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Thanks both for your replies I appreciate your advice. We feed mash and mix in a few scraps in it, I added milk this morning as per your suggestion keljonma and it seemed to go down well. We do feed mixed grains as well but only a very small amount at a time. I will take your advice about the...

Hi Everyone, Still new to keeping chickens and just got ours on Easter Sunday, and got our first eggs yesterday (never has an egg tasted so good) Anyway, I am wondering what people do with their Mash. I am currently offering it in a feeder, mixed with a small amount of mixed grains and some...

that photo was really helpful as that is exactly the type of thing I am looking to put down, I also think that the a few bags of sand on top would be usful and I can add a few bags every no and then as the sand will undoubtly was away over time....thanks for all you advice, force 11 gales...

I'm confused with the conflicting advice given, clearly I am trying to do the best for the birds, but I am getting a bit lost on this issue, as all of you are clearly giving your opinions for a welfare point of view, which I appreciate but I'm now not sure about the whole project as the last...

thanks Picco That is exactly what I plan to do, in addition though I have put in some aggregate first then the ground cover material then the pea gravel. I put in the aggregate to raise it up from the ground level even more and the wood around the perimeter is 20cm high. I'm also thinking if it...

That sounds like the voice of experience, kstaven. My thought was to continually rake the pea gravel to allow proper drainage, but I see what you are saying about keeping it together and the clover seeds won't be a problem. Straw is limited here as not much barley is grown so far north, but I'm...

thanks for that MT Chick, I really appreciate your advice, but I don't think it will work for me. The weather in Shetland is extreme. We are a small island (only around 22 000 people in Shetland) at 60 degree north, as far north as the most southern tip of greenland. The wind from the atlantic...

Shadi can I ask a simple/probably stupid question about your run? You say they have pea gravel...which is what I plan to do, but you also say you have cedar wood, hay and dirt. So have you added that on top of the pea gravel? and I take it if you have that the cedar wood is kept dry as it is...

Hi all After posting my first message the other day and getting some fab advice I'm on again asking for more. I am thinking of using 6mm grave to raise my run up around 10 inches in an attempt to escape the really muddy ground we have, free range isn't an option I'm afraid. A local expert has...

Thanks all for giving me your knowledge, I really appreciate it. I'll certainly give it a go and if I get problems I guess I'll sort them out. I'll keep you informed how it goes, but I'm off to the hardware store just now to buy some materials....it's exciting isn't it:D Bovrilheid

Any chance of adopting a complete new member from the far north in Shetland??

Hi All This is my first post and hopefully you all might be able to help. I am about to start keeping chickens for the first time, and want to get off to a good start. The problem is that as we live 60 degrees north in Shetland the weather is extreme and the ground is waterlogged almost all...