Welcome to the lane.xxx Yes, I started with sand and went over to woodchip. Also agree that a roof,to,your run is much better than without. If you go,to "horsey" places, they do some good deals on wood chip,or sometimes you can get excellent value from wood yards, depending on how much you...

I change ours every six months. I rake off the top 4 or 5 inches and it either goes In the composter or on the garden. Xx

I prefer a stone to a steel. The flag stones on the side of my pond are pretty good. Lol

Seen them a lot on the TV. Maybe I was expecting something else. Recently I got a new speed peeler, that is kinda serrated and came free with something else I had for my birthday, oh, boy!!! It's lethal. Used to twice and took a chunk out of my nail the first time and my finger the second time. Lol ...

Does anyone use these? I bought some a couple of weeks ago and wondered if anyone else uses them and what they think. They ARE quite sharp but the jury is out for me, really. Not sure if I really prefer a good sabatier knife.? I've got,quite a few knives which I use for different tasks bit they are ...

Welcome moondog. What a horrible experience. Check your nest box floor. Sometimes they make them,so that the floor lifts up from the bottom. "Totally useless!!!!". MANY are like,it . Foxes can just push from the bottom and get the chickens. We screwed ours alternately from the top and bott...

I might be wrong but I find the weather plays a part in how many eggs we get. They each lay between 4 and 6 eggs a week each. Generally about 5. One is off lay at the moment because she's broody. Havnt really noticed that different makes of layers pellets affects them all that much. Maybe in should ...

Oh dear. my first rescued girls were ex free range too. That was almost 5 years ago. Lost 2 to a fox who dug under the back fence and one who was attacked survived and outlived all of them. Only lost her to old age a few months back.
How old is your son?

Oh boy!!!! Don't quite know what to say. How awful for,you all. What on earth goes through peoples heads to,do something like that. ??? I'm so sorry. Could you trawl,the internet to find somewhere? Must be somewhere in your area. I must admit I Havnt got a padlock on my run, but maybe I ought to as ...

We are about a fortnight in.

Started with 6 rescued free range almost 5 years ago. They're all sadly gone now. Been up and down a bit and now have 8 of various kinds.

Interesting post about ice packs wrapped in towels. Might try that. My current broody is a 9 month old Churchmans Geeno Blue. Never had a broody before. At the moment I wait till They have all laid and then I collect the eggs and turf them all out of the coop and shut it till about half seven In the...

Dust bathing is quite normal in cats.

Will put some lpics on FB. Very hard to transfer them from a tablet to photo bucket then onto here, unfortunately.m l
Hopefully they will settle soon. Hate seeing the little ones roughed up. Chickens don't hold back do they ?
Lorna

Hi Gregg. X Chickens will start laying from 16 weeks onwards depending on the breed. Posh girls tend to wait till about 18 weeks onward. Mine (when they are in lay), lay 4 or 5 eggs a week each. They are having winter hols at the moment, so few eggs. Haven't had any from them for about 3 weeks. Some...