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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!

I've been mulling this thing over and I don't know the answer (if there even is one) but was wondering what you all thought... I'm imagining a Utopian free range chicken world where there are no boundaries to a mown lawn with trees and, of course, no predators! There is also a supply of premium...

Dyfi What a drama! 'Waaaah! Pointy perch!' Then missed landing on the branch sticking out of the nest - with a twang but landed with a bump out of the blue back in the nest when a fish was delivered. Priceless! :) Its a dangerous time isn't it - just realised he wasn't trying to land on the...

Just lost Betty the CLB this afternoon. Very suddenly in the same way as teabag - semi digested egg, floppy bluing comb then gone within 48 hours. I have a habit of picking the most down at heal pullets so I'm not looking too far for a reason but wont be getting more in a hurry - let things...

...I've made the crew a paddling pool with bricks in.

A friend at work has a 6 year old CLB hen (still laying) that has been on her own for some time and now has to find a new home as they are moving. I know it would be risky moving her and integrating into my flock and it would have to happen soon to allow a good month to get settled before we go...

Bonnie the black orp is really surprising me with the amount of eggs she lays. I cant remember a day in the last three weeks when she hasn't laid one. She is probably about 10 months old. Does that seem a lot? My CLB Betty seems to be in competition mode as she hes almost matched Bonnie but...

Hi Sarah, I admit I have some hair brain ideas but this one with red mite seems to be working well- For a week now I've been lifting the rubber car mat under the roost bar and found no mite but this morning there was a little cluster of them in the corner - so they were squished. Relies on...

The warm weather over the past couple of days have sent the flies in the run into overdrive. Was wondering what you all did with poop collections? At the moment I have a bendy bucket on a hook. It was fine in the winter but now its a fly magnet. Once a week I give it to my neighbour with an...

First things first - its great to hear from so many poultry keepers in the past few days - chickens, geese, ducks, pigs - the place has exploded! I took down the screen in the run yesterday that gave Bonnie, our new Orp, some cover when eating and although she is still bottom of the pecking...

Hi Rattus, You'll love the world of chickens! I think its fair to say we have all started out with a little coop and run, sold as big enough for 6 and actually ok for 2 and a roll of chicken wire. Usually, very quickly, it becomes apparent that an upgrade is needed so it will pay well to plan...

That's a real pity Minorcafan and sounds like it was an audacious raid. I had to google Minorca chickens as I hadn't seen one before. They look great - that white lobe and very sleek! Do you think the fox went over the fencing or got under somehow?

This may be one for Dinosaw. I've just got back from Japanese class and I cant believe how fiendishly complicated the number system is! Chinese mixed with old Japanese, unlucky number variations, numerous ending 'counters' with subtle variations for - small round things, long thin things, flat...

Had to grab the camera as Aerial has been mostly roosting in the nest box in a huff but can just about stand to roost with Bonnie (on the far end) now as long as she doesn't preen (the cheek of it!)