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I'd welcome your feedback on this- I had to build a new coop in a hurry to house hatched chicks and their mother. I set a target of zero cost as our original coop cost way too much- in the end it cost less than £3. Heres how; Wire netting- already had Wooden rails- from works skip Hinges 20P...

After literally months of research I have decreed that the best chicken breed ever is... the new hampshire red Eggs- 6.5 per week (and huge too) temperament- 10/10 beauty- 8/10 the runner up is... the french copper maran Eggs 6.1 per week temperament- (7/10) aloof but non destructive beauty-...

Hello all, don't know if you can see the picture; but if so, what colours do you think these chicks will grow up to be. I got 10 fertile silkie eggs from a black cock and white hen and vice versa, and this is what I got after putting my broody hen on them. I lost 2 due to crushing, but these are...

Hello there- this is probsbly a really basic question, but we are totally new to this. We have 10 eggs under a broodie. 5 are from a white silkie hen with a black silkie chap; the other five are from a black silkie hen with a white silkie boy; will all the chicks be black or white- or can I...

This is probably a dumb question, but I was recently given ten fertiles eggs from white silkies run with a black cockerel and from black hens rub with a white cockerel, will all the chicks be black and white? Or can I expect other coolours too! Bear with me, I am a beginner at this!!!!! Kind...

Hello everyone- just discovered this site- terrific. We have 4 hens- the first started laying on Chrismas day; the second a fortnight later; the third at the start of Feb and the last one,3 weeks ago. Egg performance has been great. New Hamp red gives 6 a week, French Maran 5; Heinz 57 gives 7...