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It’s all change with the chickens.
The original ex-battery hens have now all passed away.
To be replaced by a trio of individuals.
Their free run has come to an end.
Partly down to the damage they were causing and partly down to the latest Sunnyrhyl arrival, Stig!
More of him another time.
Freshly installed has been a run made from [...]

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When there’s something strange,
In your Chicken House,
Who ya gonna call?,
Mite-Busters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A few days ago I was brushing up in the Chicken House and discovered that I had an infestation of tiny little creatures.
A quick google and it turns out that Red Mites have taken up residence in the Chicken House. Like little vampires, they come out [...]

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Loren has had a rough ride recently.
She started to limp and gradually, over the space of a month or so, it got a lot worse.
The result was that she was practically immobile.
A visit to the vets resulted in diagnosis of soft tissue damage. Basically, untreatable.
We brought her home and the situation went downhill. The other [...]

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It’s just over a year since we took delivery of 4 ex-battery hens.
It has been a great experience overall, however at times it has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride.
We lost 2 of the original 4 hens after only a few months of being with us. We decided to add another 2 hens to [...]

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