Hi Gerry - it is a Solar Tunnel. Just like a poly tunnel with stronger plastic cover and supports. The soil is very well drained loam on sand and everywhere else in the garden I have no drainage problem. The waterlogging is inside the tunnel, and just due to the constant dripping from the walls. The...

My solar tunnel is now around 5 years old and the soil at the base of the plastic has become waterlogged. Obviously, it is 'the nature of the beast' that water drips down the plastic sides and also from the struts which run along the length of the tunnel.

Any suggestions?

Spike

I've always kept Marrans and in my experience young hens keep on laying over their first winter. It is the oldies that decide they need a rest period. It sounds to me like their feed. If they aren't eating enough they won't lay enough! Mine always spit out any kind of layers mash or pellets and pref...

When setting eggs to hatch it is best to avoid ones that look as if they might have double yolks. I'm pretty sure that the reason is they wouldn't hatch anyway. There wouldn't be room inside for two normal chicks to develop. Unlike mammals - eggs can't expand!! :roll:

In the Nov issue the 'Chicken Eggspert' says that you shouldn't sell fertile eggs although they are OK to eat yourself. Which planet is he living on!! Has Policial Correctness spread even to chickens!! I certainly wouldn't sell or eat eggs from the incubator or from under a broody hen - but don't un...

All these replies sound like hard work, and no guarantee they will last!

There must be some environmentally friendly chemical that will do the job properly?

Armillatox?

Gill

I've a Solar Tunnel which is now about 4 years old. It stayed perfectly clean until last year and now has a pretty healthy growth of algae on the outer surface. Last year I cleaned it with soapy water/brush and sponge, but the algae is worse than ever this year. Any suggestions? Snow and frost would...