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Glad you're keeping on top of things. I think that reacting swiftly, before they get too numerous, always helps.

Hi Josh. Many thanks. That's much easier now!

Did you get more leghorns, Hen-Gen? They're great for eggs, if not for hugs!

A couple of photos of firstly "Tigger the Digger", my cream legbar hybrid who enjoys nothing more than digging through the bedding in the coop and chucking it out through the pop-hole, and "Sweep", my Speckledy, who I got for her cuddle potential, as I'm not likely to get many from a cream...

OK, so here's Eleanor, my partridge leghorn. and here's a close-up of her beautiful plumage She was sold to me as a hybrid, whereas my previous white leghorns were pure-breeds. What makes Eleanor a hybrid rather than a pure-breed? Any ideas please?

Here's my new copper black French Marans pullet. Can anyone tell me whether her feet are more feathery than they technically ought to be? If so, should I trim the feathers if they start getting wet & muddy over the winter? I've never had a bird with feathered feet before...

Here's Sue, my young Pita Pinta Asturiana who I've had for a few weeks now. She'd just moved from growers' feed to layers' pellets when I got her; she's got a fair bit of growing still to do before she hopefully comes into lay in the spring. At the moment she fits perfectly into my hand and...

My Pita Pinta Asturiana pullet, Sue, bred by Hens on Oxney

My French copper black Marans, Sooty, from Hens on Oxney

My partridge leghorn, Eleanor, from Hens on Oxney

My cream legbar hybrid, Tigger the Digger, from Hens on Oxney

My Speckledy hybrid, Sweep, from Hens on Oxney

Thanks Margaid. I had a vested interest in coming back- my narrowboat crew were in Bridge 61- an excellent canalside pub!!

Well the thought of getting up at 7am each morning to take the girls' feeder back to the run after the clocks changed was a step too far, so I've splashed out on a second Grandpa's feeder, so I now have one for each run. It didn't occur to me years ago, when I got the first one, but when you...

The photos are there now. They look a bit blurry but seem to get sharper if you click on them. For Rick's benefit, this is just below the Foxton flight on the Leicester line of the Grand Union canal.

I too have bait boxes around the garden- as a chicken keeper with neighbours, I have a responsibility to do so. But the rats will still tunnel into the run & eat the layers' pellets in preference to the bait if I give them the chance. So it's up to me to reduce their menu choice by taking in...

We currently have two runs, with the old ex-batts having the treadle feeder & the new girls using a traditional plastic feeder which I'm having to bring in every evening & put out again early each morning so that we don't attract rats. My husband has suggested that I get a 2nd treadle feeder...

Hi Rick. We've missed you! I still think of you & your chicken wellies whenever it starts to get a bit muddy 😆. I go narrowboating regularly, as I own 1/12 of a 58' boat (that's roughly the toilet tank then!). I did once contemplate a tug style boat with an enclosure for bantams on the tug...

I think that's a much better idea. There aren't many places that still sell pullets at this time of year; you did well to find someone. Where in Cheshire are you?

That'll make a lovely change, so long as people can still download the pictures. Thanks Josh.