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I don't know whether anyone is interested in signing this petition? We don't have badgers in the islands but I think that's irrelevant. They are British wildlife and I think they should be protected. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310307

Our Sussex, Skye, has been consistently laying large eggs - 70/75 grammes as compared with the other two's 60/65. Collected the eggs today, grey girls normal eggs, Skye's tiny, less than half normal size and weighs 32 grammes. Is this just 'one of those things' or do I need to be concerned...

I thought that three hens would just provide enough eggs for us to get by on as I'd read that they don't all lay every day so we'd get about a dozen a week. Well, there's no stopping these girls! It took them a while to get going but now all three are laying daily so that's 21 eggs a week and...

Our Bluebell, Izzie, got out yesterday through a part of the fence blown down in the storms. We couldn't catch her but she seemed quite happy grazing in our back garden so we left her to it. Later our distraught neighbour came banging the door - his wee dog had attacked the hen and she looked...

Well, one one of them has. I think it's Izzie the Bluebell as she looks a lot more mature than the other two, having full comb and wattles. The eggs are a beautiful glossy pinky brown. I didn't notice for a while as she's laying on the floor instead of in the nest box of the Eglu. How can I...

I am a bit worried about my girls as they don't seem to have moved on since I got them. We got them on 1st October when the breeder told me they were 18 weeks. That would make them about 24 weeks now but they don't seem to have developed in that time - no combs or wattles to speak of and not...

Just back from holiday and the layers pellets I ordered before we went away haven't arrived. I can't get anything on the island until Monday. What can I give them in the meantime?

This made me laugh: https://gizmodo.com/tagged-russian-eagles-rack-up-enormous-cell-phone-bill-1839360102

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My girls are now about 19/20 weeks and appear to be moulting. Do I need to give them extra/different food? They are all three healthy and active and free-range most of the day but they do like their grub and come running up when they see me.

Could anyone recommend a bog-standard informative book with all the basics of feeding, etc in it. I have one but it's more of a coffee-table book with lots of lovely pics of hens I haven't got and short on the things I actually want to know.

Went to local suppliers last week and they'd run out so ordered from Amazon who promised it for today. The hens arrive tomorrow - what can I use until the bedding gets here? I have an Eglu Classic which is up and ready. Could I use lightweight cat litter?

Forgive me if I've missed it but I've searched the FAQs and found nothing. I'd like to hear about this system from someone who uses it/has used it , please. I've read a lot but the online accounts are full of 'ifs and buts'. I think it might be a method that would work for me. :)

Hi everyone. I live in North Yorkshire with my OH and two cats. We've been thinking of having a few hens in our walled garden for a while now and have now decided to press on, although there's no rush. I want to get it right so I'm doing plenty of research before we take the plunge. We went...