I've grown fond of our chooks particularly Polly who is always friendly, coming over whenever we're in the veg garden working. However egg production has stopped after a couple of months of soft shelled eggs, weird globs and the occasional proper egg. They're both ginger chooks breed for the maximum output in egg production and we're had them for over two years, so this may be the end. We've added grit and calcium to their feed hoping to help them along, but still no eggs. The question is do we get rid of them. We're thinking of getting a couple of new chooks and maybe some pure breed chickens to, but can we afford to keep the original pair?

The chook house has been altered over the last few months, a change in perch position, nest box and a new outdoor run, but can it hold 6 chickens. There's lots to think about. However there's nothing like collecting fresh eggs!