Hi hayley. Lucky you getting exbats. When I got mine I left the coop door open straight away and they did come into the run, they did let me pick them up , not afraid of me at all . I think because they are not use to seeing humans with being in the cages, they dont develope a fear of us. Or I was j...

Two men and my OH took the coop apart today,its a shed, When they picked up the floor which is quite heavy, I couldnt belive my eyes, the rats had lined the whole of under the floor on the slabs(if you no what I meen)with straw from the coop. I did read on here that the coop has be be higher up. but...

Hi becatk, Welcome to the forum Is it her first egg, if so it could be from the straining to get it out, apart from that i dont know, cause Ive never had it happen. But one thing you must do is seperate her from the others,but where they can still see each other, they love blood and wont leave it al...

Hi Dee123 Welcome to the forum As Wendy says dont clip their wings, I cliped mines when I got them because I wasnt on the forum and I thought every one did it, but I didnt clip again after the moult.They seem to fly down better than up without cliped wings.

km77 sorry to tell you this but if its ordenery chicken wire, even wraped round loads of times its not fox proof, it has to be weild mesh. Although foxes will strike in the day they are more likely to strike at night, and if your pop hole is open Make sure your run is secure before you leave the pop...

I agree with Kate, they do like to stratch around all the time, so put the slabs on the outside. What we (well OH) did was the put the run pannels standing on the slabs, with most of the slab on the outside. I dont think foxes would dig under it.

that green plastic garden netting is cheap, wilcos sell it, that would be good to cover the top of the fun with, and easy to do with some twine to tie it on with.The ravens wouldn't land on it because they would know that they could get their legs stuck.

They are so cute, its great to see chickes with their mummy.

They are wonderfull pets arnt they, Pearl is lovely Joan, well done. If you have a bar-b-q and they are out of the run in the garden it will REALY be fun and games.HaHa

WOW happychick, how lucky you have been. It all sounds nornal to me

Oh Wendy, I am so sorry for you. You will have your lovely memories of her, and you gave her a long life of paradise from the hell she was living.

Good idea Orfy, a good little tip.

Hi DustyDog, Mine use to come into the house when OH was at work, I didnt mind it, so I never bothered to do anything. But I did hear that if you put a string door up, for some reason they dont pass through it. The string door I mean are thoes you see on caravans to keep out flies.They come in diffe...

Hi delshar, welcome to the forum Has she been eating a lot of veg, that can give them the runs. But as she is other wise ok, I wouldnt worry. Just keep an eye on her and get back if you are still worried. If you can, see what her poo is like in the morning after she has been to sleep, my quess is th...

Meg, Its not as bad as it sounds tipping her up. Hold her over a bucket and tip her gently forward, Some of the fluid will come out, only hold her for a couple of seconds tipped up and wait a couple of muinets and do it again. She will feel better for it, but you have to do it quite often. But takin...