Hi Everybody,long time since I had posted anything.My hens just started to lay again one of them was actually in lay all winter.Today my Maran hen(6year old) just died(she was from Dark Brown Egg).I have CLB(6hens+1roo) and 2 mixed breed.I will be looking for new home for them after Easter,they are ...

Marigold We all doing well.My partridge hen getting old,her daughter passed away last year unexpectedly,she was fine one day and next I found her dead in the nest box.She was broody.I do not have the cockerels for a long time as they developed aggression towards my son.So she is the only one in my f...

When I saw this let me tell you i can relate to this what about you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll187f27Pxg

Hedgehogs are such sweet creatures ,good luck with taking care of him.I must say I had't seen one for very long time now,never in England anyway.I use to look after one when I was 10 years old back in Poland,so 30 years ago :D It seems that you doing everything right for him and time will tell if he...

Hi Chris I just spotted your tread,and yes you can incubate them after storing in the fridge.Few friends of mine did that very successfully.Some people prefer keep them in cardboard egg boxes some go in to wrapping them in cling film to reduce loss of moisture .Some breeds are better than others to ...

Thanks Marigold. You've explained why the raspberry canes next to our hen enclosure grew to over 6' in height this year & produced less than a dozen raspberries between them. I'll be emptying the cooled wood ash around them over the winter this year! For the plants to produce fruits or flower nitro...

Top chick is a female,I can't properly see the other.male will develop very dark wing feathers,so if they light you have 2 hens.

You have no choice as to train him not to go in to their run.Water pistol ans wait for him when he come close spray with water,he soon works out that this is not a nice place to go.

I had always given sprouting seeds for my chickens during winter months when grass is not nice.I had recently also come across of feeding them with fermented seeds which also very good for them.I tried this and seems to love this also.

I had read few days ago on some poultry group on FB that Dettol works very well on killing red mite.This product to be egsackly http://dettol.co.uk/products-for-your-home-kitchen-power-and-pure-multipurpose-kitchen-spray-and-wipes in spray form.Aparantly somebody took it from cupboard by mistake (me...