We're going to hatch a clutch of eggs in the hopes of getting a couple of extra hens to share the garden with our current old girl... we should have some fertile eggs lined up from a friend, we are hoping to just let our exisitng hen go broody and hatch them out for us.... but i was wondering how long it'd be until she started laying again...? and are there any common problems to look out for using this method to hatch some chicks...?
Thanks
BB
It works, but be prepared for the long haul... took me about 6 years to persuade my mum... when she did finally give in to ONE ferret at some time in the future... she came home from a trip away about a fortnight after saying yes... to find i had two moved in ...
YIS
BB
thanks, will bare that in mind, a piece of land i have been ferreting has just installed "deer fencing" and i may try snaring the rabbits, but can't be cutting holes in his new fence!
do they usually live together...? If it were me id wait till she was bang on then stick him in for an hour or two then get them seperated and hope for the best...!
Good Luck
BB
have a good tidy, remove any other sources of food and dont spread much bait about, that way they'll either go in the trap or go hungry..! thats what i used to do when i'd start noticing the rats under the shed again...!
YIS
BB
I'll be having ago, ive got a couple of potential images lined up, and a couple i'd like to to take, I dont wont to submit one pictures only to take one thats better the next day...!