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I still have the Dengie, but will soon get it to the tip. I now have an unwanted bale of Bedmax, wonderful stuff, but Camberley secretly is a dreadfully windy corner of the Universe, and I was finding it bleached or grown white blown around the garden, lovely!! The bale is unopened, and anyone...

I have two of these boys, with good bloodlines, good genes. They are nice little boys, but are looking for new homes. If I could post pictures of them on the forum, I would, but I cannot, no matter how I try. There are pictures of them on Preloved, no problem at all. They are now 4 weeks old...

My 9 girls, 7 purebred Pekins, and 2 hybrid Silkies, are producing dozens of eggs a week that are just going to waste, the family will not touch fertilised eggs. I have one Pekin cockerel, a lemon cuckoo. The other two girl's eggs are easy to tell from the Pekin eggs, they are larger. So if...

Does anyone have a chick brooder for sale, please? If you have, can you PM me, please? it is the plate type I want, either on legs or a frame. I will be pleased to hear of any that are going. Many thanks.

I have loads of Pekin eggs at the moment from my lemon cuckoo, Millefleur, blues, lavender and white, Pierre is courting his ladies daily, and as he has 9 girls he must be a tired boy! He is a lemon cuckoo, all Pekins are purebred. If you live near Camberley you are welcome to collect any eggs...

I have Pekin eggs, obviously now getting stale, and anyone who is near is welcome to them. I do know the ages of them, so if anybody is interested, they can either PM me or post. Anyone who wants them is very welcome and will be given the last eggs laid. Pierre is doing his duty like a goodun...

Has anyone any idea what to use for a preventative to stop the girls using their roof to roost on at nights? Since I have had my new girls, apart from Phyllis Light, they all, without exception roost outside on the roof. So until the last 3 or 4 days, every night I go out and lift them bodily...

'morning everyone on GCF My name is Phyllis and I do love my Humum, so as I thought she was a little bit short on pressies this year - all lovely from the family of course, and some chicken related - of course, I laid her an enormous egg - 109 grams. One of my mates, we are called "the flock"...

From my three white Leghorns, new flock therefore young, I have a daily egg so far without fail, my 5 Blacktails also produce lovely brown eggs unfailingly, my other two - Sussex hybrids, bought because my daughter-in-law fell in love with them on the spot, are gorgeous girls, have matured into...

Indi, my Cornish game has decided she no longer can tolerate my huge white and black cat Boris when they are out in the garden, usually none of the hens including her takes the least bit of notice of him as he strolls amongst them all unheeded! Cornish game charge head down, full pelt, and...

What is a Whitestar, please anybody? I cannot find out anywhere, the Leghorn bit is obvious. Everybody says hybrid, but crossed with what? Another confusion, when I got my replacement flock in July, I ordered three utility leghorns, white and lovely but that how they came - utility. I would...

This is a serious question, I really do not know if it is alright or not. My Pekins have started laying again after months of being impossibly broody, and I now have a cockerel with them (a quiet one from a quiet egg) but they are a bit young, however, he seems a very busy boy! A few weeks ago...

Hi everyone, have not posted for a while, have you missed me? Just a posting to evoke a few smiles and the purists criticism. All my bantams 4 Pekins and one Silkie cross went broody at the same time. Decided not to do the too cruel to mention bottom in a bucket treatment but just to leave...

It is my understanding that chickens do not have waterproof feathers, silly girls sometimes just hang around and get soaked to the skin. I was told that a few shakes will repel a bit of water on them, but they are not like ducks and other water birds, and lack the oily substance in feathers...

I have almost a complete bale of the above bedding needing a good home, collection only of course. I live in Camberley, please be in touch if you are interested.

Is it possible for a Pekin to change feather type, because she has, I think? My lavender Pekin, Yoko, underwent a moult recently and has emerged with blunt ended feathers which look a bit awry to say the least, she looks like a demi-frizzle or frizzlet. Still the same dear girl, but with a...

Does anyone who lives in or near Frimley or Camberley know of a chicken sitter? I have meant to try and get someone for some time now. my daughter-in-law usually does it for me, but now has 11 month old twins, and it is not fair to expect it of her. I will happily pay for a couple of daily...

Great excitement, my Starry has laid her first egg. It is a beautiful turquoise, and not tiddly at all. I've waited 29 weeks for this event! I must admit I thought it was never going to happen. She came from the most lovely colour and confirmation egg, so, like mum, like daughter...

I bought a chicken hut that does not fit the run intended for it, so I am selling it on immediately. It is 34" high, 35.5" wide, and 18" deep, the nest box is external, a good size and well divided, and half of the roof lifts for cleaning. It cost £79 flatpack, my son assembled it, and we...

Hello all, feel as if I've been hibernating, the sultry weather really gets to me. Just a few answers if possible, please, from anyone who knows. 1. Should a Silver Sussex's legs be black? - I suspect not. 2. At about what age does a C Legbar start laying? she is 21 weeks old, my hatchling...