Recent content by LouloubelleHMC

Hi, just checking in! I've been trying all Spring (not that we've had much of one in the UK) to grow separate areas of greenery for my girls and two boys and to try and develop rotational patches for them but have been fighting off the starlings, crows and pigeons who are seeing the benefits of...

They get layers pellets in the feeder and I throw them corn and mealworms every day. There are quite a few bugs under the compost area that they like to dig for. I never seem to see any squabbling over food at any point during the day. I did consider protein before, but I would imagine that any...

Thanks aart. There are two sleeping areas - one coop, which is 4ft square with room for all chooks if they wanted, but only two sleep in there at night, although half a dozen of them lay in there. And then there is a small barn which they have which is about 15ft x 5ft, with nesting boxes and...

Hi Lafleche! Thanks - I'll get out there and take some photos. I never seem to get round to keeping a pictorial record of what goes on in my busy garden! I've posted my problem in the forum and I'm looking forward to lots of knowledgeable help :D.

Hi. I've got 10 hens that all appear to get on without any visible (as in I don't see any scrapping, pecking or bullying) signs of upset. However, one hen has always been pecked raw, with another partially so. I have never seen or heard them squabbling and I am out in the garden a lot, around...

Hi. Member from the UK here. Have been keeping chooks on and off for years now. Trying to live a relatively sustainable lifestyle, and my chooks are doing a grand job of being my compost makers! And providing eggs of course. We've got 10 hens in an outdoor compound about 30ft x 20ft, with a...