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In the UK it's illegal to feed table scraps to poultry. My girls will get layers' pellets & a handful of sunflower seeds. If their luck's in, I might hang up the leaves from a cauliflower for them.

My favourites are usually whoever enjoy cuddles the most & lay well. Not at all scientific! At present it's my Pita Pinta Asturiana, called Sue.

Don't block up vents. Hens have their own insulation, but ventilation is crucial.

My flocks always seem to know what they shouldn't eat, apart from the occasional nibble at a stinging nettle leaf...

I still do that now, after all these years. I can see if somethings ailing any of the girls before they show symptoms, if their eggs get consistently smaller or less frequent. And they can have extra treats when they make a milestone, e.g. their 300th egg 😃

It looks as though one is standing on another's shoulders!

I hang up a cauliflower crown in the run. When you cut the white part of the cauliflower out leaving the stem & leaves in one piece, you can push a crochet hook through the stem. Use this to pull some string through, then tie up the cauliflower in the run. Keep the loop in the string as small as...

Why do you get new blood in the post? Perhaps you need to call him Dracula? 🤔

I've got 5 pullets who I've had for just over a year. They look at me blankly when I suggest that they grow their new winter coats now, rather than waiting until winter kicks in! They have no idea what's going to happen to them soon... Better layers tend to go through their moult faster. One...

Purple antiseptic spray and nitrile gloves, so that I don't end up purple too 😁

Sorry Farrah, but your brother terrorising your chickens is not remotely funny. Chickens are very sensitive to stress & this kind of behaviour is likely at best to stop them ftom laying & at worst to make them vulnerable to serious illness. I'd suggest brother- proofing your coop and run.

We always allow a minimum of 2 square metres of space in the run per chicken. No idea what that is in square feet- the UK had gone metric even I started school...

If you have cookies saved on your device, Google et al will show you what you usually look at. I clear my cookies daily. So the difficulty that I had trying to find the forum will mirror that experienced by potential new readers. I tried terms such as "poultry keeper forum", "poultry love of"...

Hi PK moderator. We're a friendly bunch here. Do you have a human name, or are you a bot?

I wouldn't be surprised if he's showing the effects of stress. But Chris is definitely the expert here.