Recent content by elmwood

Hi, All 5 of my birds appear to be infested with northern Fowl Mite. After a phone consultation with the vet, it was suggested it was red mite. Due to the nature of the symptoms I have decided to treat for NFM as there are too many similarities for it to be red mite. My pekin cockerel was...

a few more photos alongside the ones posted in the "show" section....

Hi, thought I would share with all the chicken keepers on here some of the wonderful birds which deservedly won in the National. I tended to take pics of the birds which are of personal interest to me.........Have provided pen numbers but no names were on cards. Birds posted in no particular...

Hi, Not really sure how to explain or word this one. Our Pekin, who is just over 2yrs old, seemingly very healthy, eating, drinking, scratching & active, has been passing lots of water in her poos. Each morning under her perch the bedding has been soaked for the past week or so. I thought we...

Hello everyone, a selection of my XMAS Calender Girlies. Used them as E-cards in the hope they raised a smile..... FESTIVE GREETINGS TO EACH AND ALL Sharron x

Thankyou all, Daniel - Your frizzle chick was quite a surprise, very cute, I am now in no doubt that our "Cloud" is a non-frizzle hen...... We are wondering too if she will stay this colour, as her siblings have changed dramatically........

hi, Now my four chicks are feathering up, out of the two girls we think we have one with some frizzle feathers coming through? Can anyone enlighten me please? The feathers on her back are always raised, never sit flat. She also has tufts sticking out all over her legs.......she is quite...

Well here are our 4 pekin chicks at 5 wks old- looking very scruffy, but filling out nicely. The big Q is boys or girls? We think Tia and Smudge are boys, Spartacus and Zorro are girls. Thankfully the names are temporary - Hope you can help.

me again, have managed to get them to pose before bedtime....... feather, tails, legs combs the lot.....

Hi, Is it too early to tell the sex? They are 3 weeks old tomorrow. We think we have 2 of each- the possible boys seem far more independant and boisterous but they are feathering up first? They are a pure joy to watch and grow so so fast. Many thanks for any help.

And this is what they will grow into........

Hi, I say soft shelled egg, but it was more like a very fat and long worm 6", yellow in colour full of yolk. Yesterday it was white, and a sticky clear fluid oozed out of our pekins vent followed by the soft shell which look like a latex glove finger, for want of a better description. Both...

Who is this saint?........Anywhere near us? (Uttoxeter, Staffs). My faith in human nature has delved into an abyss at the moment......

Hi, Our matronly pekin, Lavender, the most buxom and loudest, was sitting in the middle of the grass hunched up after letting them out for the day. She was waiting by the "frozen" drinker, and as I was defrosting it, and scooping up the water dribbles from the slabs, she has continued to drink...

Hi, Heres our little Fudge and her newish friend Florrie. Fudge has really filled out, and its so nice to see her facial muff coming on. Finally got them on pellets, which I whizz up in the food processor for them, so they have bite size pieces...... :-)07 They both have rather long upper...