MrsBiscuit wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 10, 2020 12:26 pm

Forecast high today 34-36 (we are between 2 weather stations) and tomorrow 36-39....

OMG, how do you survive? I wilt when it gets over 28!

Useful Field Guide.
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Field-Guide- ... 1782215395

dianefairhall wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 04, 2020 4:41 pm

Sorry - what is a lash?

https://timbercreekfarmer.com/what-is-a ... ying-hens/

And

https://www.bhwt.org.uk/something-lurki ... -nest-box/

I don’t think Morag has produced anything like this, has she, Diane?
Something else you didn’t want to know about hens....

How lovely! Let’s hope they’re all girls!

This will be one to watch!
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... ission-aoe

I forgot to add that introductions are easier if you add two or more birds to an established pair or small flock. Introducing just one bird is difficult as she will probably be bullied initially and never fully accepted even once things have settled down. A new pair of birds will help divert attenti...

Chickens are social birds and get insecure and lonely on their own. If you start with two and then get left with only one, it will be difficult to introduce either one or two more, as although the singleton will need to be in a flock she will probably become very territorial, attack the newcomers, a...

That all sounds good. Maybe the episode with eating the lily and straw was just a bit of teenage experimentation! Worming them all would be OK, and then after that they’d be in synch with each other when the time came for another go. If there were any unhatched worm eggs left in Pepper’s gut after t...

I would remove the straw from the nest box and substitute something like Aubiose or wood shavings, which are easier to keep clean as well as being less inclined to get in a tangle if eaten. Then I would shut her up for a few days in the run with nothing to eat but pellets, grit and clean water. I wo...

One of those ‘wait and see’ situations, I think Lisa. Nothing you can do about it; it may survive, but perhaps Nature is telling you something. It’s your decision, but attempting to medicate a deformed chick is unlikely to result in a normal, healthy bird and it might be best to let it go.