Our girls love the rain and will look like drownded rats! but if the rain gets too bad they will find shelter.

Aww, they are pretty

Hay is not so good for hens, as it can be dusty and have mould spores

Thank you, what would you suggest to use instead?

We use hay that we get from the local farm. We did use straw at one point but we found when cleaning out the poop we would be throwing away most of the straw!! We are trying shredded paper for now, just until we can get to the farm shop for more hay. The shredded paper seems fine for our girls.

Hi All, Sorry not been on for ages! Since getting our 2 girls in June (Brownie and Cluck) this year has been a busy one and a lot has been going on with the chickens. Brownie and Cluck started laying within a week of getting them then we were given another chicken, as our neighbour thought she was a...

Mothernature, sorry to of pinched your thread here.

Thanks for that Mo. Our customers would be neighbours and work colleges really. Ive not asked Family to pay although they have said that they would be willing to pay.

Aww your girls are looking well, thanks for sharing with us

Lorna, that picture was taken a couple of weeks ago, the chickens did get to some of the wild flowers and destroyed them. But hey ho i was expecting it, having chickens.

You mean the grass?? lol or the wild flowers??
We have plenty of Grass as have a longish garden

Paul and I are new to chicken keeping. We got our first 2 girls about a month now. We intend to have 4 all together. The kids have named the chickens as Cluck and Brownie http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab212/madbug77/chickens/petsmayjune030.jpg We got them on the Saturday and the following Frida...

Awww they are so cute

Here's our chicken coop. we would like four girls

Thanks for that. No i don't have a cockerel, i was just wondering really. And we always remove the eggs as soon as we see them.

My dog is called Millie as i just love the name

Sorry if this question has already been asked before, i have looked on the forum but can't seem to find anything.
My question is: When a chicken lays an egg how long is it until they get broody and will sit on the egg? As soon as we see an egg to take it out anyway, but i was just wondering really.