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Yes, bingo. Thanks Hen-Gen (our local ones have white tails but all the rest is the same)

Wondering if anyone had seen this happen before? Two of my CLBs (now 24 weeks) have developed full comb and wattles (well fairly full.) One hasn't and still has her baby comb from about 16 weeks and just the beginnings of wattles. She seems lively etc.

This is the label from a bag of Smallholder layers pellets. If you can find a local stockist it is a bit cheaper than from BHWT https://shop.bhwt.org.uk/collections/feed-nutrition/products/natural-free-range-layers-pellets but the postage is free. It's good stuff I think. In my foolishness I...

Does anyone have any suggestions for saving my blacktail Aerial from an impacted gut situation? She was acting oddly last night, going and standing in the corner of the run in the dark after initially being on the roost. I've brought her in, crop was full and watery last night and this morning...

I wondered if you all had any thoughts on this problem that I've been having with Bonnie the Orpington: At the end of June Bonnie was 3.4kg. I can't remember exactly when it started but it was some time after we returned from holiday in August that she started leaving rather wet dropping on...

There was a commotion this morning with the girls and Linden throwing themselves at the sides of the run. None hurt but a large animal was moving behind the neighbours fence. They are familiar with the local cats so I can only think it was a fox. I've closed the pop hole to the un-secure...

Bit silly maybe but as promised. You will need to scale the print so the 10cm scale on the drawing is 10cm on paper

Took some photos today as the CLBs and Bonnie were in the bath together. Linden is sporting the the latest in footwear from the Autumn catalogue (actually an attempt to stop the girls from pecking his pin feathers - seems to be working and comfortable.) Bonnie has just got out of the bath...

I may have jumped to the wrong conclusion earlier (my apologies if I have) as, being a bit 'old school' garden lime means to me builders hydrated lime. This is a bag of hydrated lime (commonly used by builders but also as a PH adjuster on soil that is too acidic This is strongly alkaline and...

Last winter I had a black heat lamp pointing at one of the drinkers when it was below freezing and although it worked fine (never froze) it requires power to the run and was wasteful of energy as only a bit of the 100W was being delivered to the water. But where we are its only the odd few days...

I couldn't think of a way to compact it in height to 2 x 3 inch Marigold, at least not easily. Painting diatom slurry in the sockets before sliding the perch in is probably the best option unless you have enough head height for the hens too raise the perch on the posts (obviously so the...

I know I have been a little OCD about this but just wanted to share this anti red mite solution (one of many possible) as it really does seem to have stopped them in their tracks. The bottle caps have some diatom in.

I'm intending to wean these 12 week old pullets off medicated growers pellets and onto unmedicated growers over the next 2 weeks. It seems unlikely in the autumn here with the temperature falling that any sporulated oocysts will be around in to cause a problem before they become immune anyway...

Nothing to do with following him into the nest box to peck his feet really! My fault - was a bit to zealous trimming his foot feathers a few weeks ago and now she is pecking his pins. Anti peck and bit of purple spray put her off but I seem to have stopped applying it a bit too soon. Have had...

Wow! Chickens run like a 4-stroke engine :D ... Not really! but the it looks like the diagram of a 4-stroke on the tech class wall. I wont be looking for their sump plug :D

I found this while browsing around - curious to know how a yolk gets into coelomic cavity to cause EYP. http://articles.extension.org/pages/65372/avian-reproductive-systemfemale It's the most comprehensive description I've found so far. The bit about the yolk not 'falling' into the infundibulum...

Sitting in the run this evening I read the side of the bag of Auboise for the first time and it said to moisten it to activate its absorbent properties. Does anyone do this for chicken bedding? Perhaps, when used for horse bedding, it is down on the floor for a much shorter period before...

After thinking long and hard and remembering Betty who was so sweet and good at avoiding trouble, we picked up 3 new 10 week old CLB hens this morning. Aerial and Bonnie are now united in their complaining about it. Linden is rather impressed! I've figured out a way of partitioning the run...

As promised here are some more pictures of Japan. We absolutely loved it there An evening in Shinjuku, Tokyo. This is the Fushimi Inari shrine in Kyoto With its thousands of tori gates like this that make a contiuous passage way all the way up the mountain and back down again. These...

Awww - Mrs G! It's like nothing happened (except the nest is probably a super whiffy by now.) Well done both!