Recent content by Willowfield

Thanks, it's really not practical to move them nor to keep the dog out as they all have free range in the garden and herb garden; chickens, dog, cat & geese! I'll just remove each egg as it's laid if it doesn't affect her laying, just didn't want to upset her. Thanks again.

Thank you, they have been rewarding me since they arrived. It's so lovely to watch them recover :)

Well done you, I've never had roosters but imagine they may be more challenging to keep than hens. It's great that there are such caring people in the world :)

One of my two female geese has started laying, for the first time with me. I'm having to remove the eggs as she lays them because our dog Tara is an accomplished egg hunter! Will this distress her or prevent her from continuing to lay? They're unfertilised as there is no gander, so I give them...

Brilliant - they're so loving, Chocolate & Brownie are forever sneaking into the house - they just love human company :)

Thanks, yes i can highly recommend doing this, they're great :)

Thanks, I love them. Yes, hope you can rescue more soon. Sorry to hear about Hesta but you can take pride in the happy life you gave her. It breaks my heart how animals are so forgiving of humans, despite the horrific cruelty inflicted on them by some. Eight years is a good long life, you...

That's great, isn't it so rewarding to rescue and give these poor creatures a happy life.

Thanks, yes I'm very pleased with them. Yes, unfortunately free-range here usually means they're kept in excessively large numbers in sheds with doors so they can access outside. The reality is that hens, being hens, will guard their territory including those at the doors, so few actually make...

Thanks all for the info, yes she hasn't used her feathers in her nest. She just scraped out a kind of nest on the gravel and laid on the ground, ignoring a lovely sheltered, wood-shaving filled kennel that Guinevere used to nest in. Each to their own :)

Hi Gill Welcome, I only joined yesterday, having found BYC an invaluable source of info over the years to help me with my hens (without registering before), even though it's mainly USA.I'm in Northern Ireland so great to have more UK experience. I would strongly suggest rescue hens. I started...

The previous female Guinevere laid eggs with Lancelot and finding them was amazing, like finding treasure! They're huge!

I'm vegan so don't eat them. With my hens I usually feed them and the crushed shells back to them, can I do that with geese too? Otherwise, The hens will benefit, or my neighbour who loves them too :)

Thanks. Actually that's interesting cos when Betsy was using her neck to push down Bella's she also looked like she was trying to climb onto her a little. Then what did I find today - an egg! Betsy has laid an egg, her first here and possibly her first ever as I don't know how old she is. Bella...