My chooks peck our dog, chase the neighbour's cat and catch their own mice!

chickabiddy wrote:Ps stacey I think you are great - if I win the lotto I would like to employ you as an entertainer for my birds brilliant x

Thanks.
I'd love that job full time! Better get that ticket ready!

LOL, my girls freak out at the sight of the cat basket! I'm guessing you weighed them both together then minussed the carriers weight? Couldn't think of any other way to get a chook to sit still on the scales long enough. LOL Interesting that your smallest girl isn't the lightest. When i read the th...

Wow, that's loads of chooks! I only have two at the moment. To keep my monsters occupied I've tried several things with varying degrees of success. • Shop bought pecking block - ignored • Home made pecking block with mealworms and sweetcorn - a hit • hang their cabbage or sweetcorn cob from the roof...

As chicken_house_man says - it really stinks so wear old clothes because it lingers too. To me it smells a bit like creasote and cigarettes and took three showers for me to get rid of the smell. It often works though. It can coat the feathers in a sticky brown coating so you'll know if you've put to...

I totally miss red that Steve, I thought you'd said you give pigs nails to your SISTER! D'oh, that'll teach me to read too quickly. I often give my pooch a cow hoof (From pet section in garden centre), sometimes filled with a meaty filling, sometime i smear a little peanut butter. All i do know is o...

Loving you avatar pic by the way secret squirrel! LOL

Thanks for all your kind words guys. I guess i come from an arty family really as my mum also paints (A lot of her inspiration comes from her chooks too!), my brother is a keen amateur photographer and my dad designs postage stamps for a living (He's the last chap at the bottom of this article for a...

I can draw most animals as long as the references are good enough quality. Most of the pics there on my link were commisions from friends (the german shepherd is a rather handsome and HUGE working police dog called Jake) or paintings I've enjoyed doing myself and have sold at local exhibitions.

I had my chooks on the lawn yesterday behind some wire moveable fencing. To keep the girls off my Borders and my pooch (terrier/lurcher cross) away from the girls. I heard a concerned call from the girls and rushed out to find gina,said pooch, enthustiastically munching on their chicken poop inside ...

Thanks guys, as you can see I love painting animals and birds the most... but turn my hand to emulsion or gloss if I'm so inspired! Not as fun though. LOL

Thought I'd share my passion with you guys. In my spare time I like to paint and draw. Hope the link works.



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I'd let them have feed available ad-lib.
I trust you don't have a certain Mr Roland and his ratty friends helping themselves either? then there's always the greedy woodies!

Could you get some citricidal too? It is extract of grapefruit seed and has been used for many years as a natural anti-viral to cure colds. You simply add one or two drops to a pint of water. It is a good anti-bacterial, even safe for human use too so I'd guess you could buy some in a health food sh...

My girls turned their beaks up at pellets too.
Mash all the way now

If you have a feeder with the little dividers (Like spokes of a wheel) it shoud be harder for them to 'hoik' the food out