Recent content by Granny Magic

I know this isn't a new topic but nothing on the forum seems to match my situation. I've got 3 chickens about 18 months old - they've all been really good layers and no problems but for about the past 2 months one of them has been laying a soft shelled egg - we can't figure exactly which one it...

When will my girls start to moult? The 3 of them are about 8 months old. They all look well and are laying really well - 3 eggs everyday for the last 3 weeks...amazing :D

I know we haven't had the best summer and we've already had to deal with a lot of wet weather since we got our chickens in March but is there anything we need to do to prepare for the winter months ? Do we need to put any insulation on the floor of the coop? I only use newspaper at the minute as...

Hi everyone, it's almost five months now since I've become a chicken owner and so far everything is going well. My 3 girls have settled in and are laying well. We went on holiday and the girls went off to Heidies Happy Hens for their hols ( a brilliant service) :D . they settled back in well...

I seem to spend most of the day checking and replenishing the water as the messy little madams are always kicking up a terrible mess and the water soon turns into a black yucky mess :-)06 any tips please :-)17

Advise please - One of my girls is decidedly off colour today. It started a couple of day s ago - she seemed a bit quiet and wasn't interested in the corn that I give to them in the evening - normally she's going mad for it. Then yesterday she was really down in the dumps - just standing around...

Yeah !!! had my first egg today - just in time for Easter :) She laid it in the run though - how do I get her to lay in the nest box? :?

Hi All, just into my 3rd week of being a chicken owner and so far it's been okay but the last few days the girls seem to be turning a bit bossy. I've been throwing a handful of corn into the run whenever I pop down to see them and now as soon as they see me they're all crowding around the door...

Hi everyone, things going well with my girls. I decided to try just newspaper in the coop and so far it's making life much easier as I just slide out the top layer and put some fresh paper in....simple :D

Hi Everyone, I'm not sure how to reply to you individually so this is for everyone who has taken the time to answer my post. I've got a wooden coop and not an eglu - it has a door that opens so I can reach into the coop but I'm not very tall so it's a bit of a struggle !!! I'm definitely going...

Thanks for your comments. I've been reading on the forum about "newspaper v shavings" and may try just newspaper when I clean out on Saturday. Also think the Smartbedz seems quite good so I may try that at sometime. Will keep you posted.

Hi Everyone, I've just enjoyed my first week as a chicken owner and so far things seem to be going okay. :) I've got 3 chickens and they've settled in well. Cleaning them out on Saturday was a bit of a bind though !!! The book I bought said to put newspaper in the pull out tray which I did and...