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Wanted, urgently. Small coop for temporary use,for 3 large birds, anything suitable considered. My chooks have to go to a temporary home in fully enclosed run so coop just for sleeping & laying. Happy to do small repairs or convert from another animal use eg rabbit hutch.

Oh dear, looks like we have the problem of rats again. We had this last year, or suspected anyway, did what we could to get rid of them which we thought had worked. Obviously not, as they're back. This time I think we will get in a pest control person as its not cured the problem obviously...

This is similar question to another post but I'm not sure how much of the same info applies. I have been given a Forsham Ark chicken coop, still in excellent condition after about 8 years use but it has been unused (no chooks) for a year. It was just left exactly as it was when the last chook...

Success! Thank you Marigold for your advice, after a week in the 'sin bin' she's forgotten all about having chicks! As I was away a week I thought it better to leave her there as it would have been difficult to re-introduce her when I wasn't there. She doesn't seem any the worse for her...

I have an elderly French Faverole, a beauty, not sure exactly how old but when I took her in, that was about a year ago (she was going to be homeless!) I was told she was approx 6. Yesterday she was behaving quite normally, eating drinking etc, today she won't leave the nest box. The others have...

This has been mentioned a few times as being good for chooks - I've given them a pro-biotic from supermarket (usually Yeo valley)but where can I get Beryl's from? My chooks keep having bouts of diarrhoea, as soon as I think I've sorted one another one starts with it. Nothing too bad but enough...

Second question of the day! Poor chooks are trying to dust bath amongst the wood chippings! I gave them a large plastic tub with sand but they don't seem to like it. Its one of those rectangular storage boxes. I did wonder if it stands too high above the ground, what does everyone else do...

Going through the first winter in this garden, am realising the clay soil is a nightmare!! I built an enclosed run & after the grass went the soil became a quagmire very quickly. I then put hardwood chips down, this worked well to begin with but now, what with this wet weather (only one end of...

I have a purpose built run full height with a stable style door so one half can be closed. I let my girls out during the day when I'm home & leave the door open. The run is wood frame panels with weldmesh across & roof too, part of the roof has a tarpaulin over it. Over the last few weeks I've...

Happy New Year Everyone! I've got a couple of questions to ask you very knowledgeable lot! Having moved to the country we're now coping with various things we haven't faced before. This is No 1:- Going into the run this morning I noticed a few piles of soil - odd I thought, the girls don't...

One of my 4 chooks has had mild diarrhoea for several weeks, I have been monitoring her & doing all the obvious things (plenty of clean water, ensuring clean coop & run, utensils feeding station etc) I put it down to stress of moving home & expected it to clear up but it hasn't & this morning I...

I'm here again with another question, you're all such a mine of information :-)19 :) Now I'm living in the country & have a brook nearby, I'm concerned that I must be aware of vermin particularly rats. When we moved in there were some old rat/mouse catching things (those black plastic bait...

Morning Everyone! In my new house the chooks have a much smaller run than before & its become obvious that its going to be essential over the winter to cover the ground with wood chips or something. It is an enclosed run approx. 5mts x 2mts made from wood framed, weldmesh sections (if I've...

Can anyone tell me if I can use the ash from my wood burner in the chooks dustbath? I've not had to give my chooks a separate dust bath before as they made their own in the dirt but here there isn't enough dry earth yet for them to do that. I've got a nice big plant tray for the purpose & have...

I've looked on the Egloo sites I've found without much help, so I'm back with another question!! Hope someone can help. I saw on the Egloo site that they seem to put bedding of some sort in the nesting box (I hadn't up to this point, did think it looked a bit mean though but thought that was...

I recently bought a second hand Egloo cube having previously had a wooden coup (converted tool store) for my chooks. Although old, my wooden coup was great but couldn't move it when we moved house so this Egloo seemed an excellent solution. Can anyone who has one answer a couple of questions...

Update !! Well, we've moved, chooks are happy- ish & settling down in their new home (& so are we!) :D Just thought I'd come on to say thanks for the advice a few weeks back. (I asked about the best way of integrating an old 'pensioner' that I was asked to give a home to & how to do it & move...

As I've mentioned I'm moving (Oh, have I mentioned it just a few times :lol: ) & I'm thinking that at the the new house electric fencing might be a good idea to protect the chooks. It is very rural & the boundry is right off open land (although privately owned, not farmland, perfect for a fox...

Hello everyone! :-)99 Months ago I asked about introducing 2 'old' girls to my group of 3 'old' girls. Cut a long story short this didn't go ahead till last weekend when I was called upon to keep my promise but only 1 old girl needed a home now. So we collected the pensioner (a French...

Have (attempted) to worm my 3 girls this week. Mixed up a 2 kilo tub with the flubenvet. In the tub I used there was a very small bit, about a tablespoon of mixed corn left in the bottom so I just mixed that in with the pellets at the end as it was there. So far so good. I filled their feeder...