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    Hybrids are cool!

    Well done for starting a Hybrid thread, I have had White Star, Black Rock, Light Sussex, Speckaldy, & Warren types and they have all been excellent/ easy to keep, and of course the added bonus of being cheap to buy and prolific layers makes them a winner in my books.... :D White Star/ Leghorn...
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    Jackdaws eating the chickens feed

    I have now got quite a serious Jackdaw problem, I suppose about 30 of them, just gobble up all the chickens feed. One or two of my chickens are brave enough to try a scare them off, but mainly they just walk in the houses, go to the feeding station(s) and empty it. So, I went and got myself a...
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    How to catch a chicken

    :D ....any ideas? Two have made a break for freedom, one Leghorn (yup, it HAD to be her!!) flew over the electric netting, and while I left the gate open, another made a run for it :shock: They are very friendly and come right up to me, NORMALLY, but today they are being playful and hard to...
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    Hi from a new Quail keeper in Sussex

    Just an initial post to introduce myself.....a middle aged male in Sussex....two Australian Cattle Dogs and............... I have been keeping chickens for about 6 years, and I now have an 50m electric fence, 12 chickens, 3 lovely chicken houses and runs, and a very recent addition of 5 quail...
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