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Hi, thank you for your replies. I checked this afternoon and shes laid another egg, in the dent in the middle of the coop that she used before. Im really grateful for her laying, they are our first chickens so to see eggs so soon we are really lucky. Ill put a picture on tomorrow of the nest...

Thanks, ill get a picture on after. Note sure if i am putting enough shavings down as they scrap to show the newspapers underneath. Just thought as well, when ive been adding more shavings should i add more to cover up the indent shes made in the main coop- where the last egg was laid or...

Hi, wondering if anyone has any advice. We have only had chickens for a few days and we have had 2 eggs so far off one chicken i think. She has a lot of trouble back and for the coop before laying. Going in and then coming back out and attacking the others. I worked out i think this is because...

pretty sure as i had put her in the coop on her own just before and the farmer got back to say it was a girl as she had been laying before. So hopefully it was her just being defensive of the coop and laying the egg and she will be better the more she gets used to the place, fingers crossed.

Thank you, i found out later on that she is a she after all :) I went to check after she had been in the coop on her own and we had our first egg so she is a lady :) thanks for helping.

Hi, bit of an update. I ended up separating her again in the afternoon, i put her in the coop alone for 30 mins and when i let her out she was so much nicer. I checked inside for any poo and there was our first egg, so it turns out she is a she :) and perhaps that might have been causing the...

Hi, i initially asked for some advice on my other thread about an aggressive silkie i got yesterday- i got all 4 birds yesterday. However im questioning now whether it is a hen though. So i thought id better ask on this thread to see. Do you think you can tell from the photo if its a...

Hi thanks for your replies. I saw the partridge one being vocal and i thought this is the noise hens do when they are letting people know they are laying an egg as it went in the coop afterwards. I checked and there was no egg and ive since checked as it kept on going back in but nothing...

Hi wondering if anyone can help. I picked up 4 silkies yesterday, 3 white and 1 partridge. They were fine yesterday and this morning exploring, all eating and drinking and they went to bed fine. They have an attached walk in metal run. However this afternoon the partridge one is really...

sorry- also what do you put in your nest box? the same as the coop floor or something else?

Thanks both, im probably being too mummy :) ill give it a good brush out and put the bedding in the morning we pick them up. Sorry just a couple of more questions- grit- would you have this separate or add it to the food. If separate do you have a specific holder on the cage or on the floor...

Hi, thanks for your reply. The chickens are POL and they have been living outside in a coop on the farm i will be picking them up from.

Hi, hopefully this is the right place- i just wanted to ask some advice on things. My chickens are coming this weekend- very excited but i just wanted to check- cleaning- im going to disinfectant all the coop out ready but we are experiencing cold weather here in the UK at the moment and...

Hi, thanks for your replies. Im in the UK, so it gets cold in the winter but nothing like America in winter. I think ill go for the silkies then due to the size and they do sound really friendly. Im not looking to eat from them, i wouldnt be able to once i fall in love with them :) I dont...

Thank you for all your great replies. Your a very friendly bunch :) |I cant wait to get involved now. This is the link for the coop: https://www.amazon.co.uk/PawHut-Wooden-Chicken-Hutch-Poultry/dp/B01MYYTYB4/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&qid=1500716814&sr=8-19&keywords=chicken+coop the sizes are on one...

Hi, wondering if someone can give me some advice. We will be getting chickens and my coop and run is all set up but im debating on what breeds to get. We visited a breeder this morning and i got to hold my first chicken! very nervous but it felt good. My coop says it can hold 4-6 chickens...