As you may be aware we have been upgrading our website over the last month to make checkout easier for our customers. We have taken on-board your comments and added a customer account option, so once the account is set up, there is no more tediously entering your details every time you place an order.

We have also added a product feedback option on the website, once you have received your product, if you wish to leave feedback just log into your account and view the product again on the site, click on product reviews and leave your comments. All reviews will be entered into a draw in December and the lucky person picked at random will win a free Suro

We also aim to add an option to opt in to an email newsletter where we will send you all special offers for that month and any exciting poultry news.

If there is something you would like to see on the site please email info@pandtpoultry.co.uk as we would love to hear from you.

We have today finalised our new design and alterations to our super popular Dorking chicken house, we have changed the door opening system and ventilation as well as improving the wood quality and increasing the thickness from 10mm to 12mm. We have also added a small chicken run for those days you can not free range your birds. Can be seen at http://www.pandtpoultry.co.uk/index.php/fuseaction/shop.category/categoryid/10

I am getting asked every day how to contact the BHWT? Well please try http://www.bhwt.org.uk/ this is their main website. My main contact is Lisa Pope but i believe all volunteers are very helpful so done be nervous to contact you local agent, please remember they are volunteers so have day jobs and may take a day or two to get back to you. I know you want your chickens today but you may have to wait until their next rescue date, please do wait if you can as it will be very rewarding for you.

Again please do remember they are not a business, they are a charity and therfore please understand this is done in their free time given to the help of battery hens so responce time may not be same day, please work with the volunteers it will be worth it for you

Reviewing the rcom 20 incubators we believe you will get a much longer life from your humidity unit if you were to use ionised water, however we have found over the last 6 months that brita filtered water also aids the humidity unit to work better longer term as we found a low limescale build up.

Please remember to remove limescale after every incubation to also aid the life of your humidity unit.

I am sorry yes our famous 12kg deluxe kits have been delisted due to the problems bringing in all the parts due to the faliures of 2 companies during the recession.

We do however offer a full range of other chicken feeders.

Hello, all sorry for the long absence again but it is just so hectic. The number one question at the moment is what are the settings for the rcom incubators for egg types.

I suggest the following settings for Duck, Geese and Chicken Eggs

Humidity 45% for all turning days and for the last two days (non-turning days) I suggest 62%, i have found these to give the best results overall.

I leave the temp setting at 37.5c throughout the whole incubation period.

I hope this helps.

Yes we are about 1 month away from the launch of this new incubator and are very excited indeed. We have been involved since the concept of this new r-com egg incubator. This was designed to have the big 3 off temperature control, auto turning and humidity control at a price that make the R-COM brand more available to all incubation enthusiasts.

Please see our site for full details under Suro Incubator.

In my silent no posts period I have been working on many new chicken house designs to which the new Cochin is now in production for 12-15 birds, I hope to launch this early April. At this stage I will also be launching a weather panel run for the Brahma, Seabright and of course the Cochin. After this I plan to be launching the new Aylesbury Duck Houses for upto 6 ducks and the Ebden Goose house / duck house for upto 10 ducks or 6 geese. I have based these on the Brahma and Cochin size houses so we can offer a one fits all run. I am hoping for these to be available from the end of April 2009.

We will be ensuring high quality so 12mm for the chicken houses and 15mm for the duck house and goose house. All will also have our easy cleaning design. Prices will be very competative.

Hi all, I am so sorry that I have not written for so long it has just been so hectic - I will try to write more often when I believe I have something that may help.

In the last 6 weeks we have sold more feather peck spray than in the last 12 months, feather pecking seems to be on the up. Due to the wet 2008 and cold winter 2008/2009 feather pecking is dramatically on the increase and I believe this is a quick protein fix for the birds.

It is important to use Ukadex to stop the pecking but also pro-poultry vits with their feed to condition them up so the protein fix/craving is removed, without removing the craving feather pecking is likley to return. You can also boil and then mash up some eggs and mix with some layers pellets for a week which should help with boosting their protein levels - NEVER GIVE THEM RAW EGGS.

What I would also suggest is to stop next winters feather pecking is to use pro poultry vits again from mid september and also give the birds a handful of cut maize every night raising to 2 handfuls at the end of october until mid december, then moving on to mixed poultry corn from december to mid-end of feb. This should allow the birds to fatten up (condition) themselves for the winter and really start the season off running from early March.

Layers pellets is fantastic feed and gives the birds most of what they need but a helping hand over the darker colder months really brings them through ready to get back to good quality healthy laying during the warmer lighter months. I always find feather pecking is not a problem this way and egg quality / volume is better this way.

I hope this helps your girls

Wow got up late today and by the time emails were answered and other things were done I was over an hour late out to the birds. The chickens did not care they were busy doing their things but wow the geese a whole different story. From well over 6 acres away they saw me and what a ruckus!!! Have you ever had to listened to a load of geese running towards you to remind you that you are late and excuses are not accepted? Wow it is noisey but a scoop of cut maize got me slightly forgiven but every time I entered the field to collect the eggs during the day I was reminded noisely that lateness is not to be accepted. Well I have learnt my lesson. Hopefully tomorrow we will be back to the normal bathing in the stream and a friendly honk good morning. (now I know how the guys feel if they are late to work lol)