Thanks!! They are full size but in those photo's they were still less than 16 weeks old possibly even younger. They are heaps bigger now

What about something like this that KnockItDown did?
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Another great idea!
Thanks guys

Oh great idea!! I have some milk cartons that I could do that for - and by having them cut in half they can then drink the cook water

Thanks Rossco, they certainly do prefer privacy and the golf ball is a good idea as I have better access to them. No egg today here

I would have thought that it's who ever has changed the contour of the ground?? I'm not really sure though

They are very cute and fluffy which has has me worried in today's 40degrees but they seem alright
I honestly find it amazing how instincts…

I've been informed that an egg outside all day in the heat will be fine! Yay!!
Also, today I found an egg in the laying box - Good Girls!!

The orchard is looking great Dee!!

I know that's how you tell if an egg is old cos the older they get the bigger the air pocket but not sure if that would work for this.…

oh I don't know, I'll have to check!
Btw if a chook lays an egg after I've gone to work and it's a hot day and the eggs been in the…

Thanks Miss Petepie - I love sharing with my H1 friends
Yesterday there was no egg but today I got two eggs! One this morning and…

I mulched my vegies today and also the transplanted tomatoes - the chooks love scratching around in the mulch so I can't mulch the small seedlings when the chooks can…

They have the whole backyard to wander around and eat whatever they want except what's in my 4 vegie beds so there is lots of variety out there, plus I…

I have a waffle slab and my soil test came back as H and P and I've been in for over 2 years and have no real issues

The orchard and the vegies are looking great Dee!! You must be soooo excited about it all! I'd love to see a wider photo of the orchard aisles

I agree about the chooks but then I am biased cos I love mine and today I got my very first egg from them!! I love watching them fight/argue…

About 3 weeks ago I cleared out 3 of the 4 vegie beds and they needed planting out. I had let the chooks into them for a bit to…

Today I got my first egg from my chooks!!
My chooks are almost 21 weeks old now and should be laying eggs but they aren't, so around lunch time…

Thanks Fu. I do have heaps of eggshells on the bed but I think cos I planted them so closely that the moths probably couldn't see them - oops!…

My cauliflowers all have white moth caterpillars in them

I cleared out my old broadbeans the other day - I now have 3 almost empty beds out of 4 - I need to plant more vegies!!!!

Awesome! Will need to arrange a trade this week

Powerfeed will break down clay quicker than gypsum. Any soil you introduce into the garden needs to be dug through the existing soil so that you do NOT create…

Don't forget that gardening is an ongoing project with a living organism - if it's not all level and smoothed out now you can fix that with time and top…

I've got a heap of lady birds now - it was a bit late though for when I really needed them but good moving forward

Welcome Milk_Man! you got some chilli plants for me yet? I can give you a tomato plant or two

So there is clay and then shale?

A few weeks ago I dug up a new patch of dirt and planted some vegie seedling, unfortunately these seedlings got attacked by something (I think snails and slugs) and…

Get organic soil or compost or a mix but make sure it's organic if you can. Don't get mushroom compost - it burns the plants if it's too strong…