Well its day 32 of chickens and they're happily plodding around making a mess of everything.

We finally lost our cool about letting them roam the whole yard. Our poor dog no longer had anywhere to lie in the sun (while we've got some this year) without being in chicken doo doo.

So... off I went down to the shop and got some chicken wire. We cordoned off 2/3 of the grass so they can happily make a mess of that area, and I spent 2 hours with a power jet hosing down the decking and pavings.

Poor dog now has a bit of grass and all the walkways to himself, so he's cheered up a bit.

The eggs are still wonderful and people are now asking if they can buy a few off us weekly.

We've has a small problem over the last couple of days with two of the chickens (Korma and PAsty) suffering from (we think) being egg bound. I checked them this morning and they're looking a lot more perky but I don't think its over yet.

Anyone with any ideas to help them please let me know. There's plenty of stuff on the internet about it, but not so much about helping them.