Recent content by belleisa

Just a daft question, do hens moult, one feather at a time do they pluck them out, or fire each one out or just go, BAM and shoot all uneanted feathers out in one go. Has anyone filmed a hen moulting ? Just wondered.

Does anyone know what the rule is regarding keeping crowing cockerels in a town. A friend had a visit from the council because a neighbour has complained about the noise. He has only one boy but i guess being daylight at 04.30 ish its a bit early. He was suggested to get the bird a collar but i...

I am a bit confused by the animation at the left side of each subject entry, and tried to find out what they mean. I tried to,find info in one of the new member read this bits but cant find anything Its the small circle with lines in or a star. Its either red or grey. And sometimes it looks...

I have just hatched 8 chicks and 3 have splayed legs. One is not too bad and i think i can tape them into place, but what is the ideal age to,do this as it is now still,under 24 hours old. The other two the legs are facing forward and they cant stand up at all so think i might need to cull them...

Hi I have a broody girl and have promised her some eggs to hatch Has anyone got any bantam eggs available preferably light or buff Sussex Plymouth Rock bantam or araucana bantam Or any other bantam please Thank you

hi all# i have a Pekin Pullet aged now about 35 weeks old, she is showing no sighs of developing or growing either her comb or wattles, she always looks withdrawn and has pasty coloured eye area, some days she does colour up and look healthy and other days she looks pale and uninteresting. she...

hi i saw the thread by marigold about green poo, i too have a hen who is producing lime green coloured poo, actually i dont think its the poo part but more the urine part thats lime green has anyone else has this problem at all :( i took her to the vets and they prescribed Baytril, for 7 days...