Recent content by Aileen

Well I have now had a Fart egg (wind egg) from my lash egg / no shell egg laying girl. Should I be giving up on her ever laying again? To date she has laid 4: no shell 2: lash 1: fart I really don't care if she is hen-opausal as she is a pet, eggs are just a bonus, I just want to make sure she...

"No Name" my chicken is now 2 just over 2 years old and the past few weeks, as per another thread, there has been a few soft eggs. The last one left her quiet for a few days. 2 days ago she layed yet another soft egg along with what can only be described as something that has been shed from her...

Hi, my neighbours nursery has been hatching chicks (autosexing) and I have been asked if I would like some, whilst I am desperate to say yes I really know NOTHING about it other than under heat until 6 weeks, crumbs then onto growers and not integrating till 16-20 weeks. I am not going to take...

Hey guys, Happy New Year to all, not been on in a while - my dementia kicked in and I forgot my password and it has taken me weeks to get round to organising a new one what with Xmas etc etc. Hope you're all well. Anyway! I was just wondering if anyone could help me "best guess" my little...

Hi Gang, Thot i had better let you know Droopy died this morning.... You've all heard so much about her over the past few months! So am a bit sad today, I have decided after this lot are gone then there's no more chooks, I get too bloomin attached to them :( Have a good weekend my lovelies!! x

Droopy has what I think a lump in / at her crop... She has been great,but she never seems to put on weight, she is still super skinny where as the others are starting to bulk out a bit now. She didn't come out yesterday, didn't think much of it as its gone cold here, so gave her some foon in the...

Right, after 9-10 days of solitary Grumpy became a pretty sad looking hen so each day for the past 4-5 days I have brought her indoors for a few hours in the afternoon and she potters around the house. She still grumbles under her breath ALL the time but I guess that is just her, however...

I have been monitoring a fairly feisty girl of mine over the last 4-5 days and she is one grumpy chicken! I thought that maybe she was giving one of the others a bit of a hard time, she is in actual fact terrorising the other 4! When she comes in the coop panic ensues and the girls flee and if...

Gah! I am so frustrated one of my newbies is "off" but as I really don't know them yet I can't tell you much and am in a quandry as to what to do for the best. She was sitting fluffed up in the corner of the nest box and her eyes are pretty much shut, but there's no signs of respiratory...

Hi, As we are having a lovely few days (long may it last) I thot I had best as ask my newbies have a significant amount of pink showing!! I have cable tied some tarp to the roof of their run but should I be making an attempt with some factor 40? :oops: Cheeri, yes I am indeed blushing...

Hey gang, Just thot I would let you know I am picking up 6 ex-batts tomoro... COMPLETELY different from my previous pure breeds so I am a tad nervous as I have relatively little experience of hybrids, I was missing the chatter from the garden ( I even missed the destruction!) but am not ready to...

My birds are gone!! Every bloody one of them! (i only had 6 left after my first fox fright a couple of months ago). He must have come round in daylight as my chook door was closed by me at 9 last night and scheduled to open at 6.30 . The b*****d must have been waiting for them! I thot I had...

Hi gang, it's been a while hope you're all well. Just wanted to run something by you very quickly. My marans went off lay for a few days , 3-4 and I immediately gave her and the others a thorough dusting and frontline, no mites found but just in case. Stuck her in a bath in case she was egg...

Well, I got him last night and my gentle giant top bird paid the price I am guessing she was protecting her gals.. I literally grabbed the foxes tail as he was jumping over my fence with my chook in his mouth.... but it was too late, carnage in the garden, blood and feathers everywhere. I...

I am seriously considering expanding my little animal farm, and am on for handy hints for dog breeds. I realise that its mostly about how you integrate / introduce and how some dogs just don't mix but thought I would put it out anyway for advice / input from you lot