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[sleepymummy]

Something for everyone here!

 

1 - So and have been laying sporadically due to late moult, weather, general mood whatever it is and have started again, just about. They have been free-ranging around the garden. The kids want to go out so I did some delightful clearing up yesterday. I came across some dry chalky poo and some yellowy foamy poo. Do I need to be concerned?

 

2 - This might be a no brainer but can Guinea-Pigs and hens co-habit? Different sleeping quarters of course but can they share a run? My girls have a nice large run, plenty of room to share!

 

3 - A friend of mine went on a chicken keeping course and was told that it is illegal to feed hens kitchen s"Ooops, word censored!"s. I nearly choked when she she told me. They said it was something about the transfer of bacteria.......Surely, this can't be right?

 

Any thoughts on any of the above gratefully received!

[Snowy]

Something for everyone here!

 

1 - So and have been laying sporadically due to late moult, weather, general mood whatever it is and have started again, just about. They have been free-ranging around the garden. The kids want to go out so I did some delightful clearing up yesterday. I came across some dry chalky poo and some yellowy foamy poo. Do I need to be concerned?

Not sure about the poo - it naturally varies a lot, but if it is back to normalnow, I wouldn't worry.

 

2 - This might be a no brainer but can Guinea-Pigs and hens co-habit? Different sleeping quarters of course but can they share a run? My girls have a nice large run, plenty of room to share!

 

Again, not sure, but I would think the guineas would be attacked by the chickens. They are not very tolerent!

 

3 - A friend of mine went on a chicken keeping course and was told that it is illegal to feed hens kitchen s"Ooops, word censored!"s. I nearly choked when she she told me. They said it was something about the transfer of bacteria.......Surely, this can't be right?

DEFRA state that you mustn't feed anything that has been through your kitchen to the chickens. However, I am not sure how they would police that if you decided not to follow it. I don't think many people adhere very strictly to that one - it was designed more for commercial producers. I don't think it was to do with transfer of bacteria, more about feeding hens food that was generally unfit for consumption.

 

Any thoughts on any of the above gratefully received!

[sleepymummy]

Thanks for that. I'll keep an eye on the poo. Not sure if we're "normal" yet!!

 

Interesting about the guineas. Thinking about it I did see race across the garden yesterday to chase a blackbird away!

 

I thought it would have something to do with DEFRA! I don't give mine anything other thatn what OMLEt recommend and TBH they're fussy creatures and don't like a lot of what I give them, ungrateful so and so's!!

 

thanks for your reply.