Hi Jannie, Don't worry the water isn't that colour! We bought some second hand feeders from a local man who was clearing his aviary. They were a bit stained despite our scrubbing with bottle brushes, but we sterilised them with Milton tablets before giving them to the birds, and the water is complet...

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_uF1vddxFoSg/S8ryNbyIWvI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/j8cydDLHZ_s/s400/015.JPG These are our three Light Sussex hens on the day we brought them home in April. They look so clean in this photo. Now they have spent their days rolling around in the flower beds I'm afraid they don't look quite so c...

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uF1vddxFoSg/TE8iWKcn93I/AAAAAAAABdk/LUi3DgzsNj8/s400/002.JPG Here is the run we have built for our three girls which adjoins the shed that they can enter through a pophole They also have a 6ft x 4 ft area inside the shed. The end is separated off for some of our quail. As our ...

How awful for you. I really hope she turns up safe and well. Jane.



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What lovely photos. They look like they are having a wonderful time. Jane






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Mine love mealworms and sun flower seeds but their very favourite is scrambled quail eggs. I'm sure they can smell it cooking as when I walk up the garden with it they nearly knock me over! Jane.












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Hi Sue, Bettie has offered you brilliant advice that I can't really improve on. I just wanted to reassure you as I have hatched lots of CPQs, in an incubator though as our hens do exactly the same thing, start of very enthusiastically then get fed up, and they are much hardier than they look. I'm su...

Thank you all very much for your replies. I feel so much happier just being reassured! I'll just keep doing what I am doing and give her more treats, she does love meal worms. I feel as if I can just enjoy her again, broody or not she'll be alright in the end! I've learnt a lot already, I should hav...

Hi Everyone, Our Light Sussex Hen Hetty who we bought in April at Point-of-Lay has been broody for eight weeks. We have been taking her out of the shed in the morning at about 10 o'clock when the other hens have finished laying and leaving her locked out in the run or the garden until they go in at ...