Recent content by RedBarnHens

Good morning all. Sorry for my long absence. Sadly my husband passed away suddenly in July and as you can imagine I haven't felt much in the mood for chatting. Anyway, my chickens have grown beautifully since they arrived on the first of June (6 hybrids) and egg production has been going full...

Hi everyone. I'm pretty sure that all 6 of my chickens are now laying. We have been getting eggs from the 2 older chickens since we got them. The other 4 were 19 weeks old when we got them 3 weeks ago. Our eggs increased from 2, to 3, then 4 and then this morning there were 5 in the nesting...

I'm really enjoying my chickens, but two of them have started pecking at my shoes and my trousers. To begin with I thought it was that they thought there was some food on my shoes, but then they started on my trousers and hands when I bent down to do anything. This morning they were...

We collected our chickens last Wednesday, 1st June and they are settling in well (I think!) I've made a few adjustments to things inside the run and coop. I had trouble with the drinker as it kept overflowing, but now I have it on a separate slab on the other side of the run and it's fine...

Could I have anyone's opinion on the use of Diatomaceous Earth? I have been doing my research over the last few months as to what I need for my journey into chicken keeping and keep finding conflicting ideas about its use. I have to say that most of the negative reports have come from USA...

I can't imagine the state of the roof when I get back then! I finally managed to work out how to reduce photos size on the Mac....thank you for your post Dinosaw :D

I am in the process of building a run for my chickens (arriving June!). The larger part of the run is based over grass. I have put a lawn protector plastic grid mesh over the grass, then a couple of weeks later I laid hardwood chips to a depth of about 4-5 inches. I'm happy with that...

Hello to everyone. I finally decided to jump in and join the chat after following all 'goings on' as a visitor for a while. I am on holiday in France at the moment, where it is very cold and windy (much nicer at home I hear!). When we return home at the end of next week I will be putting the...