I wanted the sanitiser for the areas in the run which the girls have scratched up. Would Jeyes Fluid do as well?

When I looked Stalosan F up on the internet, I came upon a site with photos of gypsy hen huts! Amazing!

OH decorates gypsy carts, bowtops, etc as a hobby, right up his street.

Couldn't get any Stalosan F at the animal feed store today. Are there any alternatives? I did wonder about the safety of Jeyes Fluid, or will I be kicked off the site? Have bought some corn on the cob today - I am unsure whether to cook it before giving it to them. OH said "is this for us or fo...

I agree, it is so great! I come on every few hours, just to have a read, and look at advice and photos.

Grit is on the shopping list for the morning, but as I view the now semi-naked run, I am wondering if there is a product I can use to sanitise it. I am picking up the poo when I am around, clearing the overnight poo daily, but wonder about the soil, and if it should be treated. Korgscrew - I wonder ...

I will get the grit tomorrow when we go to shop. OH seems to think they will get grit from the soil! Thank you for your replies.

Our girls are now in their fourth day with us. They are an absolute delight. They spend most of their day scratching up the grass in their run, the "lawn" is getting smaller and smaller. Yesterday OH made a new shelter for them. The original was their gateway to escape, so had to be re-des...

Thanks Steve. Will leave the technical side to OH. We thought we had deleted the duplicate picture, but it is still there!

http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx228/tedyates_photos/hens/hens3.jpg http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx228/tedyates_photos/hens/hens3.jpg Not sure how many photos have come through, OH's first attempt. Here are our girls in their new home. Minor adjustments have already been made, and the out...

Just to answer a previous question. Our fence is six feet high. Another query, though I see someone has asked it this morning. We now have a photo of two of our girls in the run, it is now in photobucket, but we do not know how to get it onto this site. There was a thread a short while ago about how...

Thanks for the advice re aviary netting. I have two questions. As we now have two newly laid eggs, can we eat them? They were laying at my cousins, but OH has read somewhere that you have to wait a day or two before eating. I hope not, scrambled egg was on the menu for lunch! Also, I see that some o...

Just clipped a wing on each hen. Cleaned up the poo, and to our amazement, there were two eggs.

We have let the girls out again, and keeping a check on them to see if the extra safety precautions have worked!

No photos yet.

We nearly only had two girls an hour ago. Despite pea netting, and wire mesh, one of the little dears got out. I heard a cackling, and hoping it was an egg, went to see, only finding two girls in the run. One had flown onto the outside shelter, and from there winged her way to the workshop roof, and...

Thanks, Manda. We are keeping them strictly apart! For all their sakes!

Just going to check on them.....

We collected our three girls from my auntie's daughter's farm yesterday teatime. We had been to a vintage rally, so the caravan was bumping away on the back, and the car was full to the hilt with gear. We had asked for three, been told we were getting four, but only three came home with us, so I did...

Thank you both for your quick replies. Only five days to go now, and we get our hens.