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Thats it exactly! Thanks very much :) Weve had more trouble with these girls in 8 days than we had in 18 months with the last flock, lets hope that's the end of it.

Someone else has suggested that it may be too much calcium in her diet? Would be nice for it to not be anything serious.

I thought that. . Would they be likely to cling to the eggs?

Hi, Im not sure if this is something or not to be honest but due to the poor condition of my new hens im worrying about everything! We picked up 5 new hens from a local farm shop last weekend - all were smelly, balding and generally in poor condition (i guess thats what you get when...

I think im going to - I have a habit of making a mess of DIY jobs but I can use whats there and extend a little im sure. I'd rather put a little time in that make do - after all it makes for better eggs! lol

yeah, the most we had was a few inches of snow even when it was at its worst and the chickens area is sheltered by a row of trees so it missed out on most of that - the media do like to over-egg things a little too lol... there were some deep drifts in open, rural areas but the rest of us were...

Hi JackE, see this is were my confusion comes from - i've read the floor space requirements but struggled to decide whether to apply them as their floorspace is my garden (i removed the coop door and fenced off an area of around 30x12ft for them) so they only enter the actual enclosed area at...

Thanks for the quick reply :) they're only closed in there from when they decide to bed down for the night until I get up at 7am.

Hi Folks, apologies if this has been done to death but after much Googling I'm still none the wiser so i thought id ask :) After a run in with our local urban fox a few weeks back we've had to start our little flock again from scratch, due to an 'offer' at the farm where we generally buy...

What ever the reasoning, you would come out of this as the bad guy so I have to agree with the others and say that you should lie. it sickens me that people can treat their animals with such disregard and the money reason doesnt wash with me.. if they cant afford to care for them then they...

how about if the girlfriend wont let me get rid? I dont mind keeping him if the noise levels dont get high enough to annoy the neighbours.. I have a large garden and theres nobody too close so it may be ok. bit of an odd mechanical question too haha... he's MUCH bigger than my white...

thanks... thats given me things to look out for in the future the old man with a sore throat effort at a crow this morning was what set the little bell going in my head lol. I live in a fairly built up area so im thinking we wont be able to keep him unfortunately. part of me would like to...

Ive been comparing to pics around and im starting to think so myself too - its hard with having no knowledge of differences in breeds or anything though. is there any sure fire way to know. and more to the point.. what to do if it is? the whole think with the chickens was my own (well -...

wow... now thats how to keep chickens! Id love the space for something like that.

Thanks Ive posted my first one up already! lol

Hi can someone help me please - could you give me some idea of the sex of my chook please? Im still pretty clueless when it comes to keeping chickens and the person mine came from was moreso! there were some interesting and vocal noises this morning and we have noticed that she/he lol...

Hi, Ive just come across this place while having a good google so thought id pop in and say hello Id always quite liked the idea of having a few chickens running around in the garden so when a workmate of the girlfriend has some for sale I jumped at the chance. They arent exactly what i...