Recent content by Wormhunter

Hiya, love your name choices for the girls! I married 20 years ago and moved to the country here in the uk During COVID lockdown we acquired 7 little Rhodesia Island Red girlies No Moe to spice things up for us We now have just one remaining lady but wow we’ve had, and still have, so much fun...

Hi, here in uk ! Only 2 ‘old ladies’ left from my little flock of 7! Only 3 eggs each week when used to get minimum 28 Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of birds!

Yes , hi I have an excellent chicken garden, lots of flowering trees, cherry, also large lavender rosemary and thyme shrubs , yes chicken scratch but I’ve put small half bricks under the soil surface around the plants and they work really well,

Would love a feral cat but wondered a) how to get one here in uk and b) will it chase chickens !!

Hi, yes wire works, I did dig down a foot and laid the wire. Tied all edges to make sure there were no gaps then put the soil back, it’s been 4 months, there is some evidence of rats ‘trying ‘ to get into the pen now that colder weather is on its way but our movement activated camera shows no...

Squirrels have been a real menace here in the uk too, classes as vermin so if we catch them we can’t release them back into the wild !!! Found one in the coop with a terrified chicken!! We just despatch them if we get them, the message is out there now

We covered the floor in a roll of wire stretched and nailed up the sides It’s hot dirty work but so we’ll worth the effort

We put the dirt back down but do add dirt to the girls pen so they can scratch around, as we live near trees I regularly collect a bag of leaves to tip in the pen, I also add contents of planters and containers when tipping out finished annual flowers, once the pen floor gets a little too high...

So cute !!!!!

I sympathise with you!! A few months ago we had the same issue !!! Lots not just one though We have solved it though it took a weekend and lots of sweat!! We bought some extra strong small hole wire in rolls , we dug about a foot deep in the whole pen section by section, and covered the whole...

Think that’s slow? I got no eggs from 5 hens!!! Same as yesterday !

Could anyone confirm my suspicions please In 2020 I took delivery of 7 chickens They are a mixed flock and have laid prolifically up until Jan/ feb this year Now I have approx 2 eggs each week from a flock of 7 hens!! We have scoured our land. No eggs anywhere. Was a i sold hens that are much...

please advise I bought 6 hens 3 years ago, 4 ‘rhose island reds’ 2 ‘white tail’ hens I was told they were all 6 months old and they are a great little flock Approx 3 months ago ( i live in the uk) eggs slowly teduced from 5 per day, approx 20-25 per week approx, I now get approx 2 eggs per...

Its spring here, the other 5 are their usual selves