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With the clocks just about to go back and keen not to expose the hens to lights that will mess up a natural rest from laying I've been reading a lot of commercial lighting documents (mostly Hy-line and Once.) Finding it very humorous (in a geeky sort of way) that 'Lux', that is the human unit...

Ooh Marigold, I feel I must parry the insinuation :) To be fair a good 90% of these are Carol's with a scattering of trees, myths and prehistory that are mine, and that all time classic 'Logic Gates and Flip Flops' of course! The Gita Metha is mine and I keep meaning to read that Patrick Ness...

According to Twitter today was national egg day. And here it is! They should have called it national eggs day!

Gave the chooks a saucer of warm tea this evening. Its so funny how they get a beak full and really seem to savour it before getting another.

What you need Marigold is the GPS ChikTrak (unfortunately, the output below was after 5 minuets) :)

It's a tenuous link for the poultry forum I know! But just wanted to say how inspiring and captivating this mission has been - well done ESA Rossetta! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37520420

And in conclusion... Teabag laid an egg first thing this morning (it was there before I went to work.) Then Blaze spent an hour and a half on the nest. ~~~ Betty spent a couple of hours in the afternoon sitting on the nest with Blaze and Teabag checking on her several times. (maybe Teabag...

I've ordered some Ivemectin today (the 'Petlife Harkers' link on Tim's lice page here) because I've been fighting an up down battle with lice on Linden (the Sablepoot cock.) On the whole my experience agrees with Chrismahon's recent comments that its not necessary but this bantam lad has such...

Last post (I promise) on this until she comes back into lay (or doesn't) next spring - but I'm so chuffed how well she has feathered up! Including flight feathers now and, with a huge stretch of the imagination, she's now laced! :) P.S. She's very miffed in this picture but my attempts to get...

The week before last there was a stock of turf rolls at the DIY store and I got one on a whim. Put it on the roof and watered it till it recovered its condition then cut off sections to put in the run. They went crazy for it and it also seemed to do them the world of good digestively. They...

Showing off her tail feather!

Quick post as need to investigate but hope someone’s around as looks very strange An object could best describe as like the end of a cuttlefish shell is protruding from Betty's rear. Smooth bone like. Going to see if it moves. any ideas? Cleaned her up and its gone now. Was like the point of a...

Just cleaned out the nesting boxes and refreshed the straw. Betty and Linden are in there both making ridiculously contented burbling noises.

That's my hybrid Teabag of course! (mumble, mumble) No, they look like this (pictures from a google search): I cant work out if they are still rare - often referred to as endangered but also quite popular. Apparently they are very friendly (except the cocks in mating season when they get...

Just out of interest for the currently distant future, Has anyone kept Nankins? Would they be fine in a sheltered covered 10sqM aviary? In winter? I've seen them in a book I have and they look really good!

Blaze is going to the vet this evening for an implant to stop her laying. I've been posting bits and pieces about her condition lately but thought it would be good to start a record of what happens next. She is a 2 1/4 year old commercial hybrid that appears to have burned herself out with...

Hi Cj, I'm in Leamington so if you ever need to borrow a cup of pellets let me know :)

This may be a silly idea so I thought I would run it by you all before subjecting Blaze to experiment - but it seems that she will be laying soft eggs now until she either moults and stops for the winter (maybe for good) or runs into some other difficulty. Trouble is the other girls now know...

After a couple of weeks of no laying, Blaze produced this whopper this morning. I'm glad I checked just before going to work as it's quite thin shelled and would have got broken and eaten before I got home. I have some eggshell improver that the vet reccomended but don't want to OD Linden with...