Recent content by Mid Wales chicken keeper

Thanks Mrs K, she can stay and entertain us as long as she wants, I'm planning on getting 2 more once I have a chance to extend the run, so egg bounty will go up later this year

I agree, it seems her laying days are done, but she's a lovely bird, so she can stay, I'm planing on getting 2 more soon, once I have a chance to extend the run a bit, so the egg count will go up later this year

Thanks Mrs K

Hi all, I've posted about Brunhilde my Calder ranger previously and tried all the suggestions on how to restart her laying. She will be 2 years old in June. She started laying Oct 2022 at around 17 weeks old and laid an egg every single day, with the occasional holiday until Dec 2023 when she...

Thank you kiki

Thanks very much ridgerunner

Many thanks Country Birds

Hi, please help if you can, I read in the article about abnormal eggs, that calcium deposits on eggs is likely to be caused by too much calcium in diet. Only 2 of my 3 hens are laying, one ( ginger the warren) lays lovely normal eggs, the other (rocky the black rock has recently started laying...

Sorry for such a late reply, you are absolutely right, the only reason for such a database is the slaughter of domestic birds, it's not enough to go after the farmers self sufficiency is being targeted

Hi Perris, spot on as always, I wonder if when we go to buy chicken feed/supplies after 1st Oct, will we be asked for identification?

Yes big brother is alive and well

Hi Perris, maybe you don't recall the Government’s policy of slaughter on suspicion with foot and mouth (at the urging of one professor Neil Fergusson.) It's not a question of privacy (although I must be a conspiracy theorist as I think it is an intrusion) I think it's a real cause for concern...

Hi all in UK, did you know the government is changing the bird registration policy? If the current plan goes ahead from 1st October anyone with any number of birds (fowl of any description) will have to register. There was a public consultation with the vast majority wanting to keep the...

Thanks again, hope they get back to normal soon, hubby has started,d mentioning BBQ sauce to them🤣

Thanks Ridgerunner, they don't free range, they are in a coop with a rambling run which covers quite a bit of the garden, there's no stray eggs in it and no predators, only sheep in the fields next door. I'm curious about the moult (UK spelling) though. This was their first one, and they didn't...