Hi, thank you for all your replies. I know which two is was, and my son said perhaps they were surprised when it appeared and went to investigate, as I got it cleaned up before they could get a taste hopefully all will be well. Fingers crossed! I wouldn't cull anyone even if it got a habit cos I lov...

This morning I went and let my girls out a bit later than usual, well it is Sunday, and the girls thundered out of their bedroom, and one of them dropped an egg in the run. Two of them turned on it and started pecking it, before I could get in there they'd broken the shell, I don't know if they tast...

Thanks Cluckyclaire, I don't think I'll use it, I don't want to make them poorly. I'll stick to the cut straw Ive been using since I got them. Happy New Year.

I bought a bag of bark chippings to put in my girls run, they are supposed to be for children's play area and they had quite a strong smell, Will they be ok to put down do you think? They didn't say anything on the bag except to use gloves to handle them incase of allergies. I didnt bother to use gl...

I cleaned the girls eglu cube yesterday, and closed the door so they couldnt investigate what I was up to. Everything was clean,dry and put back together and we went out for a walk. Later on about 4.30 ish my son said the girls arent going in, so I said they'd go in when they were ready. 4.45 I went...

Our garden is north facing, so we wont get sun on the remains of the lawn till summer, but there was a bit of sun shining through the gap between the houses, on the fence at the end of the garden, and the girls were too busy mugging me for meal worms. Hope everyone had a great Christmas.

Hi I just want to wish you all a Very Happy Christmas and thank you for all the posts on this forum. Im new to chicken keeping, Ive had my girls a couple of months, and all the advise Ive read has been so useful, and some really funny. So have a good one, and Happy New Year, from Sue, and my girls, ...

Hi, one of my girls laid an egg day before yesterday which weighed 3.25 oz - 92g. I recon it must have made her eyes water!

That is so cool. Im envious of your lawn, weve only had our girls for a few weeks and the lawn is a mud bath, topped by raked up grass!

Hi, Im really lucky cos my Husband has bought me an eglu cube for Christmas and birthday. Its an amazing thing, it comes to peices to clean, and I wash it down every week. The poo trays, if you line them with newspaper are easy to keep clean. The whole thing wheels around so you can move it if you w...

My four girls love meal worms, one of them even jumps up to nick them off the scoop before I can put them in the run!