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Comment on Chicken Mash by rashid mazrui

rashid mazrui — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:17:54 +0000

am somuch intrested in making complete Layers mash if you can advise me where to get a Beginers book on what to mix and how

Comment on Cream Legbars by Re-stocking The Flock | Keeping Chickens

Re-stocking The Flock | Keeping Chickens — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:39:31 +0000

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Comment on New Chicken Coop by raina Brubaker

raina Brubaker — Mon, 21 May 2012 22:19:00 +0000

I am Raina Brubaker and well I am interested in your Chicken coop.I will like to know there is a surcharge on the use of Visa or Master Card. Kindly get back to me with the price of that including all sales taxes.I will be waiting for a response as soon as possible.

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Raina

Comment on Fox Kills One Of Our Chickens by Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:17:44 +0000

I meant to say so sorry for your loss. It does make me feel less alone in my sadness that this is something probably every chicken ‘owner’ has gone through. I have had the older chicken for five years and she is still really happy and healthy… though now minus a friend. I have to look for at least one more… but after I build a secure outside chicken run:)

Comment on Fox Kills One Of Our Chickens by Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:04:13 +0000

I just want to say that I thought my chickens were safe… my mistake… in the morning… let them out to have a run before they were safely cooped up while I was at work… Mr. or Ms. Fox had been spotted, but I guess I was blindly unworried as the chickens mostly stay near the house. When I went to find them, they were both (I only have two and they are really pets) missing… My husband went down into the field and found a vague trail of white feathers. So we knew one was gone. Finally, two hours later, the other showed up… older and maybe wiser, certainly larger. I hold myself completely to blame and now I obviously can’t let the old bird out to roam. My heart is broken. I know one person said it is natural that the fox would hunt and it IS… just again a heartbreak. Teaches me a lesson about “pets” outside. It’s a wild world out there and anything can happen.

Comment on Red Mite Chickens by Victoria

Victoria — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:45:57 +0000

I have recently had one of my hens to the vets (sadly passed away due to a large tumor) and she recommended frontline for lice, scaly mite and red mite…but eggs cannot be used for 2 weeks. These were direct instructions via a phone call to the manufacturer (the admitted no tests had been done, but said after two weeks any harmful concentrations would have gone). Hope this helps.

Comment on Chicken Mash by sue pulley

sue pulley — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:23:04 +0000

Our ex-battery hens are now 2 years old and appear to have just stopped laying, they slowed down egg production in the autumn and now we may get 1 or 2 eggs a day – we also have 4 ‘new’ hens who are all old enough to lay. Have been feeding them layer pellets, mixed corn/seeds and a home-made mash with pasta, veg bits and apple. Have just read on another site that feeding scraps stops eggs but here lots are saying they are getting good laying – any ideas please?

Comment on Chicken Run by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:17:41 +0000

can totally agree with the comment above, and am looking for a big enough extension hvae one in mind just need someone to build it for me lol

Comment on Chicken Mash by tina

tina — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:56:42 +0000

Hi there
really enjoyed your site, lovely photos and very informative, but i had to mention that DEFRA rules and regs don’t allow the feeding of meat to chickens. In fact they only permit vegetable waste from the garden as opposed to the kitchen (i suppose in case it is tainted). Crazy rules and we certainly don’t waste our peelings and trimmings, the chickens have them boiled up and thats that (DEFRA, please note, too much red tape and silly rules) but please be aware of the no meat rule. It is supposed to be implemented if you sell eggs, even if only to friends and family but the legalities of it would cost more than its worth.
once again, thank you for a fabulous site, now put on my favourites list

Comment on Keeping Chickens In Winter by Sue

Sue — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:09:32 +0000

Buy a point of lay chicken now – it will lay through the winter. I buy one new one at this time every year and always have eggs through the winter.