Still found nothing better than painting vaseline all over the coop.Sometimes grease if I can get it cheap,and when I did use the modern CREOSOTE I would mix with oil after oil change on car. You have to cover everything in and out,and that includes under the steps if you have them. LUCK

We keep Laced Wyandottes for the eggs.Five give us
3-4 a day on a regular basis,plenty for us.Also have White
Faverolles,1 cockerel 2 older hens and a 5 month hen,from
which we get 2 every other day but will increase as we breed
3 or 4 more.
Enjoy don't worry.

Hello, I have found them to be just as noisy,especially when they have laid an egg.They want the whole world to know.Would not give them up for anything.As for other people complaining,if you do not have a cockerel i do not think they will get very far.You try complaining about a noisy dog,and you a...

Thank you Totally Scrambled & Manda,that
is of great help.A bit of time I will get used to
it all.Thank you again.

Frizzle

Has anybody tried for the coop,vaseline or petroleum jelly.We have used this with great success,because once caught in it they cannot get out.It is put all over the coop inside and out, in every joint,hinge and lock.Rain may wash a little off but not much.May seem expensive in the short time but las...

We have just bought a fly killer off of e-bay,the
type you find in shops.This really does a good job,
and is in part of the coop where the chickens do not
go at night so doe's not disturb them.

Hello folks, Newbie on the loose.This does not belong on here really,but have searched to frustration ( and probably missed it) I am looking to change my pass word. While I am here,I was wondering if anybody knew what it was like living with Faverolles and Chamois please. Thankyou