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Finally achieved multi-colour eggdom :) Suddenly Betty's blue eggs look normal sized and Aerial's hybrid eggs look big! The colours are a little out - Belle's egg is totally white. ... I am sensing that this isnt going to be an easy introduction (and my 'g' key has broken on my keyboard which...

Unfortunately, both wisdom and patience are not my strong points! I came away with a Blue Orphington and a Hergnies. They were last summers hatch and grew up together. The Hergnies is really sweet, about the same size as Aerial but heavier. The Orphngton is a lot of girl! My lot are making...

Now I'm confident that my fox proofing is good its looking a bit empty in the run as we are down to 3; Linden seems to be recovering well (Sablepoot bantam cock, about 950g) Betty the CLB hen (about 1.8kg) - Betty has successfully laid a good egg since the attack so no worries. Aerial the...

At 4:15 this morning. I woke up to a commotion and the fox bolted as I came out the back door. Blaze must have been shaken or had a heart attack - she died. I thought Betty was in a similar state but doesn't seem to have any injuries. She's gone to sit on the nest and I'm thinking she may have...

This probably isn’t too surprising but today (a week after my alpha hen Teabag sadly passed) there was a loud cluck-clucking and general commotion from the run. When I looked out, Linden my bantam cock was chasing the 3 hens (including 2 big brown hybrids) around the place with great gusto...

Thanks Marigold. She was the brightest of our first three hens from egg industry chicks. I know she had a good run getting to 3 years old and if it wasn’t this then it would probably been something else before too long. I'll miss her boldness and crafty antics. ... I've just spoken to the...

I think Teabag may be on the way out this time. She has gone off her food and water and has been passing clear watery poop with yellow yokey bits in it for 3 days. Its my day off tomorrow and we are going to see the vet. Her crop doesn’t seem to be as empty as I would expect as she has eaten...

Seriously Bobster? I don't think your trying!

Why on earth would this happen I wonder?! Disgruntled delivery driver? I cant think why they would be in anything other than very specialised transport in the first place. Not like dumping newspapers to shorten the round...

Fed up with the cold and confinement, Blaze decided to throw caution to the wind... and moult her eyebrows.

My bantam lad has started crowing a lot more. Sensing the days are lengthening already I suppose. Trouble is, he's not waiting till the morning. I think its when our neighbour behind turns on their bathroom light although there has also been a bright moon the past couple of nights so I've made...

Hi all. Hope you had a good X-mas! Betty laid a little blue egg on the day - first one for 3 months and was one egg short for the Yorkshire puddin's. Teabag is moulting. Silly girl!

I have found this dispenser thing to be very good for dropping some scratch etc in the run during the day and keeping them on their toes. Its made of a cheap mains timer with a short length of drain pipe hot melt glued to the moving ring. A free-standing screen or two are also useful as they...

Since the one off a couple of months ago... Blaze laid the most perfect egg I've ever had this morning! She's picked a funny time to do it :) .... closely followed by the weirdest egg I have ever had!

Just wondered if anyone had a take on this. Have sent an enquiry to the manufacturer but no response as yet. The label seems to be wrong: 4g (a scoop) per 200ml in water. - Mine are currently drinking only about 100ml each so would be getting about 2g/bird/day. 100mg (0.1g or a 'pinch') per...

Black and runny (I'm imagining like thin black watercolour paint?) sounds peculiar. Can you post a picture? Mine have produced small black/brownish pellet like bits in clear watery poop when they have had egg laying issues (but that typically had some yellow bits too) and normal but very black...

Had my first go at nail clipping this afternoon. My bantam cock (Linden) was most in need of it - don’t get to see his toes very often under the feathers. They were starting to get long enough to curl on the soft bedding. My little CLB's nails were a little long too (Betty.) All the others...

Your coop must be on built on a 'ley-line' Marigold! :) The pale, slightly greenish poops were back again this morning and they do have what looks like bits of feather case in them. Not 100% sure they were from Betty though as I didn’t think she was roosting in that position last night. Still...

That's really interesting Chris and maybe explains the odd poops earlier this week. She's had new feathers coming through where they've been missing around her preen gland for a while. I left the camera in today to see what's going on and if she wasn’t eating before she is now! Spent a good...

Hi everyone, I'm a bit worried about my CLB Betty at the moment because she seems to be starving herself during a moult. They have all been on Flubenvet since Tuesday. Both Betty and Blaze have had near empty crops every time I have checked although Blaze is the heaviest she has ever been but...