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Okay, so i have just come home from work to find the runt of the chicks dead and with head pecked in outside of the coop. Do I take the chicks away from the broody before she kills them? I don't think she is fully aware they are underneath her. She is just sitting as if on eggs again, I really...

Hi fellow chicken enthusiasts, I need you assistance! I have given my broody hen three 2 day old chicks and she is rejecting them, she attacks them quite violently. I put them in last night under her and she calmed down and went to sleep. I went to check on them this morning expecting to see a...

It's good to know they won't mind each other! I'm worried about diseases, can they spread between the two? Also, my run isn't very large, will a lamb get stressed in just 5m x 5m run, not that he is moving around very much? And finally, will he be okay without something to graze? Because the...

i offer my chickens food at all times, they know when to stop.

I work at a veterinary centre and we a have an poorly orphaned lamb that needs a bit of TLC. Any idea if i can keep him at home with the hens (i only have 4) while he builds up some strength. We are too busy at the vets to give all our attention to one lamb i the back garden run. But i figured...

My dog is fantastic with the chickens. Apart from food pinching, which they do to each other, they get along just fine. I think it's because my dog was introduced when the hens were just 1 week old. On the first day they were put in the brooder, he stayed beside it all day, like a doting mother...

Hmm, that's really interesting. Sorry to hear about your rooster and hens. It's really unfortunate when other people don't think about other animals safety when they let dogs loose. I had my own dog involved with the chicks from day 1 to avoid any surprises later. He barely even notices them now...

Oh thank-you, this has reassured me a lot (: As for the grass, it's everywhere! I live in the main town - Portree. Although the hills are brownish just now with heather, they will soon blossom out again now that the frost has gone. Most gardens here, have nice green grass even at times like...

My first question, as it is worrying me most, is about my 5 chicks eating grass. 1. I put them outside into a small coop about 1 week ago. They don't peck at it bit by bit like i thought they would, they tear up long strip of it and toss it back like how we eat spaghetti! I raised them from a...

This is definitely the idea i have in my mind. I am ordering a coop on Friday (i'd love to build it myself but i cant pass up the discount im getting for this one.) I might build one if I decide to increase the flock, but im sticking with 5 just now, and six when i finally get my silkie! They...

I wish i'd thought of fixing it before Christmas! Getting supplies for it as presents would have been a life saver! I have been selling my xbox and things about the house to pay for everything, coop and soil and feed. It's also a struggle just in the weather, the rain today hits you like razors...

no that shouldn't be a problem, i have raked all of the grass to the side and all the rain has kept it squished down

Hi there, I noticed nobody had posted any photos of Scotland for you, I thought I'd let you know I am an amateur photographer and take hundreds of photos of the Isle of Skye when I am walking my dog, you will find them on my blog - http://keepingchickens-beginnersguide.blogspot.co.uk . Will be...

I'm up in the Isle of Skye! Love seeing that there are more Scottish people on the site. .

thankyou very much! i will do exactly this. i think all my wages are going to end up in the garden, but it will be worth it in the end!!

I can get 3 x 35 litre bags of top soil for £10 (i think $15) OR 3 x 120 litre multipurpose compost for £25 (i think about $40) Which is better to fill in a garden? I think i will be needing a lot.

that sound fairly simple! what do you mean by pokey? Oh, and do I fill in the big craters in my garden with soil or mulch too? Or do i squash cardboard into them?

Oh right, so the vinegar kills the grass? That sounds perfect, a weed torch does sound like fun!

Well, this bluebell is my first one, so i won't know about egg laying for a while. As for temperament, I love her! She is so sweet and caught on to drinking straight away, where as it took the White Sussex girls ages to figure it out (I had to dip their beak at least 5 times.) She learned food...