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If they keep this up I,ll open the back door one morning to find that the whole run, chickens and all, has disappeared down a big hole! :)

The mice are now climbing the mesh and going under the smooth DPC to find large enough holes in the hex mesh at the very top where I ran out of 1/2 inch weld mesh. Its good to know that the DPC stops them climbing over but will have to finish the weld mesh right to the top.

The base of the dustbath is a concrete slab which was the old garden footpath from somewhere around the 50's I think. Its 8 inches below the existing ground level in the garden which I find interesting - how soil just accumulates over the years! And this is a good idea because...?

And here is the after. It should be going off firm before nightfall And with the rim on (if it posts...)

Thats a good idea Chris. If I had a light sensitive door mechanism it would defiantly do the trick. I do have a 1 RPM motor (would drive a large model carousel) but, unfortunately, you cant be sure which way it will start turning when its turned on. Attaching images seems to be working a bit...

This was in the BHWT newsletter. I had heard it might be possible but its actually looking like making it to a commercial process. Its not that I have a problem at all with breeders and keepers having to cull surplus cockerels but in the industry literally billions of males are hatched just to...

Your move mice! It was getting dark and the image is a bit blurred. They can still get in - ran out of time - but I think I know all of the places now. Presuming they wont climb over the DPC at the first rail height. They haven't seemed to been able to cross it elsewhere so far. Lily the cat...

Ah! That felt good!

No, unfortunately, these devices are not working for me. Over a hundred triggers like this last night (10 second videos). I didn't want to change anything else up till now to see if the devices would keep them away but its back to fencing etc now. Interestingly, green light (glowing on the...

Agh! Yeh! Haven't had problems of chewing through wire and pipes. Maybe if I do succeed in keeping them out of the run they will get a bit more desperate for something to chew. They are defiantly using the rear corner in this shot. Maybe I can hypnotize Bonnie into thinking she is an owl. She...

Maybe they do the thing of having holes in their pockets and distributing it evenly round the garden :) It is officially now known as the sh#t shaker - and here it is Just tall mesh basket. I thought the drill (with an allen key as an eccentric weight) would speed it up but the quickest way is...

Here it is! I have covered the sides of the nest boxes with some hessian cloth for the moment - needs something better fitted but wanted to make the sides removable. There was extra space between the nests when separated by the length of the perch so I made the Auboise hopper fill the gap...

Just had a very full on day building new nest boxes and perch which involved the materials from the existing provisions so it was a race against roosting time. The local mouse population has exploded this year (so has the sparrow pop.) Its not all my doing – our neighbor puts out a lot of food...

Well her (still rather wet) droppings are brown again rather than grey/green so thats a step in the right direction! Ive ordered some oregano prep but meanwhile they are off the flubenvet and have had avipro on their breakfast mash. They were all heavier in May, well except Mo and Linden (who...

Does anyone have any insight for Bonnie's condition? I would presume that she had been eating a lot of greens on a hot day - but its been going on for a while now (a month or so), its not that hot and it is continuing through nearly a week of Flubenvet (no greens.) When this session of worming...

The Ry Cooder is great Hen-Gen! The second hand album I ordered came yesterday. It sort of makes me think of cabaret on overdrive - a distinctly acquired taste that I seem to have acquired. Anyway it comes with instructions to make the origami bird - love it!

Humbly sorry, but I just have to say to chicken lovers everywhere (I've bored everyone from work colleagues, partner and friends with this so I don't see why you all should not have some.) Tokyo Incidents "Adult" is the only album by them available as an MP3 download (£9.99 on amazon.) (The...