ie. me when she's not looking) destroy the nest. I don't really like doing that though - I'd rather not have them start to think the nest boxes I want them to use aren't safe. At least one...
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    Windy hill chickens - first flock(s) of my own

    I wouldn't mind if she was actually a good mum but she abandoned her first chicks at a month old, in the middle of winter (it was actually xmas eve! Mother of the year here lol). Luckily her half-brother is good with babies and let the chicks roost under his wings until they got a bit bigger...
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