Hi all, Thank you for your replies. I think I will try and stick with him at the moment and try to keep the coop as dark as possible. I dont really want to go down the box route as I would feel really bad (not his fault he turned out to be a boy ) Maybe I am worrying over nothing, there are other ch...

Hi, Happy new year to you all. Could I pick your brains please? In October I bought 4 orpington hens from a lady who could no longer look after them. 1 buff and 3 gold laced which she said were bantams ( buff is, not to sure of the others yet) They are lovely and were well looked after but younger t...

More symptoms have begun to show themselves and i have a horrible feeling i am dealing with a case of Mareks.She is showing wing paralysis.her head is pulled round to the left,she is still wobbling all over and although she is still eating i know the prognosis is poor..... I think without doubt the...

poor chooks, i know they look tatty when moulting, but we got ours for their personalities not their eggs, the eggs are a real bonus dont know what any one else thinks !!!!! I totally agree, mine are also pets. Out of 20 chickens I'm lucky if I get 3 or 4 eggs a day and one of those is from a banta...

Maggie1 wrote:Same here. Looking out onto the mountains you couldn't pay for that view.

Sounds gorgeous Maggie.

I have fields to the front and one of the Norfolk Broads, approx 2 mins walk behind me.

Lyn

Not much difference really then. Not really, I'm not quite ready to fit 900 litres in the tank, so was ringing round for prices, they said it is due to go up daily, but that could be their way of getting us to buy now. Unfortunately whatever the price is it has to be paid. Joys of living in a villa...

Just had our tank filled up ready for winter. We got 712 litres for €570.00 with VAT. Thats £503. How does that compare with UK prices. We've also paid about £84 for our turf to burn which will last us way past winter. How does that compare with UK. Hi, just had a quote for 900 litres, just over £5...

Hi,

As the others have said Grey one Speckledy, not sure on the white one, but the ginger one looks the same as my Babcock with the white tail feathers, i also have a calder ranger which has black tail feathers.

Lyn

Hi, I know what you mean by not enough chickens, I started with 5 and am now up to 20!! I have orpies and light sussex and can thoroughly recommend them, although I would go for 3 girls rather than two, or better still, two of each . Mine mix really well, but then I did get some of them at the same ...

madmum wrote:Que? Steve+confused+?
Thanks silverback i love spekledys but i cant find any near me!
Coco

Hi Madmum,

I have sent you a pm as I know of somewhere with speckeldys but not sure if I can say so on here.

Lyn

Hi, I lost 6 young orpingtons to Mareks in pretty quick succession and before knowing what it was I introduced 2 Marans to the coop/run which I was assured had been vacinated ( from a different breeder but thats another story) needless to say I also lost one of them approx 2 weeks after the last orp...

Hi Madmum,

They sound similar to one I recently bought, although I'm sure she hasnt got feathered toes (I'll have another look tomorrow).

She has a tuft on her head, hence her name Molly Mullet. She is a Skyline and lays blue eggs.

Lyn

I would say out of all of mine the loudest are the Light Sussex especially after laying an egg. I agree, my light sussex almost yodels after laying an egg, and god forbid you should open the nesting box while she's in it! However, both my Bovan nera blacktails, and my Speckeldys, are proper ladies,...

Hi Hester,

I have Orpingtons, Light Sussex and various hybrids.

I would say out of all of mine the loudest are the Light Sussex especially after laying an egg.

Lyn

Hi, I also work at a school, so my lot have also been spending a lot more time freeranging. I also have a large walk in run which they are in when I'm not around. Approx 2 weeks before I go back to work I cut down on the amount of time they are out, so it isn't too much of a shock when they have to ...