Recent content by cuwiar

Hi all! It's been a while - I hope you're all good - I'm going to have a scan of the posts to see what's been going on! As ever, it's a problem that prompts me to seek advice! All's been well with our flock (5 birds) until about two months ago when one of the hens started picking fights with...

Hello all, it's been a while since I posted and it's quite a long query so I hope you're all sitting comfortably? Some of you may remember my post about a school project that was getting out of hand? The situation needs further intervention and I was looking for some advice. Currently the...

Hello, I just thought I'd post and let you all now how things are going with our current posse of ladies! Very sadly the last of our original three died on Saturday night. She's the girl in my profile picture and she was an absolute star. Our best layer and a lovely character. It was a hectic...

Firstly I'd just like to say 'Hello!', it's been a while! Hope you are all well :-)99 I am posting as I need some advice regarding chickens...in the right place then! My husband works in the local high school and it was a bright idea of one of the teacher's to get a batch of unsexed...

Hello! It's been a while since I posted and it is a health matter that has brought me back. I have a two and half year old girl who is poorly. The flock were wormed a couple of weeks ago with Flubenvet. The poorly girl is hunched up and weak and her comb is getting darker. She isn't really...

Hello everyone, just thought I'd add my tuppence to the water collecting debate. Last year we bought three Industrial Bulk Containers and while they weren't cheap (about £300 for three) they hold 2200 litres of water between them. They are not as big and invasive as you might think and we have...

Very useful chart produced by Flyte So Fancy! :-)17...

Woohoo! Mehefin laid an almighty egg over the weekend, it was huge and yep! It was a double Yolker...had it for breakfast this morning...hubby will be jealous! :D :-)08

Ok, so their latest thing is eating clay!!?? Clay soil. They seem to love the really orange clay and act as though they have found a local delicacy!

Lites or Mice? :-)07 I'm hopefully getting to the bottom (haha!) of the feather pecking, weight loss issue. I've discovered that the girls have either mites or lice. They are small but easily visable, dark cream/brown, slow moving (generally) and on both feather shaft and next to the skin...

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Can hens going through the moult lose some feathers but still be growing new ones at the same time or do they lose all then grow all in different stages. Also, can they continue to lay while moulting? Also, do they normally have a small, narrow area of skin that runs from from front to back...

Can anyone let me know what it means when a hen does a very loud (and this is hard to describe): Bok-bok-bok-bokkkawwk It's kind of the typical chicken call you'd expect, at the top of her voice and over and over again. Is this 'crowing'??!!

Our third and final little girl is now laying!! :-)08 I got home yesterday and went to get what I thought would be two eggs and there was three!!! What a nice surprise! All three had used the same nest box so I think it will be a competition to see who can get there first each day! So...