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Hi Guys, Ive been out the game some time now but saved everything! where would one get his sensors calibrated on a brinsea octagon 20? It's not been used for a good year or two! thanks

Hi Guys, We’ve kept chickens for a few years but was forced to get rid of them around 18 months ago as we was going to sell up and move and the estate agents wouldn’t list the house on the market with them... we’ve got the back garden lovely and let’s admit it chickens ruin it so we are looking...

New to quails but have been keeping and hatching chicken a few years now, we have just set 84 eggs in the Incubator thinking these would be simple and now have questions... our bad!! Questions we think are simple,silly and probably common sense; We understand that these birds will need keeping...

We really like quails we have kept chickens for a while now and are going to build something for around 3 or 4 Chinese painted quails but for I idea was wanting you to post pictures of your quail Housing and runs. How do you sex them and also are the males loud ? And what makes practical good...

Ive always let our chickens roam with work being done on the garden its forcing me locking them in a run with some roaming time as and when I can so id like to see some runs for ideas on roofing it and what to have in it to keep them happy hens Cheers Josh

Ive seen many of these made using car antennas but there all wired up to mains electrics which I don't have in the coop so my idea was to use a car battery, ive bought everything needed to set it up but was wondering if you byc keepers think it will work too... Thats the sketch of how it...

Never kept a duck in my life, we've had chickens for a few years now and we have a 6x4 shed as a coop and a big run all our birds are free ranging at least a few hours a day. We a finding more success stories of chickens and ducks living together daily, so our idea was to sell on a few chickens...

Well i believe 'the chicken coop' is a forever lasting project when keeping these wonderful birds as i always think to my self when im in there with them this would make it better or that would then i make something new or alter something and as i scraped my first idea of coop with the find of a...

I got given some eggs with out a clue on what breed they was any way they went under my broody and 3 hatched im 100% sure we have 2 pullets one cock but we cant decide on the breed they hatched around the 26th of july

Well after to a long week and half or so of pinching all the others eggs to sit on we managed getting some fertile wheaton maran eggs for her to hatch a long, personally i think its the best way as nature has took it toll and were leaving it to do its think. I believe shes took pritty well to...

Do you think so broody every time i go to collect eggs shes in there sat on them, even when i remove the eggs she seems to stay in there for a while! Should i worry or just put some fertile eggs in and see how she goes ?

Look at this little cutie, would you say its safe to eat ? I taken it at the side of one of our warrens eggs so you can really see how small it is although i think it looks bigger in the picture!! With it being so small i believe its this little ladies first ever egg! (Our tiny silkie)

We had two silkie's which was'nt laying i posted about this previous and some one said the could be heavily wormed so were just on the last day of a 3 day worming course, we got some warrens 3 days ago and with them freeranging weve been finding lovely eggs in the garden were ever ther've been...

Has anyone got plans for a door opener automatic as i have a window motor out of a car, cheers

I have 3 chickens as one died in the run a few month's ago, ones around 30 - 40 weeks and ones 1 year plus while my third ones a cock, I've never had any eggs what so ever :( they are on layer pellets and grit in automatic feeders with sunflowers as a treat and greens at least once a week or...

i need a little help im buying a bar type nipple drinker but how do i learn my birds to drink out of it and do i put it on the inside or the outside of my coop? how high off the floor does my nipples need to be too? i have 3 silkies and looking at rehoming two possably three at a push ex...

Well I started a coop july last year but when I went into the local wickes and seen a 6x4 shed with a missing roof for £20 I decided to have a bigger coop, take a look. what you think? and if you think I could change something for the better let me know, I will not be insulted honest. Outside...

Will you post pictures of your coops and runs focusing on litter management and roosting just to give me ideas for our coop the coop is 1 meter square Cheers in advance Josh

Hi All, Just fort I'd share the picture of my coop I'm half way through making... I'll try and explain the pictures best I can - plus any advise is welcomed... The slabbed area were the run is going to be for when were out through the day at evenings and weekends they will free roam our...

Hello BYC owners, Im keeping the chickens on wood chippings but I've be told to put a layer of sand under to keep the smell away although I did'nt ask which kind of sand would building sand be ok or would it have to be like sharp sand ? and then the wood chippings on top. Also my dad does...