Recent content by socialdougal

Sage advice. I'll think it through.

I posted this in my own thread, but seems it has a place here: We had a pair of free-range, laying Isa Browns who could always be seen scratching around all over the place together. Then one of them was killed by a feral cat. The evidence was feathers, some of them bloodied, laying in the...

I should mention that these are actually not our hens. It just feels like it because I spend more time looking after them than their owner. He thinks they live in the fridge because their eggs keep magically appearing there for him to eat. Anyway, as he wants them for eggs and we won't be here...

We had a pair of free-range, laying Isa Browns who could always be seen scratching around all over the place together. Then one of them was killed by a feral cat. The evidence was feathers, some of them bloodied, laying in the garden, and plenty of paw prints in the wet earth. The surviving...

That's helpful, thank you. It has enabled us to decide an adult hen would be best. It is also useful in guiding me on the design of their new, enclosed area.

I hope someone can answer a question. We had two laying Isa Browns. They were free range and always together. One just got killed by a feral cat. Now the behaviour of the survivor has changed. (I see more than that, but I'll hold off on details lest I should be considered daft.) It seems we need...