Recent content by Oolala

Thanks everyone for your messages of support and advice. They went to their new home this evening, , it was very upsetting to say goodbye to them but the lady knew exactly what she was doing, she put them in a seperate cage all nicely cleaned outwhere they would sleep tonight away from the rest...

Hi Everyone, I need some advice on re homingmy chickens. Unfortunately I cannot take my girls with me as I am leaving France to return to the Uk. I have three girls which I have had for a few years now and want to know what is the best time to rehome, during the day or night. The lady that is...

Thanks for the advice, I will try what you suggested

Sorry for the late reply, she is back to her normal self, has just gone through a molt so looks a bit scrawny and scruffy but yesterday I found anither lash egg in the coop, thats three she has laid now so it does not look good long term for her. She is happy and otherwise healthy so all I can...

One of my girls has recently laid two lash eggs, she was really off colour for a week, hunched up, lethargic, not interested in anything, I didnt take her to the vet as I have had a chicken with this before so knew what it was, I had antibiotic powder here which I put in her water for a few...

I only have three chickens and they all cuddle up on a straw bed in winter together. My window is above their bedding area and all the ventilation is around the top of the coop apart from their little pop door which is sheltered from wind and rain

I think the pine needles compost on the ground underneath making it easy to scratch

What about trying the epsom salt bath first and some massage, you have nothing to lose, it will not take that long to do, its worth a try

Sounds like my lawn, forget trying to reseed it though, the chickens will eat every last bit of seed once they know where it is, at least the weeds keep it green in summer when the grass has all burnt 🙀

Mine even knows where the cats toilet area is, the number of times I have caught them eating that 😱😱😱

Depends how long you have had them, once they find an area they like they do t leave it alone, mine make straight for the same patch under a large conifer when I let them out, have given up trying to re grass it now, also, they turn my compost area over a treat where I dump grass cuttings and...

Love the coop, could live in that myself 😀

It is, stunning scenery, mountains, lakes, countryside and coast and extremely friendly people 😀

That looks cold 😱, pretty, but cold

No, nothing like that here unfortunately, the market has been better this year as the Parisians have been anxious to have country second homes due to the virus, very quiet now so hoping it will pick up again in the new year, land taxes are very expensive here, nearly 10%of the house price...