Darkbrowneggs,.. thank you for that advice, it's very interesting this keeping chickens,.. I have just seen a pic of a Brahma and the owner says he is a cockrel,.. but he has no wattles or comb.. I am confused?? :geek: Tally Brahma girls and boys feather up very differently when they are chicks. I ...

Don't know if it is right or wrong, but I start worming my birds at about POL regardless of the condition of the run. Your's being 16 weeks, could do no harm I wouldn't have thought. Perhaps have a chat with the feed companies that supply the worming pellets? They might have a notion.

Been reading this with interest Chris - yes I know I haven't been posting, but I have been trying to keep up! :D Was just wondering - you say your birds fight and you are worried about it happening on route. I too have a problem with my boys fighting when they are at home, but I regularly take them ...

Only just caught up with thread Chris, so sorry!

i would say 50% cream lagbar 50% wyandotte, i may be wrong but comb and slightly yellow legs??? It's what I would go with too - just as an aside, all the autosexing males which are 'partridge' or 'wild' type colouring are very similar both in colouring and at first glance looks. The CL carries a ba...

Am wondering if water on the soil underneath the nest itself isn't the way to go. You don't say what they are nesting on, but if the ground is damp underneath the nest then that would raise the humidity. Just a thought and I could be totally wrong!

I've got a poultry palace - best coop on the place! It's been in continuous use for the last 8 years and is now in the process of being repaired and minor adaptations made. I found it difficult to get the birds out of the top section when I wanted to dust them etc. (usually done at night) so discard...

Very reluctantly, now that the weather has become a lot warmer, I do leave my popholes open as well as the main doors of the coop. (sheds) They have a mesh door in the opening. A lot of my pens are just three sided fence panels with mesh fronts and roofs, so a determined fox could get in once he got...

I will happily share mine! :D Come Autumn I start giving my birds hot mash - it's made from layers mash, a handful of horsey grass nuts, cod liver oil, grit and boiling water. Mix it all up and plop it in their dish. Only mix up enough that they can consume in about 15 mins, as it goes sour quite qu...

Agree with Chris on this one. Though some birds are naturally resistant to Mareks and don't seem to come down with it in spite of being alongside others that have had it.

Sorry you lost your girl. Very sad.