Hi, if your hut is sat direcly on the flags and the damp is on the floor and around the bottom of the sides it sounds like rising damp. Any rain which will fall onto the flags will bounce back up onto the sides and soak into the wood it wouls also seep underneath. Raising the hut up should reduce th...

Welcome along the Walk-in-Run looks great

Hi tiddles1

OMG it took a while but proved to be simple in the end. Just click on the link below and follow the instructions and you wont go far wrong but if you do have any probs msg me and i will help you out

http://www.downthelane.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12564

we've only just got our first 4 girls on Monday. We wanted 6 but due to cost could only afford 4. However an opportunity has arrisen in that we can get another 2. the coop is plenty big enough to accomodate and the run is being extended and will be complete in a couple of days. My question is when i...

I get all my wood chip from the council (grounds and park maintenance) you turn upto the yard and help yourself to as much as you like when you like and its all free. You will also be supprised at what else you can get from there, i just got 15 - 20m of chicken wire 900mm wide and enough 3x2 to buil...

yes they stay in there most of the time and go outside under supervision the small fence is to keep the dog away until they are settled. The small fence is only temp as iam making a bigger enclosed run for them next week all from free materials that will keep chooks in and more importantly preditors...

Lets try that again

Hi all here is a pic as it looks so far. Ive just been to my local council yard to get some bags of wood chippings (all free of course) when i spotted a timber framed structure covered in chicken wire the manager said we could have all that for free aswell as we want to extend the run to where the s...

Hi

Im certainly no expert but it sounds like youve done every thing you can for the night. With the description of the wound it sounds more like a tear than anything else good luck at the vets keep us all informed.

So sorry to hear your bad news

Hi guys

Yes ive got some pics i will upload some shortly. Ive got 4 girls 2 White Sussex - Annie and Ruby and 2 Black Rock - Xena and Goldie.
We got them on Monday and they have already graced us with 5 eggs

Hi I did at first think she was having a dust bath but the noise she was making made me think she was ready to lay. when i put her in the nest box she got all the bedding sorted and sat there for about 45 mins which is not like her at all hence her name Xena after the warrior princess (she is a Blac...

Hi Guys I was put off keeping chickens due to the cost of start up, but after alot of looking around and a few kind words to people we have managed to build a coop and run measuring 6m2 for the grand total of nothing . I did have to sacrifice part of my shed though but the girls are worth it. All th...

Hi guys

Thanks for the warm welcome and thanks for putting my mind at ease i can sleep easy tonight knowing my girl is ok .

Hi all Im new to all this so please be gentle. We have just got our first girls on Monday afternoon 2 white sussex and 2 black rock, this is the first time we have kept chickens. To date we have had 5 eggs from our girls 3 on Monday and 2 today so far which is more than i was expecting this early af...