[muntjac]

mash is what i feed my birds .its ground maize wheat barley and other seed  its mixed with asmall amount of water and then put down with hard grain for the birds .you need about 3 oz of mash per bird and add lib grain

[cudders]

How on earth did you manage to take on a vacant plot with 25 hens!!??  :shock:

Plots around here are normally left untended for 6 months before the tenant gives up the tenancy or is ordered to leave!!

Congrats on your new plot and welcome to the site  

Hehe, Well lucky! The Chicken shed is massive too and a covered run! The one I moved from didnt even have a shed! This baby also has two other sheds! Oh yes!

A lucky tip off from another lot holder. The hens look very well too but not sure if they have been clipped. I've let then out and they havent flown away yet so maybe they have. The run they have has a roof so they dont seem to have seen much proper daylight. I think the old owner is taking this metal roof with him so I'll replace it with mesh I think. Let them have some proper day light.

I gather this will be beneficial?

Cudders.

[Aunt Sally]

I knew I had this ref. somewhere, It's in the useful poultry sticky  :roll:

http://www.pekinbantams.com/cleaning_eggs.asp

[cudders]

I'll take some piccies tomorrow and post em. I have some suspended red feeders that seem to be full.

Also the run looks a bit unloved. It needs a good clean up.


Cudders

[muntjac]

if its possible to move it i would and spread a load lime on the soil to sweeten it up when its moved .you can dig it in then later in the spring

[ness]

Am very jealous of your eggs!  Lucky you!  Have you got any room to grow owt?

[Aunt Sally]

Don't forget to post some pictures for us cudders