Moved four hens off an open drinker. Worth doing, and the two things people worry about are not the two things that matter. The training is easier than expected Most birds work it out within a day, and several within…
One of my four is completely stuck. She is in the same nest box every time I look, flattened out like a pancake, and she makes a noise I have never heard from her before if I reach under her. There are no fertile eggs…
Four birds, all hatched in spring five years ago, all healthy and active, and between them I am getting three or four eggs a week. The feed bill has not changed at all and I have space for six birds maximum in the run.…
Two of my six started laying about ten days ago. The eggs are maybe half the size I expected and yesterday I found one that was just a membrane sac, no shell at all, sitting under the roost. They're on layer pellets…
We have maybe 60 square metres of lawn over heavy clay, and it sits under standing water from November to February. Everyone local keeps hens, but two people have told me ducks cope with the wet far better and keep…
Flock of four, all just under two years old, laid consistently through spring. Eleven days ago production stopped dead, not a slow decline, just nothing. Combs are red, they're eating and drinking normally, no mites I…
Four hybrid layers, a covered run, and a 20kg sack of layer pellets that I keep buying without ever noticing how long it lasts. I want a real monthly figure before I add two more birds, including whatever people spend…
Integrated three 18 week pullets with my existing four hens three weeks ago. Did the see but not touch thing through wire for two weeks first. Everything is fine in the run during the day, but at the feeder there's real…
Wake up to wet backs on the two birds who roost at the far end. Coop is a converted shed, about 6x4 feet, six hens. There are two vents at roost height on the door side and I keep them open all winter. Outside temps…
Lost a hen to what I'm fairly sure was a fox that dug under the run fence. Garden is about 8 metres square so the run is small and close to the house. I can afford one of these properly: either skirting the entire run…