If it calls for it i'll get maggots tommorow, but today i've given her some olive oil and massaged it down, it seems a bit better already. She had some tomato this morning, although she only ate the seeds, and shes had a tiny bit of bread covered in natural yoghurt, hopefully that'll keep bacteria d...

Its definately her crop, its visibly larger now and its quite hard.

This morning i've got the hens out and Blondie's wattle comb etc is very pale pink as opposed to the usual red, shes off her food, and shes very boney (ive not noticed but i was checkigng her over and she is very very light). She has some bare feathers on the top of her but i think this is just the ...

This will sound very strange but i was hoping to have help with ideas. I would quite like to convert something into a fish tank, I.e:

http://pradador.com/projects/cubequarium/

http://sprwmn.blogspot.com/2011/05/turn ... hbowl.html

http://www.instructables.com/image/F2YH ... r-Tank.jpg

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9 ... neKe8g&t=1

Any ideas?

Thanks, i knew what i needed to add was 'lime' something...
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Beyond the usual provision of grit & oyster shell, is there anything i can do to get harder shells? The shells aren't 'soft', they are just quite thin so theres the occasional breakage. Also if you think its not worth my effort say so.

We have a few Damson trees in our garden and i gave them to my hens last year and they were absolutely fine, so i shouldnt imagine there'll be a problem. Mine also get blackberries and wild strawberries depending on the time of year, and theres never any ill affect.

I hear, strangely enough, they're meant to love swings.

Everyones better now, Stevie's been fully intergrated back in and its as if she never left.

Well Yesterday she was trying to stand up, and managed to take to steps and steal some toast before wobbling over. Today shes a bit stronger on her feet, but im glad she can put weight on her feet now. Shes just very unbalanced at the moment, but i would give it a day or two. Its good too know i was...

I've posted something on this in the other section, but only just realised this was here. Basically on Firday morning i went outside to find Stevie sprawled on the floor, and Elkie limping. Originally i thought they'd fought but there were no feathers on the ground so i've discounted that and i've p...

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Hi guys, Quite basically this morning i went out and discovered that my Stevie lying sprawled out on the floor, but when i went over i noticed she didnt even attempt to get up. I also noticed Elkie limping. I put stevie in the Coop out of the wind, and gave her some food and water for the day, and s...

The predator-proofing is done around the settlement, using various thorny branches and the like- to keep out lions, leopard and other BIG carnivores... You were looking for run platforms- here's one m" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The hens love it, and it's particularly u...

what were you planning on making??? Well as i was converting the shed i was planning on using the wood to make some nest boxes a grit box,some ramps and possibly use some of it on the play platform :l We had enough pallets, but now i dont think we'll have any spare for quite a while :l They left on...