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I didn't think we would get them here (run is in the middle, dogs and cats all round.) A friend of mine has kept chickens on their farm for many years, has a den that they know about nearby and has never had trouble. Trouble is, if they do get hungry, with cubs, or territories change for some...

Hmmm. I don't like the look of that. I would expect that if they did step on the treadle then the big flappy lid opening would make them run a mile. I like this kind of thing. The mice probably can get to it with some effort when its hanging 6 inches off the ground but not easily and I have...

Hi Angela, Red mite look like this They a 8 legged and don't have wings. They cant jump, just crawl. They are very small - just look like big dust without a magnifying glass. I think the flies are just flies - cant think of any small flies that would be a problem to chickens so they just...

Bound to be an earthquake! :) It comes in threes, you've all got to give it another go. Its been too long since I was last in Wales so this summer... Ive just put my car through the MOT. Apparently, next year they are going to phase in a new regime of testing that will include the engine...

Brilliant Valerie! Something like this maybe...

Lucky, lucky girls!

Hi Tweetypie, Great to have you and your ex-batts here. Chickens don't lay more than one a day, even soft shelled ones but as one of yours obviously has then its probably because they have had quite a lot of stress leaving the barn. I can only think that she must have released two yokes close...

Hi Kippy :)

Ive just been reading up on broodies and have realised that this has been going on for a while. There have been feathers in the nest boxes for a few weeks though they were, I thought, Bonnie's (black and easy to identify). Bonnie lost feathers on her underside as soon as the weather warmed up...

Like below Marigold. The scales are adjusted to 1kg with no load so its the reading minus 1kg. Not very accurate but OK. Its high enough so they don't jump straight off again, long enough to read the scales before lifting them back down. Standing on the scales is a good one too. Especially if...

Does anyone have an average or weight range for a blacktail hybrid hen? Been weighing today but will need to catch Lulu and Pom when they are roosting. Took the opportunity to weigh Mo as she was getting broody on a clutch of eggs that I hadn't removed soon enough. If I ever did want to hatch...

Last year, I started watching Mrs G on the nest just as Z6, 7 & 8 were hatching so I didn't see the incubation time. Mrs G is doing a lot of full on sleeping at night on the nest at the moment but last year was very alert all night if I remember rightly, but that was after they hatched. Tonight...

I'm not getting any ad links on my desktop. I think it must key into other installations (like Google and Facebook on our own computers with the various permissions and add ons there might be.) I have seen this keyword linking thing (when the text becomes a link and is coloured to indicate...

Its scaling much better on a mobile now Tim. No more zooming in and scrolling around to see the headings then across to see the last post etc. And its auto resizing images and attaching them with much less jiggery-pokery!!! This image was 1988 x 2477 pixels and 481.9 kB. It did moan when I...

It's not fair! I want to be the boss! Mo

This evening Linden attacked Aerial. At least I think that was what happened - he was chasing her around with his hackles up and Arial was in a panic trying to get away. Brought her in and she's lost weight by 400g in the last 10 days. Gave her a special supper of pellets, oats and an egg...

Does anyone know what causes double yoked eggs? One of my Cream Legbars has started laying them regularly. Not sure which one yet. It's a perfect shell but they're huge!

I kind of know what he means by 'radical otherness' and it is (to my understanding of the notion) what I love about birds. The difference between us is pretty radical. They are on the top of the other evolutionary scaffold limb of the tree. It's something like 80 million years down the limb...

Nadia & co, You really mustn't give this human ideas. He's had us modeling all sots of get ups all afternoon!

Great idea! Ive been taking my camera with me everywhere lately, photographing mostly birds and trying to name the photos. Its a learning curve and I'm somewhere near the bottom i.e. took few pics walking the dog the other afternoon and got nowhere with the RSPB birdfinder so asked the handy...