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Hello Gilly and welcome to the forum. They seem to lay younger all the time. A few years ago 21 weeks was exceptional. I think the quality of the rearing has a big influence, as well as the breeding.

Hello Poultryman and welcome to the forum from me as well. Whereabouts are you located?

I'm posting this question having pulled my back again, after moving the 'bell' type of plastic drinker into one of our low runs. We have them in every run and most have coloured plastic balls inside to show the water level at a glance from a distance. Most are also 9 litres capacity so quite...

We have a rather strange situation with egg eating. We have two Brown English Bantams laying at the moment. One of them is Bluebell, the youngest at 16 months and very much top hen (she replaced Snowdrop). The other is Daisy, now three. We have a single nest box fitted with a curtain. Laying can...

Hello Greatrooster and welcome. My guess of your location would be Quebec Canada. Having looked at your link I can see that the coop is far bigger than it first appears. I have an old book which recommends insulating a coop in the North of Scotland as there it will get quite cold, but not as...

Hello Cukoo and a warm welcome from a very sunny Gascony in France. I have no doubt your considerable experience will be a valuable asset this forum.

Hello HorseRider12 and welcome to the forum. Afraid I don't know much about ducks but I'm sure someone can answer your questions. Whereabouts are you?

Hi Chalky and welcome to the forum. Amazing quest you have. We have a problem here keeping the fluffier breeds cool in Summer and one keeper I have contacted (she has 400 chickens plus numerous rabbits) keeps all hers in a large (600 square metres floor) stone barn and uses a big mobile...

Hello Marches Farmer and welcome to the forum. We have a rather depleted flock of Blue Laced Wyandottes with a sick cock at the moment. Foxy does Salmon Faverolles. I seem to remember that she visits Bristol regularly which may help you.

They should be fine on a cold windy day, provided they are backed with good mesh Lotta. Otherwise predators could just chew through them. A calm hot Summer is another thing, which is why all our vents have sliding panels to open them out fully. I have also built Summer mesh pop-hole doors now to...

Hi MJG and welcome to the forum. Sorry about your problems with Popcorn. Hope it all goes smoothly from here onwards.

Hi Lotta and welcome to the forum. I can see you have based your coop design on others on the market (in this case the Chinese ones), which is a good start. But most have chronically small runs. Your 24 square feet is really only enough for one bird. The pop-hole looks short for a cockerel and...

Cock with no tongue? At least that's what it looked like, even after close inspection. Merlin is a 4 year old Blue Laced Wyandotte. He has been struggling with his breathing. He also has an unidentified infection and is on antibiotics, showing some improvement but still struggling with...

I am completely out of my depth really. We have a Spanish semi-auto incubator. Last year the heater stopped working and I could see a burned component on the board. Brinsea have been very helpful and a suitable replacement board is available at £45 plus delivery (to France). When I took the unit...

We have something weird going on here. All the Orpingtons and some Wyandottes have swollen eyelids. Our pet Orpington cock 'Bottom' has the same. Close inspection reveals what appears to be a build-up of fat at the edge of the eyelids. Another issue is they are very slow to start laying again...

Hello Scubamedic. Welcome to the forum, with or without chickens. Who knows, you may get the chickens again?

Hello Hawker13 -welcome to the forum. We have a few large owls flying past the house at night and buzzards and small hawks in the day but that's the closest I ever get to a bird of prey. That's a pretty comprehensive collection of birds you've got.

Our pet cockerel has just started doing what I can only describe as 'explosive poo'. A big watery splat containing undigested pellets, grit and anything else just eaten. Covers quite an area as well. I think his digestive system is reacting to one of his recent treats -he does love bananas. The...

Hello TDK Poultry and welcome to the forum. Wish you the very best of luck with your venture. Just before we left Staffordshire most of the domestic Poultry Suppliers had gone out of business. A lot of people started with chickens and then got wiped out by foxes and packed in. People like...

Hello SimonS and welcome. Look forward to your questions. You'll find plenty of sound advice on this forum and it has helped me a lot in the past few years.