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Well, none of my eggs hatched - two were clear, but the other 4 had chicks in varying stages of formation. I can only guess that they were damaged in transit... Anyway, the good news is that the broody hen is no longer broody - she is out with the others round the garden..unfortunately still not lay...

I've heard good things about Envionmesh, but it's really expensive. Stops carrot fly and you can water through it.

Thanks Julie, i'll see if I can make them a temporary house/run.

We only got our chickens about 3 months ago as 16wk old birds. When they got to 20 weeks they all started to lay, but after about 2 weeks one of them started to exhibit signs of being broody. I figured this was strange as everything I have read suggests that it is unusual for young hens to become br...

..great thread!

And for when you're at home, a supersoaker filled with diluted jiff lemon juice works wonders up to 20m

I'm just kit brewing at the moment - not ready to progress to 'proper' brewing yet...but have: Conditioning: Muntons Wheat Beer (which tasted lush out of the fermenter) Coopers Canadian Blonde (THBF) Cheeky Vimto Fermenting: Muntons Elderflower Cider To Do: Coopers Mexican Cerveza and some fruit beers

The bantam doesn't seem to be suffering if you read the above again, Bonnie says she is quite happy and it's always a difficult to 'neck' a bird if her quality of life is still good - they become more than egg producers. Sorry Bonnie, I haven't come across this with my girls but I'm sure someone wi...

3 weeks is a long time to let something suffer.

I'd have necked it ages ago...