Lyn, It took me 2 years to get my first girls - i think i had read any book i could get my hands on i looked at this forum for about 7 months prior to getting them and just lurked in the shadows for months after i got them - i have been thinking of adding to the original girls since i got them and h...

well done you and fingers crossed hope some of your luck rubs off

I knew urban foxes are bold but wow !! just read your thread to OH we are shocked hope you kids are ok and fingers crossed they don't get any more of you chooks before you get your new compound sorted

Nightmare - Got up at 7 this morning to make sure there was no blood shed over night - there wasn't but since the girls have come out the noise is beyond belief - my originals are all huddled in one corner shouting their lungs out - Maude who has never made a loud noise in the time we have had her i...

Wigan not too bad was about -4 lastnight, had a ciuple of days with freezing rain and lots of icy mornings but think the roof on the run is protecting the coop only had frozen water in the drinker once last week, not had any snow think the pennines are protecting us at moment - was laughing with OH ...

Well we went to pick up the girls - ended up with 4 so flock is now 9 - they have been free a couple of weeks so not as bad as my first ex batts - can't believe how little they look next to my other girls - just put them all to bed will go and check in a few minutes to see if they have all settled d...

Just made the phone call to Allison at lucky hen rescue in Wigan and reserved 3 girls to add to my 5 i got last April - just getting the boxes ready and going to shoot over in the car to collect them I'm so excited - OH agreed this morning and said they are my valentines pressie

I had the same prob with Vera a while ago - yes the stuff for horses is the right stuff, i use to mix a spoonfull in with a warm mash for a couple of days in the evening until the eggs had a firmer shell, it doesn't really make a big difference to the normal shells I found they were just a bit bumpy...

Must admit Saz my girls have been known to pinch buttys out of our hands when we've been sat in the garden - funny thing Vera much prefers brown bread and loves the crust's Maude on the other hand loves a bit of soft white and won't touch crusts

i mix a teaspoon of dried garlic in their warm mash or cloves in their drinker - the vampires stay away from my coop too seriously i read it helps them fight colds and has other health properties don't know about the worm prevention

My Mums cousin who is a spritley 74 as just started working (unpaid) 2 days a week at a local hospice charity shop she speaks highly of the management and other volunteers she got me a vase but paid what it was priced at - we tend to donate our unwanted clothes to salvation army they have a homless ...

So excited - Ian (OH) went to feed place we use for pellets and meal worms and was pricing their rolls of chicken wire when a little old guy - fellow chicken keeper asked him what he wanted it for he explained we need to fill in the top half of the Walk-in-Run between fence and roof as we have big l...

so sorry night night little Daz

Hi Helen, I worked out in a year i could afford a £2500 all inclusive 5* holiday to a lovely hotel in Lanzarote if i don't smoke - so it might be frugal Feb but come July it will be spend spend spend well only if I can talk OH round so if I can guess where I'm going !!! half of it will be paid for t...

Started to cut down been spending way way too much - about £45- £60 per week for 2 adults and a 13 year old tend to do the sasda thing and shop for 2 weeks do a lot of batch cooking on the weekends cottage pies, casseroles, chilli, bolognaise sauce etc freeze it then take it out in the morning so ju...