Your life will never be the same again I had my chickens for my 50th Birthday Our son went off to university and there was no way I was having empty nest syndrome Have six beautiful girls Rosie,Alison,Lucy and perchy, billy and ernie (football team names) hubby's idea.I worry the same about them as ...

Its been blowing a gale all night Went out to see the girls and the taurpaulin over the run was completely off, what a mess, let the girls out whilst I was fixing it and they didn't help at all I know they don't particularly like the wind but have been running and jumping in the garden, I hope they ...

Hi All

We have had our record number of eggs today 6 eggs from 6 girls We have had our girls since July and have had on average 2/3 eggs a day, but since the clocks changed we've had 3/4 and now 6 or do you think they are just maturing?
This chicken business is a funny one!

what lovely girls, and what lovely bottoms!

Dear Ruby

You don't know how happy that has made me, I did think of that but did not dare put that in the post . My girls would look good in santa hats too, now that is silly

Sorry to mention the c word so early but we have had our girls since July and they have seen their way through our lovely summer borders! then we had pumpkins for them for halloween, we protected them from fireworks and what will we do for Ch....mas treats it may sound silly but I have honestly been...

I have not used any sand but builders sand has not been recommended, I think most people do use kids sand, I also think this can be a little expensive as the girls will throw it everywhere, mine has a largish area in the garden and make their own dust baths by scratching and digging in the ground, w...

Dom Thank you for the bale handling tip, thats what I love about this site, we all do daft things and there is always someone to help I have just about got the path to the house clear and my clothes and the kitchen floor, and up the stairs.................... Cannot believe how much straw there is i...

Muddy run We too have had trouble with mud on the grass (well no grass left now) so we also bought a bale of straw, hubby couldn't get the straw out of the bale in reasonable amounts so cut the twine and we have had an explosion of straw in the run, the girls are now almost high jumping to get aroun...

Hello Brian I have used several very watered down discinfectants and have had no problems, my girls do not bother about different smells but the best I have used is one for rabbit hutches etc just from the local supermarket, very cheap and not an over powering smell, when dry just smells "clean...

how lovely it is to have eggs every day, it is so exciing even now

Dear Maggie What a lovely story although mugging is pretty rife in the chicken world these days, I too was mugged in my garden by Alison one of my six girls, she is more like a dog than a chicken, I swear she would walk to heel if I had a yoghurt, us humans never learn than whatever we give our girl...

Hello We are having the same problem, as soon as they came down in the morning they were eating out of the feeder too, now they don't seem to be bothered, we are new chicken owners and although ours are laying one or two eggs a day, its still worrying, I think we have spoilt them with treats, althou...