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Got there at 9.30 am to let them out. Spent a couple of hours there and went home. Back again at 5 pm until 8.30 pm. I got the auto pop door fitted and working again.

We are all seeing similar broody behaviour, apart from I bet I've been pecked more.:lol:

Fret is like that.:lol:

I believe it might and I mismanage my hens accordingly.:p If I have a broody hen I don't want to sit and hatch I let her sit until her egg laying cycle switches off and then deal with the broodiness. For broody hens I want to hatch chicks I just let them get on with it. I read a lot of comments...

I found this when I got there this morning. Looks like a rat tried to gnaw its way in. The inside of the coop was a mess so it may have got in but it wasn't there when I opened up. They didn't seem too put out about being kept in the coop for so long. I wedged the pop door open for the day...

It's finally happened.:clap If she's having problems with the senior hens you may find moving her to a maternity unit worthwhile. What do you mean you haven't got one!:th:D Perris mentions shutting her in during the day which works if you're prepared to take her off the nest to bathe, eat, etc...

I've found the attentive ones tend to get the hens.

All afternoon basically.:confused: Got a bit done on the plot. Watched a lot of chicken TV. Cool with a bit of sun. My first plot veg. I don't know why but everything bolts. I got the spinach mainly because I cut the flowers off the top of the plants. Even the corriander has bolted. More dad...

An odd day. I couldn't go to the field this morning. I spent the afternoon there from around 1pm with a half hour break for tea in the village. I took them some blueberries and ham for supper.:lol: I took enough to make sure everybody got one. Giving them directly to the chicks would not only...

Funnily enough we have had community payback groups at the field doing works days. They were a big improvement on the corporate team building days.:D

Rather sad in my opinion when a person with extensive experience in alternative feeds and a passion for the subject gets called a Troll by people who it seems know very little about the subject.

An hour this morning and three this afternoon. Quite cool at 11C but it stayed dry. I've got three days worth of commercial chick feed left. I'm not going to buy any more. Mother Fret, is now actively discouraging the chicks to eat the chick feed. The chicks would be in the tray, or under...

Unfortunately yes, but the winged variety. I would like to be able to report they are angels but again unfortunately they're crows. They pull seeds and starter plants out, find out they're not to their taste and drop them elsewhere.:he The onions are recovering well. I put in another row. The...

04/06. Two hours in the morning and three in the afternoon. Three terrible pictures.:rolleyes:

This gets next to zero interest here on BYC but as wound treatments go it definitely has it's place. I've treated wounds with a wash and pine tar that if seen by a vet would have been stitched. If you get to the wound quickly, clean it well and when everything is dry, slap on a good thickness of...

An hour this morning and three this afternoon. Mild, greyish but stayed dry. Mow is back to egg laying. I'm going to have to take the eggs daily for the next few weeks to discourage Mow from going broody as soon as she's laid a few. Really need Frets lot to be independant before I consider...

That one finds a feature and lets the others know can be a real problem. On the East side of the smallholding in Catalonia was a mainly oak wood going up the side of a steep rocky slope. One hen found section in the woods where the rock had split many years ago leaving a small gorge about 10...

02/06/2024 Two hours in the morning, three hours in the afternoon. Warm 22C dry and sunny. Fret has been encouraging the chicks to eat the mixed seeds and grains rather than the chick feed.

I hope the prcedure goes well @Ribh

I don't believe one can control egg laying with diet and keep the hen healthy. What one can do if ones hens go broody is let them sit for three days so their egg laying cycle switches off. Of course one has to deal with making them unbroody and there is lots of advice on how to do this and lots...