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    Advice please: What to feed Mama hen

    Thanks for the advice and yup, she has oystershell available year-round. TDR
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    Advice please: What to feed Mama hen

    Morning Folks, My Barnevelder mama has hatched 7 chicks who are now 3 weeks old & doing great....hopefully I've managed to attach a picture below! The chicks are on chick crumb which I'm happy with, BUT... what should mama be eating? Do I let her let her eat the chick crumb (high protein) or...
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    Hi fae Scotland

    The bl**dy fur trade took them over for the rich folks...and of course some escaped!
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    Hi fae Scotland

    Yup, we certainly get enough rain to keep the countryside green!! The American mink are currently a BIG problem here. They have no predators and they bred like wildfire last year so the offspring are out looking for new areas to populate...and devastating livestock as they go. There is a...
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    vegetation to climb pen perimeter mesh?

    Thanks Folks, I'm still trying to figure out what is poisonous to chickens!.. I only found out recently that sweet peppers are not good! Sweet peas now off the list!! I'll have a scan through the list Boskelli mentions. When I harvest my edible peas I always give them a good share :) . Grapes...
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    Hi fae Scotland

    Thanks for your replies folks. Re Featherhead's question - No accent but when the young uns square up to each other they have this "Dinna start!" look in their eyes and if no-one backs down they go in with the heed (head) :mad: rather than using beaks or feet :-)
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    Hi fae Scotland

    Sorry to have been a stranger since joining! Thanks for your welcomes!! So, to catch up... My ducks didn't fair very well I'm afraid, I had a rat problem and only two ducklings made it to childhood (duckhood?) and then the worst thing happened just before christmas- American Mink :-( this visit...
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    vegetation to climb pen perimeter mesh?

    Afternoon Folks, I'm just finishing off my new coop & pen. The pen is attached to a 8ftx8ft coop and is just under 20x20ft (8ft high) and covered with 1" (16g) mesh. It's looking great but as a late addition I was thinking of growing vegetation that would climb the mesh and to help to disguise...
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    Hi fae Scotland

    Afternoon (morning?) to you All, I've decided to join your flock (...sorry, I only get worse!) to share stories and ask for much needed advice for a newbie. I've had a single hen share my veg garden before but she passed away last year so some others joined me in April and May this year. I now...
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