Recent content by edbeasley

Hi Icemaiden and Marigold. Thank you for your replies and your welcome. Tikka spends very little time in the nest box - in fact in the last month she has also stopped laying (my apologies, I meant to include that important bit of information in my previous message). About 3 weeks ago we...

Hello. I would be grateful for any advice. I have 6 hens at the moment and have been keeping hens for about 4 years. The current queen (Tikka, a Rhode Rock) has a rather sore looking chest where she has pecked away her feathers. It hasn't ever been pecked to the point of bleeding but it's...