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I'm fortunate in that mine have over 100 ft of run with a hedge running on 3 sides. They've made their dust bath holes on one end and made their 'shady area' under the hedge at the other end, and I watch them running up and down depending on whether they want a bath or snooze in the shade. They're f...
Quite recently, we had a pair of sparrow hawks hunting our hedgerow, which is absolutely packed with sparrows, waiting to steal the chook's food as soon as my back is turned. They were amazing to watch as they hovvered and then literally dived into the hedgerow to scatter the birds. All the chooks w...
This is interesting. I have an Ark for 10 chooks (although I only have 4) and it only has 2 nesting boxes! When I had 6 girls, they still either all laid in one box, or spread themselves across the two. Having said that Olive Oyl (RIP), didnt seem to lay at all and I never found waylaid (sorry about...
Hi Mo, Thanks for your reply. I don't think she's bored, there's plenty of digging and scratching in the run, plus they have some branches/logs there too. They have a mix of grit and oyster shell, which they help themselves to. Although I think I may also throw some additional grit into the run. Ple...
Chicken eating eggs?Hi, I initially thought that we had a magpie eating our chickens' eggs. But now suspect the culprit is Elna. I found her in the nest box with yolk all over her beak. Any ideas on how to stop her doing this? and also is there a reason for it? I'm thinking about a lack of something in the diet. They h...
Sorry for not replying sooner, have not been here for a while. We used the Eradibait and it did exactly what it said on the tin. No more rats! The most effective way to use it is by filling little plastic bags (we used cling film) and shoving it down their holes. That worked best. We also used rat b...
Thanks all. Anna, something could have frightened them, though don't know what. Yesterday was the first time in nearly a year that I've had them that none of the girls were in their integral run, when I went to let them out and the first I've seen them all huddled into the same nesting box. Usually,...
Was Olive Oyl suffocated?Hi all, Last Monday morning I found poor Olive, my all time favourite chook, dead in one of the nesting boxes. She had been happy as Larry the day before. I found her with her legs slightly splayed and her head lying on the straw so thought, because she hadn't laid an egg in months, she may be egg b...
Has anyone tried Eradibait?hi all, I've been searching for a rat poison which won't harm kids, dogs, cats, chooks or any other type of non rodent wildlife and have found Eradibait (also called Eradirat & Eradimouse). Has anyone tried this stuff and did it work for them? It's around £8.50 for 500 grams which is enough to ...
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