A great help foxy , thanks a lot for this

Well Marigold as you asked, I don't take much encouragement, here are some photos
Will put some of the chickens on now that I know how to do it thanks to Foxy's post

Have taken Tuppence down to the chickens two more times and she is being really really good. She already knows that pulling on the lead gets her nowhere and have had her within two feet of the chickens, she just sat patiently watching them, when she stood they moved away but the goldlines, especiall...

Thanks for your replies,gives me food for thought, I'll continue with the socialisation and see how far i can get with it then. 'Surely you can let them out a bit when the dog is safely indoors? - and then let her have her run in the garden when they're back in their run?' Your quite right Marigold,...

Have just added the most adorable little airedale pup (Tuppence) to the family (well littleish she's already 6kg!!). I took her down to the run yesterday, very comical with the chickens puffing themselves up to the max when she approached on the lead, later I took her into the run in my arms and tod...

Cuwiar and Katy theres some photos of chicken spectacles here:

http://milkweedandteasel.blogspot.com/2 ... icken.html

And you can buy them from here:

http://www.ascott-dairy.co.uk/acatalog/ ... cking.html

Not sure what to make of them.

Could be, or it could be the mite killing powers of your nephew!!

Well despite what I said I have contacted Green Frog today about the risk from the perches and they came back very promptly to me with this reponse. 'Thanks for letting us know - it is very frustrating that the perches are manufactured with the gap in the end. Apparently, this is unavoidable, though...

Permethrin has a low toxicity profile with regards to mammals Chris, unless your a cat that is!, however I take your point, personally however I find it pereferable to diatom which can cause silicosis, particularly hazardous if you are as slapdash as I am, if I had a pound for the number of times I ...

You will need something small that will fit into the hole, for little jobs like that i normally double fold a small piece of card, then using a small dollop of your sealant, pva glue or resin just scrape down the inside of the pin hole and it should fill in the gap on the inside.