So it's ok to buy some carrots and store them in the fridge until needed and use them for my own use and give a few to the chooks, but I can't give them the scrapings off the ones I use because that then constitutes scraps? How on earth can giving the chooks food scraps that would otherwise have bee...

Is it just chickens that you are not allowed to bury in the garden? Reason I ask is that our garden is absolutely full of our pets that have passed away over the years. In fact it was full before we even moved here. We actually had the CID out to examine bucket fulls of bones that we had kept findin...

I think I pamper mine a bit too much. They are on the decking under the marquee, so can't get wet at all. Even under the paving slabs, I've laid a tarp so any rain that falls on the decking outside the marquee, can't seep up between the slabs to make their sawdust and straw wet. They do like a nosey...

At last!!! Now there is somewhere else for me to throw the snails rather than over the fence into my neighbours garden....oops, did I say that out loud ?

We buy the mini corn cobs (fresh) from Tesco, and I always make sure they get one each or there is one hell of a squabble. Only thing is I have to hide them behind my back until I'm right up to the door or they are climbing up the wire in their stampede to get first pickings. Half an hour later ther...

Check out your local freecycle group and see if anyone is offering any paving slabs or anything that would help. Even ask on there for what you are looking for. Be polite (not suggesting you wouldn't) as more people are likely to help out those who are polite rather than those who just state a list ...

Weirdly enough, since posting the above, we did try to see if she needed to be sick again but there was nothing. Also, very strangely, her crop had gone right down (in size not as in moved), which was really strange as it was quite big earlier. She still eats as normal and comes to me as normal when...

My poor Nugget is still suffering from sour crop. We tried helping her to be sick several times. She was, and it lessened the large squidginess of her crop. We gave her maggots which she loved, but she still has it. She's not laid for over 10 days now and her crop is once again large and squidgy and...

You and your minging egg!!! I dreamt about the bloomin thing all night! Even woke up retching at one point! Someone show me some pretty little lambs dancing in the daisy's or something....images of fairy cakes, the seaside....ANYTHING to get the vision of that minging egg out of my mind.....please!

Feed them the spider

erm....could someone pass me the sick bucket please

I'm sure you will be fine with them, and you will get lots of support from everyone here. I'd personally be inclined to mention (in boss's ear shot) how much extra work it is since taking on his brother's chickens as well as your own. "We never planned to have that many so we've had to.....&quo...

Awwww RIP Vicky Pollard

Sounds good and good website. I thought my layers pellets were cheap at £7.50 a bag but theirs are even cheaper. Wish they were closer to me.