Henry, the cockerel is now 9 months old, he has so far not been the most dominant of males, however, in the last few days he has taken a dislike to Bubbles, the Bluebelle. The other girls can snatch food from his beak without a backward glance..... but poor Bubbles, she only need glance at him,and h...

What a great job, and you don't mess around
I'm now giving my OH the evil eye , and wish he would get on with my great plans of extending my girls roaming area!

Beccy x

LittleBrownFrog wrote:I'm not sure why you're bothering with the new run ... why not just put a roof over the whole garden and be done with it?

Beccy x

Hello

Beccy x

Love your set up, and just love their names . I got my girls (and boy ) at 7 weeks, and it was great watching them develop and grow, even more exciting when they laid their first egg....and yes it was worth the wait

Beccy x

jackian wrote:How exciting ..My OH half is the same .His girls,loves the eggs ,loves watching them ,made the Walk-in-Run ...but ... My girls when it comes to letting them out in the morning , scrubbing the coups ,poop scooping each day ...

Sounds like my OH

MissEllie wrote:I have one who does a mean impression of a dead chicken, she likes to keep me on my toes!!

thats what thought, when i first witnessed the girls dust bathing, sprawled out, body at weird angle, I thought they were dead!

Beccy x

Hi, and welcome to the mad world of chicken keeping

Hi, and welcome to the mad world of chicken keeping

What a lovely coop, gorgeous colour, and I just love the , even if there are some cynics out there, I'm sure the girls will love looking at them

Beccy x

Lovely, what a great colour, and I just love the flowers

Beccy x

Thanks for all your replies . I now need to source the fencing

Beccy x

they really do break your hearts, I lost my Daisy to cancer three years ago, and I light a candle every year on 5th September x

I currently have a Walk-in-Run 16ft x 10ft approx, at the back of my garden. The area surrounding it is not used for anything, as I have a large oak tree which takes all the water from the ground, so no grass grows, however, weeds do very well I would like to develop this area as a free range area f...

All of the plant/tree is poisonous, pretty when in flower, but not sure I would want one in my garden. You could maybe ask your neighbour if you could cut the tree back, so its not hanging over into your garden, and having a roof on your run may help. Good luck with your venture

Beccy