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i have been thinking about making my whole plot into a chicken run for some time now and even more so laterly as the weather has been so pants that its making it differcult to grow anything so i called the council this morning and asked if there was any reason on why i cant not make my whole...

my eggs { well 3 thats fertile } are due to hatch over the next 48 hrs and i am worried sick thats nothings going to happen especailly as the pump doesnt seemt o be working properly so i am having to use a little tub of water instead and i need to keep figners crossed cause if i only get 1 or 2...

my little pekin cockeral is 7 weeks now so today seeing that mum seems to be losing interest i thought i would let them all in together to see what happens so i left the sepration door open and in time all the pekins went into the other section followed by lanky doodle the large cuckoo maran...

i have seen this on ebay and i think it would make a great quail home http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RABBIT-FERRET-GUINEA-PIG-CORNER-HUTCH-RUN-130-/290705085216?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Small_Animals&hash=item43af5f9320 but i also have one of those ones that magwena posted pics of on another post { two...

i have candled my girls day 12 and i came online to look for pics and found this which i find amazingly helpfull and now i dont think my eggs are going to do anything as they are nothing like the pics http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/candling-pics-progression-through-incubation-of-chicken-eggs...

i am looking at getting some khaki campbell ducks but my area where they will be kept is only 20ft by 10ft and soil only would that be ok ??i have been looking at so many sites and its getting confusing as same say one thing and another says something esle but as i am new to ducks i want to get...

if i decide to hatch again where else is suitable for an incubator to go at the mo its in the kitchen on one of the worktops but appartently my dad is getting annoyed as he cant use the radio so if i hatch again i need to move the inncy but dont really have anywhere suitable it can go, i can...

how old can chicks be before you remove them from mum only reason why i am asking is i think my pekin maran wants back with the others but the chicks are only coming on 6 weks old roughly , i am not really around in the day to see what they are like but at night shes really really unsettled and...

i have just candled my eggs for the first time and it looks as if i have 3 out of 6 fertile which i think is pretty good for my first time using an incubator :D :D and yeh it is easy to spot what you are looking for so i am quite happy although they are not due to hatch until 3/4 july , and my...

i am now running the inccy dry until around day 18 , temp is steady at 37.5 and humditity at 50 - 55 it goes up and down a bit i hope this is ok .

one of my little black bantams as been broody for 2 weeks nearly and only comes of when i lift her out the box for 5 -10 mins at a time then shes right back on the nest again she doesnt have any eggs unless one of the birds gets in there quick to lay although i have an inncy now could i still...

yiipppppppppppeee i have an inccy well ok borrowed of a friend { omg only £200 worth thats a lot for him to spend } its a suro king 20 rcom digital one and it does everything but what about the adding water :-)05 :-)05 at the mo i am testing it and its set to 37.8 c to see if it stays at temp...

i want to have a go at keeping quails and i have been reading up that they dont need to be shut away of a night time and that concerns me a little , the quails will be keep in a seprated section of my run which is secure agaisnt the big girls getting there with them but i will be making it...

http://www.regencypoultry.com/heathcare/redmite_and_Lice/fortefog_mini_fumer.htm has anyone ever used one of these and had success with it , i am still getting a few red mite no matter how much i treat with sprays etc etc and its annoying now .

my red top needs renewing but how do you dispose of them ? it stinks to high heaven at times but i will swear by them now the amount of flys it has caught is amazing and its certainly reduced the amount thats in the run but i want to get a new one ready to go up before i get rid of this one...

i have a hen that is trying to mimic a cockeral it sounds very strange but it is also very funny , well today someone on the allotment site that i dont really get on with spoke and mentioned have i got a cockeral and i said no but one of the chicks is a poss boy but of course that wont be...

how many of you trust that your run is fox proof and leave the coop hatch open in the very hot weather at night ,i am very tempted as i do trust the strength of my run but knowing the way my luck runs thats when i would get a fox attack and mum wont let me anyway as she says she will worry all...

i do like my projects :lol: at work they were chucking out a marine ply shelfing unit which is 4ft by 3ft by just under 4 ft high and i asked if i could have it and i was allowed ,only need to sort out the doors tomorrow and my bantams will have a brand new house over the weekend and being ply...

oh and it includes drinks as well :lol: :lol:

had my first visiter within the run tonight a bloody magpie :evil: took me about 30 mins to get it out { must invest in a net } although thats not bad first thing thats ever got in there in 4 yrs . i have been meaning to replace the netting on the extension for some time but i cant really...