Recent content by natasha1000

Quote: thanks - i have just put some freshly cut logs in the run which someone kindly donated so i have just put them in - its a nice big run - to be honest i have no idea how old the chickens are, though i think the lady said the lighter coloured one started laying about 8 weeks ago but i am...

i have no idea what the breed of the chickens are, so if anyone does know, i would be grateful to know what they are - no names for them yet either!

here is the new run, it might not look like the hilton hotel, but we are happy with it the chickens are locked away every night and i also bring in the water and pellet feeder inside our house, so not to attract any rats. We just want to get some paving slabs to put around the outside of the...

my partner already has the chicken drug, he's already talking about getting more lol i said hang on lets get these ones settled first and u will need to quarantine them etc so will need another house / run but i am sure next year we will have more lol

Quote: lol i live in the UK, wales, we get the odd rat nearby, but never known of any foxes in the area ever, but we do lock the chickens up everynight just in case! we do have a sparrowhawk which flies over the area, but has done for a few years, but only ever had small starling birds, but i...

Quote: thanks, the whole thing and top is covered in wire and the chickens get locked in the house at night, hopefully we wont get any predators trying to break in, as we dont have any around here.

i am well chuffed, as today we have expanded the run for the 3 chickens, only took about 3 hours and now they have 8 ft x 6.5 ft of run space compared to the 6ft x 2 ft, when we let them out they were jumping in the air and flapping their wings, will try and get some pictures up this week - we...

we've decided not to put a timer for extra light and just nature take it course so not bothering with the light thing, will look forward to eggs next year though when the springs comes

thanks very much for your replies - you have put me at ease now! unforunately the 3 dogs next doors are outside most of the time, i think even 1 or 2 live out there, the neighbours are in all day and i dont know how they can put up with barking allday it would drive me nuts if my dogs were...

hi and thanks for yr reply - they are just sat on their perches - we dont have any predators around here, not what i know of anyway! our next door neighbours have 3 dogs which are constantly barking all day, maybe that is scaring them? they are a nuisance to be honest - we have an outdoor cat...

Hi all, we have only had the 3 girls since Sunday and will be extending their run on the weekend - they currently live in a large chicken house with a temporary run we made and attached and i leave the door open all day as i am home, but i have noticed the last 2 days they have been in the house...

Hi everyone, I'm Natasha and I've have recently adopted 3 chickens from a lady who is moving away and needed a good home for them. I havent had chickens since i was young, so I am pretty new again. I dont know what breed they are yet, but they are 3 lovely girls, no names yets. They were only...