lucy I am the proud new owner of 3 lovely hens, however I feel much like I did when they sent me home from the hospital with my new baby .... where are the instructions? I figure that they will mostly look after themselves, however I would welcome some advice from you more experienced guys out ther...

adewalton 22.04.07 Hi, Was hoping you peeps could help me with this? We have 4 quails - we wanted to know what they live / sleep in? Our quails are in with our 4 black rock hens - they have their house of course, this is 3' off the floor with a ladder upto it. The quails never seem to go in it day ...

Verity Baker 23.04.07 There was a thread on this, but I can't find it now! What does the average softy give their hens as a treat? Ours love wild bird seed now and then, but all ideas gratefully considered! Wendy Hi Verity, Rice, spaghetti, meal worms, porridge.A dozen and one things I can't rememb...

Gareth Fletcher 18.04.07 Hi All, Okay so tonite I collect the eggs and one of them has blood streaked on it...I notice that Aggie has blood marks on her tail feathers. I guess sometimes laying eggs can rip the hen a bit? (sorry this sounds awful)...should I be concerned or is this normal in Hen wor...

Emma 21.04.07 Ok so hugely daft question, having used wood preservative on the outside of the coop (I'm spotty with it ) should I put it inside too? It's clean and sound, and I don't mind doing the painting,but will it be of any use? Thanks for any advice, Emma Wendy Why not, I do mine with white e...

ilenny I 'm looking for black rock chickens and have been offered as a ideal subsitute fenning blacks. Is this a good comprimise??? Mo I'd never heard of them but you had me interested, so I googled " Hens Fenning Black" and , as well as a breeder (do you suppose he's from Fenning Sussex?...

Black Rock 19.04.07 My 6 Black Rocks have been with me now for 6 weeks, they all get on well together and live in a pen about 12 foot long and as wide as their house about 3 foot. As they were about 10 weeks old when I got them I assume they are now at point of lay 16 weks. My question is, I have a...

Lynsey Nichole Barrett 18.04.07 Hi to all My Name is Lynsey....I have frequently browsed your messages, Please can anyone help...Me & my Boyfriend recently bought 6 battery hens directly from the battery farm approx three weeks ago...all were lacking feathers but seemed to perk up within a week...

jodi 18.04.07 Hi from Australia Just built our first chook run, 8m x 11m with a 2.5m x 2.5m house going up within. We have heavy duty chicken mesh, 1m high then a further 1m of lower gauge wire above that - to make the fence 2m high all around. We will also put heavy duty wire on the ground, coming...

Sylvie How many hens does each cockerell need to keep the peace in the hen run, new young cockerell looking wonderful has joined my brood Richard I've only had cockerels once - by accident (thought the chicken had a funny cluck one morning at about 6am! ). I think 'the norm' is up to about ten hens...

Emma 17.04.07 Hi everyone, My husband and I are working slowly towards keeping chickens. We're in the process of securing our garden and are getting to know a local breeder. We've brought a 2nd hand chicken coop and run (my afternoons are spent brushing and scrapping the thing!) but from what I rea...

ilenny 16.04.07
All chickens firing on all cylinders and a joy to have around.
I would just like to say thankyou to all who gave me advice when i first setup. I'm sure i will have other questions in the near future and look forward to your kind support.

Petheaven 15.04.07 Separating my skinny little featherless chicken from the bullies has worked and she is thriving. But she seems to be very hungry. I'm just feeding layers mash-available all day, and then corn and rice as treats. I tried introducing greens but they all had runny poops so have stop...

max 15.04.07 The girl that wasn't laying has now laid twice but both were soft shelled. Should i be concerned? Mo They often take a while to get it co-ordinated. Soft shells / mini-eggs with shell but no yolk etc. Richard Hi, I've had a few as well. Like Mo says, should be all OK. Richard

max I got my first 2 chickens on Wednesday. The lady i got them from said they were about 20 weeks old. One girl has produced an egg every day since getting her but the other, nothing as yet. When is she likely to start and when should i be concerned that she hasn't? Thank you Sam Hi Max I heard th...