Before we got Percy we were both under the mistaken impression that rabbits were lovable furry creatures that were friendly, quiet and never caused any problems...well......we were wrong, never have we been so wrong, either that or we just had the misfortune to pick the only rabbit that does not me...

I've done a bit of reading re chickens and gardens - I love my plants too much to give them absolute free reign and have experience of the destructive capabilities of four rabbits allowed total free reign last Autumn! My plan was to fence of my raised beds and patio when I grow a lot of food plants ...

Hi two things . My rabbit lives with the flock . maybe you could put some chickens in with the rabbit . Next if you rescue a chicken it is still alive being spoiled by you which has got to be better than in a bread coated bucket . Worse case would be adrive out for me to re home them ...... Bob I s...

Thank you for the replies, they do help. I really, really want to do this - I have been planning my chickens for over 2 years but have had to wait until I moved here and got sorted out. I've looked at the map - I'm outside the coloured areas which is good I guess but it all feels like a lottery as t...

I'm a prospective new chicken keeper - obviously I'm holding off atm until things are a little clearer regarding avian flu but I'm getting more and more confused by the DEFRA rules. I was directed to this on another forum today: m" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclic...

I know how you feel and always hate to see an animal in distress (or even just lonely or not being looked after really, really well) which is how I've ended up with six cats and what was four rabbits but is now very sadly just two. Hope you sort things, sounds like you'd be a good animal sanctuary r...

How confusing for everyone. As a prospective chicken keeper I've been following this closely - looking at that map I'm outside of a high risk zone. Does this mean I could buy hens now? Not going to yet as I don't have a coop, just a covered walk in run ATM, but theoretically would establishments out...

Some favourites recommended to me by the bunny foraging queen Twigs Way ( she has a book on the subject) are hawthorn (really plentiful here and they love it), willow and rosebay willowherb, cleavers, blackberries and cow parsley ( just watch you don't pick anything poisonous as a few nasties look l...

It's so sad, poor things. Very worrying as well for chicken people.

Percy is spectacular! Love the picture of him in between the frozen bottles, I also do this with my bunnies. I have three - Bella the slightly stroppy (I think stroppy is a rabbit thing!) English x lionhead house bunny and Dennis and Betty who are a Dutch brother and sister pair living in the garden...

For me it is to pay off debts and get myself into a position where I'll be able to afford to retire when I need to BUT it also goes a lot deeper than that. I'm uncomfortable with my previous spend spend spend lifestyle and the stupidity of buying stuff on credit cards. I feel that I fell into that l...

An automatic door opener/closer is a great idea and sounds like it would be great for my situation - the only problem is that I'd like an Omlet Eglu (second hand off eBay to stick with my plan of not buying anything new this year) to go with the Omlet Walk-in-Run I already have. Don't think Omlet ma...

Interesting that some of you don't shut the coop at all, whilst others might shut it sometime after dark - sounds like it certainly would be possible for me to do the same. I live on the edge of a village with farms, fields and woodland around me - not that that makes a difference really as foxes ev...

Does anyone have a secure walk in run and not close their hens into a coop or henhouse at night? I always understood this to be a total no no but have read several posts on another forum where people are doing this successfully. Apparently the girls put themselves to bed. I'm asking because I have a...