Recent content by flamesong

My hens don't like Christian festivals. A year ago on Christmas Day, they were attacked by a dog and one was killed another mauled. On Good Friday, they were attacked by a dog and one of them was gashed so badly I hoped it would die before I had to kill it but it somehow survived. Yesterday...

My Marans seem to have stopped laying about a week ago and my girlfriend just told me that hers stopped laying about the same time. Today we bumped into a mutual friend who told us that a flock of about 200 free range hens about ten miles away have virtually stopped as well. I don't actually...

Well, apart from my introduction in another section, this question is my first post and perhaps the eventual reason I registered. I have three Marans and a chick. I live on a rural estate and the hens are let out from their run from about 8.30am to about 7.30pm at the moment - longer in the...

I live in Perthshire and have three Maran hens and an as yet unsexed chick which is either a Black Rock or an Araucana. I took care of them for my neighbours when they went on holiday and after some discussion when they returned, they asked if I would like to take them off their hands. The...