Recent content by Nana Ann

I had no idea there were so many problems with this feeder, wish I had read some reviews before buying one. My local feed store had them, paid $95, assumed paying a high price would mean quality. My girls quickly learned how to use it, I thought it was going to solve the problem of rats running...

Fantastic photos! How lucky!

It has been 37C here today. The girls have a large bowl of water extra, I freeze water bottles and stand them in the water. They have had frozen melon too. I was able to put a small sprinkler in their run, next to the open shed where they have shade. I moved it a few times around the run...

Thank you all for your input. I’ll try and work my way through your suggestions. It’s night here now, so I think I have a plan for her in the morning. She was fine most of yesterday so I just kept an eye on her, it was later in the day before she started showing signs of being unwell again or I...

I didn’t think for one minute you were being critical. Not at all. I only know what I am told. The guy at the stock feed place told me the Red hen grain mix was all they needed. As far as I understood, scratch mix is something else I brought as a treat, again that was what I read and that’s why...

Sorry, I see crush it and put in on the scrambled egg.

They are on Red hen blue, which I was told was a complete diet so they didn’t need any shell grit. A handful of scratch mix between them a couple of times a day. They have had watermelon on these hot days and plenty of free ranging. Maybe twice a week some scrambled egg. I will put some shell...

Quick update on Miss B, seemed fine this morning, then I found another soft egg in the nest. Although she was acting normally up until my husband went to do some mowing (ride-on is very noisy) Then I saw her huddled under a bush. Tonight I had to carry her into coop, when I left she was sitting...

Thank you for your reply. This morning she seems better. Ran straight out of the coop and off scratching around the grass. I will definitely try the bath later if I think she is still feeling sick.

Sorry I should have added, my girls are @1year, have been laying every day more or less (summer here in Australia) I had one soft shell egg yesterday, laid in the run, not sure who laid it.

Hi everyone, I’m worried about one of my hens. She escaped from the run this morning (it is just a post and netting one to give the girls a bit more room to free-range) one of the other girls had gone too but was found just outside the run and she was fine. Miss Blue I found a fair way off under...

Hello all! I have only had my girls for about a month, I have questions just about every day! I am a first time chook Mum, so worrying about everything! I have five girls, all @40 weeks old. They were rescued from a free-range egg farm which was closing down, 30,000 girls were headed for the...