SO sad when you lose one, thoughts are with you

yes had the book long before i had the girls, what a lovely funny read

Thanks for your concerns but the only land we have that is big enough to house our Alice and Abby is a bit swampy. It will need a lot of foundation work or it will be like the castle in the holy grail!(monty Python^s version that is). We are also going to need a chicken wire fence between our ground...

my poor girls have to stay in their ark until December 8th as it is dark when I leave and return from work and weekends nextdoors are out and they dont mix! But after all you helpful advice they will be living in a new 12 by 12 foot home which is going to cost around £1000! My ^chickens are for eat...

they look stunningly beautiful, you must be very proud

Aha just found out if your girl hasn^t layed yet then it maynot be until next year? That^s good to know, okay I wont be getting eggs, but at least there will be no worrying involved with my Abby! I am not worrying about Alice as she is so healthy and very feisty and was producing an egg a day the mi...

Thankyou both so much. didn^t expect any replies so quickly..I have written all your comments down to pass on to my ^architect^. The house in the pictures looks like Chicken h1lton, I bet your girls love it..I do feel quilty they cannot free range but with a house like that they are practically doin...

At last the three huge trees that have dominated the shared land we bought from British Rail at the end of our gardens have been felled so now we have room to build a nice big home for our two girls. They are currently in a run which we can move about but it is too small for both them and me to fee...

Thanks everyone for your replies though i have to admit I am still in two minds. Will probably just give them a few bits of the ball in the winter.

I recently offered my neighbour^s chickens a bit of wildbird fat ball. They acted like cats that had been offered catnip. As they loved it so much I wondered if it could possibly be bad for them but can find nothing on the internet and the local bird farm wasn^t sure. I would therefore be grateful i...