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I got my three girls 6 weeks ago. I am not sure how old they were, probably 14 / 15 weeks or so. I got my first egg last weekend and 2 of the three are now laying, yet I had expected it wouldn't happen till spring, so a nice surprise. Mine had very little comb but after weeks of it looking no differ...
Re: will boiled up apples be ok for my hens
Won't boiling up your hens put them off their food a bit?
Oh... you ladies are definitely cunning. We were walking around a garden centre and came across a coop for sale. On seeing it, my OH suggested chickens out of the blue and set those little cogs off in my mind. I started building the coop and looked over the fence to see what the racket was and saw t...
I am in the market for a decent feeder. I bought a galvanised drinker, but they only had plastic feeders, so I wanted a metal one. I have seen the round ones that are similar the drinker and can be hung up and also the trough ones which have a grid over them. The round one would fit better and I wou...
Corn crazy.......What have I started?I was giving my pullets a few grains of corn and wheat for a treat each day. Then I had the bright idea of mixing a bit in with the layers pellets. Big mistake....! They quickly learned it was in there and threw out all the pellets to eat the corn, tipped it over and attacked it till the whole conte...
I had a look at one of these in a local garden centre and toyed with the idea of getting one, before nicking the general design and doing my own slightly bigger version. I did see the base lifted out when I looked over it, but assumed it hadn't been fully assembled for show. The easiest solution is ...
Yep, ours barks at every dog too. Most ignore him but the odd one will have a go back. We found he was actually totally different off the lead. As mad as it sounds, but he never barks at other dogs when he is off the lead and just does the sniffing and weighs them up and it's always been a friendly ...
Hi Jo68 Yes, he is a long haired Jack Russell. With people and kids he is such a softy and well behaved. But, other dogs, cats and anything else he is a typical terrier. I therefore wasn't sure how he would react. He has had a week of sniffing them at the coop and seems to have accepted them as a re...
Thanks for the info... Worms.... yes, they are having a bit of a field day there. They are finding loads and it seems to be the light sussex who drops the odd sloppy one. She is also the greedy one that steals any worms the others find, before they get chance to get a proper hold! They all seem fine...
Many thanks. Well they have settled in really well so far. They seem very happy and are warming to us and will now come and eat from our hands, rather than running a mile. Still a bit too early for any eggs, but plenty of time for that. They are also putting themselves to bed and all huddle up toget...
Yes, my 5 year old has named them: Snowy - no prizes for who that is, Rocky (blackrock) and Bluebelle..............er the Bluebelle. Still he has at least given them names that are relevant! We were in danger of having various cartoon related names before we got them. I'm not sure at hen named postm...
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