Isn't it great having a bit of sunshine on a day off work , and being able to spend time outdoors. Naughty ginger ninjas ... , mine try to catch the long laces on my mud caked boots, they think they're very fat swingy worms

Mine too have had a nice bit of dustbathing in the sun today , it's lovely to see their pure enjoyment rolling in the dry sandy dirt...about the only dry bit in the garden under some trees, love the way they sprint to be first through the gap and down into the sand Congratulations on Dorcas and Dais...

And a Happy New Year from us all to all you Laners and Chickens I started lurking around here earlier last year before I got my 4 ex-batts in the May & June 2012 rehomings. My first two , Elsie (behaves like a 'regular' hen - if there is such a thing) and Florrie (now renamed Miss Houdini ), wer...

Hi, just came across an absolute pile of pine cones and wondering if anyone knows if they would be ok to throw in the quagmire that was once my walk in run ?? Thought they may absorb a little bit of the yucky mud but didn't want the girls to be trying to eat them !! Anyone else use them ? Thanks, We...

Awwww, lovely to see them enjoying their dinner !! Nice to see that your 'adoptee', sorry, forgot her name, the white one, is part of the group of as well

Oh dear, thought I was looking at my run in the pics until I saw the wellies , and then the deeper puddles. How horrible it is at the moment but not as bad as yours , I can't even begin what else to suggest, looks like you've tried everything. Think I would be tempted to build an new floor with pall...

So sorry about your little hen , i'm dreading the time that this happens to one of mine

Hi , same here as well, mud up to the chickens eyeball's But not a lot to be done about it with this rain. Their run is covered but it's still getting in. Gave the girls a treat today and let them run around the lawns, at least they had clean feet for a couple of hours OH just been to lock the coop ...

Awww, well done

and what a beautiful colour

well, the rain has stopped here, for now, but how on earth i'm going to dispose of all the smelly clogged straw/mud etc that has been scraped out of the run i don't know. The girls have luckily been able to potter about under a few trees and dustbathe today but it's the first proper dry area they've...

and beautiful girl as well , who said brains and beauty don't mix

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-s_a4Z-5DYcs/UNTp5b8sT1I/AAAAAAAAAS8/3c4rM6lOfvw/s512/Bless%2520christmas%2520lights.jpg?gl=GB I could have grown a full head of hair the length of time it has took me to upload this pic and I can't even get Picasa to upload the 'before' pic. Ths is the after pic o...

my ex batts were a pleasure to keep and actually taught me so much about hen keeping to boost my confidence and deal with most aspects of hen keeping, around the same time as i found the forum aswell which gave me the physical techniques to deal with hens coops /runs /vets/meds etc and then i moved...

Hi , my silkie cross has me worried at the moment. She went broody quite a few weeks ago -as in sat in the nest box all the time for a week or so until i managed to replace her with a football since then she doesn't go in the nest box but just finds a quiet corner to cuddle up in. She eats and drink...

chicks&cats wrote:Sorry to hear your news about your Wilma May 2013 bring you a year of health, happiness and new chicks

chicks&cats said it all