so sorry r.i.p roxy

so sorry luna but as you and others have said she had a good life with you given what poor ex batts have been through her life with you would have been paradise rest in peace flo

more lovely piccies(apart from the one with maggot salad eewww)love the one of your cat being a tart laid in the sun reminds me of my cats(and dog)

i really love reading peoples chicken keeping diary's iv not yet started my chicken keeping adventure but im learning a lot from here and you've done a great job painting your coop im still having trouble deciding between a wood or plastic coop i know plastic is easier to look after but i think wood...

can automatic door openers be used on omlet eglu and cube?

hi bev iv really enjoyed reading your chicken keeping diary,im glad they are doing ok(apart from one of them pulling feathers from the others)after your earlier losses this chicken keeping thing can be heart breaking and im dreading getting my own as i can still remember sobbing uncontrolably when m...

its lovely seeing your ex-batts thriving i often read about ex-batts becoming ill and passing away soon after they are rescued they have had such terrible lives before rescue its lovely when i see then running about enjoying themselves

hi lisa iv really enjoyed reading your diary and looking at the photo's of your gorgeous girls and iv shed a tear or 2 when you have lost some of them you have really been put through the wringer but hopefuly things will now start to look up for you and your girls and hopefuly soon the poorly ones w...

I think this is a problem of people with no experience of chickens buying eggs to hatch from fleebay for their kids and then when they realise they are male and they don't want cockrels the panic and dump them.i here it all the time people hatching eggs for fun and not thinking about the consiquences

the fencing is now finished and is looking great(i think another good gust of wind and the old one would have been in a heap on the ground)we paid a bit more for one with concrete posts and gravel boards as it should last a lot longer.the old trees and shrubs have been removed and the garden levelle...

hi everyone iv been wanting to keep a few chickens for ages iv bought a few books,subscribed to a couple of magazines and had a good look round on the internet doing research im still stumped on which coop to go for I like the look of wood but most people who have had wood and plastic swear by plast...

iv got someone coming to sort out our garden tomorrow so i can start my veggie patch just got to clear the shrubs and large conifers,put up new fencing and level the area and then i will be ready for my raised beds and my chickens its been a long wait so im really excited(does'nt take much to get me...