just thinking about it and looking for some advice

I'm not sure but I'm wide awake now Joy so ......BEWARE!

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no you just inspect the insides of your eyelids then like me 

the bald patch sounds like they were kept with a cockerel and these feathers often get worn away from having had a lot of attention from him    . They will grow back eventually - in the meantime if the weather goes back to being hot make sure that they have plenty of shady areas so she doesn't burn.

Hi,  my girls 'free range' on slabs, with a stone sink for a bath (used to be full of herbs for the kitchen, guess what happened ).  My slabs start a few inches away from the walls so I have gravelled the gap and hide small goodies for them to find (grit, corn etc).  They will eat anything you try to grow, and dig up plants you have in pots, but I have found my girls don't like mint so we have quiet an impressive collection, and together with hanging baskets it doesn't feel like they have completely taken over.
I always have a bucket of water and broom at the ready, and scrub most days, only takes a couple of minutes if done daily, and I use jeyes fluid about once a fortnight, beware to read instructions, and make sure slabs are completely dry before letting the girls on to it.
Go for it!  Our girls brighten our day!

Hello all!

Chickens doing very well, the one that laid on the first day has given us an egg everyday since with the exception of one,  and we have had 3 other eggs, which were lighter and smaller (one was positively white) so at least one(maybe both) of the others have started to lay yippee!!  Been giving them lots of greens and put some bark down for the them to scrat about in on the floor which they seems to have gone down well.  The dog has been really good, but we're not taking any chances and putting him in when they are out of the run.  I was brave and clipped two of their wings myself a few days ago, just the black one to go (mrs bobbins as the kids call her- i must admit i'm strugging to call them names beyond refering to them as girls.....somehow i think im too practical to see them as pets...) I must admit we think theyre great!  My mther in law still isnt sure to believe us that weve got them - hubby likes to have a joke with her!!  Kids love checking for eggs (the youngest -2yrs- managed to break the first one he found be dropping it!!).  Sooo glad we've done this, thanks for all your advice, its been invaluable

Bunny

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