I've used Jeyes fluid to good effect but ignored all the instructions on the tin and (donning protective gear first!) used it neat soaked into a rag and applied direct to the little blighters, end of the perches and other crannies. It takes two or three days of repeated treatment but it has been pre...

Oooh, check the ingredients on the cat food ... could be some chicken in there somewhere. Grim!

On the grounds that it is all veggie and that garlic is meant to be good for deterring worms, mine get past-its-best humous occasionally. That has got to be one of their favourites, along with porridge, rice, sweetcorn, grapes, weetabix, pasta, etc. They don't get excited about green veg but that mi...

Ours like walking about in downpours as well. I did draw the line during last week's torrential rain and rounded them up to sit under cover with which they were less than impressed. I had to do something - I could see bare skin through their bedraggled feathers. Incidentally I must have looked a pic...

I've tried this when I couldn't get hold of any straw and I wouldn't do it again. It turned very papier mache like at the bottom of the coop once it had been trampled on with wet muddy hen feet. They also managed to spread it all around the garden. Then again that was during a very wet spell and it ...

Do you not use Verm-X wormer? It is all plant based - the ingredients are given in Latin so I'm not sure exactly what but I think garlic and cinnamon are used. Smells really nice as well.

We've recently had this same problem and decided to shut them into the house overnight, rather than, as you say, let them come out into the run as soon as they want. It seems to have worked - either the dark has kept them quiet or the house has muffled the noise. They are now let out at 7.00am rathe...