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Most mums stop caring for the chicks once they start laying eggs again. Ime if you are going to lose chicks from now until they start to lay eggs is the critical period. You can worry yourself to death trying to keep track of the chicks. When mum says it's time for them to fend for themselves...

The mesh is to build a run that attaches to the coop similar to what is attached to the old coop. It's mainly to allow chickens to roost outside, but still have some security. Something like this. 1.5 metres long. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/mos-cattle-panel-hoop-coops.73385/

It's not that heavy fortunatley.

Nope. I don't know.

True, but I'm not expecting mites to find an easy hiding place given the coop is plastic. I'll be sealing the joins later so a tight fit would make this easier.

I've got a window in the back in place. It should be water tight. I've cut circular mesh to go behind the round adjustabel vents. The mesh will be betwwen the dial and the coop. I'm partway through cutting the top vent slots just below the roof. They'll be twice that size when finished. I've...

Another warm day. Nobody wanted to look at the camera today.:confused: I'm slightly concerned about the forcasted 36C temperatures early next week. The shade in the run isn't very good. The allotments, being where they are get an almost constant wind up the Avon Gorge and the coastal position of...

I'll try and get a picture. It's quite difficult with one hand.:D

Yep, that's the one.:D

I think I've got 7 if that blur on the right behind the sapling is a chicken.

I didn't use tiolet paper in my house in Spain. I used water and washed. The septic tank system we had didn't do well with tiolet paper.

I move my hands towards them at below head height and slide my hand underneath them with one leg caught between my first and midddle finger and lift. Sometimes I just slide my hand underneath from behind and make them step back onto it and lift. What I've found is they don't like being grabbed...

I'm not sure what happened with this evenings pictures. I don't seem to have got a single one in focus.:lol: I must have jogged a button or something. I'm not sure what's going on with the chickens either. C said Henry and at some others were in the new coop when she fed them this morning. When...

I won't tell him you wrote that.:p He's large compared to the Legbars and Exbattery hens. I've been meaning to get him on some scales.

Another warm day and due to get hot even by my standards at the weekend. Three roosting in the new coop this evening; one in a nest box and two on a roost bar. I'm on the lookout for a new water holder. The plastic one currently in use has a split both sides and isn't going to last much longer...

There is a difference between being antisocial and not liking the people one is forced to socialize with.:p Some people, well okay, lots of people, say I'm antisocial. I'm not. I'm just fussy about who I spend my time with.

I've had this sneaking suspision that both hens and roosters know if chicks are their progeny.

I like extreme chickening.:D

She gets on my lap when she wants to.

Where did you find the turtle Penny?