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    Should i put a light in the coop for during the day?

    Yeah we ordered one for £280, it got here and was damaged. Absolutely tiny, made from really thin cheap wood, an absolute joke. Ended up getting the current one for £150 delivered although i must have spent a good £200 on material to sand it down, clean it and preserve it. I get what you're...
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    My girls aren't touching their Oyster Shells

    I'm worried our chickens have toxoplasmosis due to me building their run on top of where all the cats poo (big mistake on my part) so i'm really concerned about dirty eggs, especially with their run being mud at the moment. I need to fill it with woodchip asap but the weather has been constant...
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    Silkie has gone Broody - Will she leave her nest for food?

    Yeah i have heard they go broody a lot, we've had ours since August and this is the first time one of them has, although i guess it's only been 3 months. Is there any negatives to not breaking her out of it? Like will it mean she's more likely to go broody in the future or something. If there's...
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    Silkie has gone Broody - Will she leave her nest for food?

    I would absolutely love to let her hatch and we were thinking about buying some fertile Araucana eggs (we only have two girls so not a fertile egg) however we can't have any roosters here and if one of them turned out to be a boy it would brake my heart having to get rid of them. That's good...
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    My girls aren't touching their Oyster Shells

    Thank you for the info, it certainly makes sense. I've got about 7 dirty eggs that i'm not going to eat so i'll start by giving them the shells from those. Would the egg shells definitely provide enough calcium? This is what i'm thinking: Let's say the hens uses 10g of calcium for 1 egg shell...
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    Silkie has gone Broody - Will she leave her nest for food?

    I found one of our Silkies in her nest today, sat on an egg, she's been there all day so i assume she has gone broody. I would like to just let her do her thing (unless it's not recommended) but it suddenly occurred to me, will she leave her nesting box to eat and drink? Her food and water is...
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    Should i put a light in the coop for during the day?

    I'm surprised you say the coop is really small, you should have seen the size of the prefabricated ones that say they can hold 10+ chickens. I built the run myself but we got the coop second hand, it's about 4ft x 4ft x 4ft. It's very sturdy but yeah it's not perfect. There isn't any other...
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    My girls aren't touching their Oyster Shells

    That's a good idea, i'll try weighing it. I do wonder, perhaps the oyster shell fragments are too big for them, being bantams. They look like they would scratch their throats on the way down. I know bantams usually need smaller grit, perhaps it's the same for oyster shells. Would crushing them...
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    Should i put a light in the coop for during the day?

    Some pics of the coop and run. Still need to put wood chips down in the run as it's just pure mud at the moment. The tarp over the run is a temporary roof until i can afford to build a proper one. Please forgive the state of the garden, i've been doing lot's of building lol View through...
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    My girls aren't touching their Oyster Shells

    The soil has lot's of clay and rubble in it, that's about all i know lol The feed i'm currently using is below although i am planning to switch to an organic growers feed soon.
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    Should i put a light in the coop for during the day?

    I'll go and get some pics in a minute, i've been wanting to show it off lol I was actually thinking about using some sort of plastic, like a hood for the window that still allows air flow but stops rain coming in. That may actually be a better option thinking about it. I have an Omlet door...
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    My girls aren't touching their Oyster Shells

    Hello, I switched our two Silkies onto growers feed (we don't have the other one that isn't layers feed in the U.K, i forget the name) and gave them a tuna can of oyster shells in their coop. I was under the impression that if they needed extra calcium they would know to eat it and regulate how...
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    Should i put a light in the coop for during the day?

    If it's raining and the coop window is closed it's pretty dark in there, i wonder if they may struggle seeing their food and water. I was thinking about putting some sort of battery powered (or solar) light on a sensor that only operates during the day. So when they go in during the day it will...
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    How thick should the roosting bar be? Conflicting info online (Silkies)

    Good idea, i'll add my location info now. I'm from the U.K but i always find the U.S forums have much more useful info and helpful users lol I was actually thinking about trying a perch made from a branch. Might give that a go as well.
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    Difficulty choosing feed - No "all flock" available in the U.K

    Brilliant, i'll order that one then. Thank you for the advice.
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