I know you always need to be vigilant where foxes are concerned but does anyone know what months they are less likely to be a real danger to chickens?

I thought it'd keep them entertained to peck at as much as anything as they peck at everything else they see but they just don't seem to be interested My girls love raw cabbage though and if I leave them one in the morning there's just a stalk left by the time I get home. Maybe I should put a cabbag...

Oh my word how terrible for you all. I'm really sorry but can't supply any help or advice but I can imagine how devestated and helpless you must be feeling

One of our girls has suddenly decided she want's to sleep in the next box. When I've check on them the last couple of nights she's been in there and this morning there was lots of poo so I guess she's spent the night there. Is it a problem or should I just let her carry on? She is a bit of a loner a...

Hi Mike, yes it is a railway sleeper but it's well weathered and doesn't smell. We've got a few of them around the garden and the girls are up and down on them all the time when we let them out to FR It's looking tidy because it's just had it's weekly brush out. Wasn't like that 10 minutes later

After having some wood left from a job last weekend we decided to make this for the girls which we thought would keep them entertained whilst we were at work. However, it's remained untouched. Although they love the mixed corn they're obviously not fussed about the real thing http://i1311.photobucke...

Hello, I put piccies of my chicken run on the Member's Housing link last week (taken me months to work it out and get round to doing it). We bought a coop and run on the intanet and soon discovered the run was no where near sufficent for our 4 girls so before the dark nights set in last year we erre...

My girls make my day even when I'm at work and can't see them. Just thinking of their antics brings a smile to my face We let our girls out into the 'big garden' for a treat yesterday because the grass was back and they hadn't been happy with the slushy snow the day before. We have a Ranger's whose ...

Now I've got the hang of posting pictures I thought I'd send a few of the new, bigger and secure run that we made for our girls before the dark nights set in. We very soon realised that the one we'd purchase online with the coop just wasn't big enough (pic1)! http://i1311.photobucket.com/albums/s668...

Thanks Lisa

Success There'll be no stopping me now

Hi Little Brown Hen, I've been trying to follow your instructions to post a picture but I'm not having any luck My pics are in Photobucket but when I right click I get the option to 'copy LINK location' not 'copy image location' as in your instructions. This just then copies the link but no picture ...

We've had our four girls since August and it's still wonderful to see the eggs every day in the nest box. We've still been getting 4 most days all through the winter and this cold weather and snow. Obviously we must be doing things right and they're still happy, as we are with them

I've been thoroughly cleaning the coop every Sunday since we got the girls in August but to be honest there was just so much snow and it was so cold last Sunday I thought it better not to let the cold air in too much. I do poo pick every morning and add more bedding as I take some out with the poo s...

I'm a bit confused by the 'no dairy'. I get that they can't digest milk but we're encouraged to give them non bio yoghurt to help their insides. Is that not a dairy delated product??