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Now I have been told this is not uncommon but I was wondering why it has happened! Our two and a half year old hen, Hermione, has recently moved up the pecking order because of the sad demise of our much loved Henrietta. Around the same time, we suddenly started hearing crowing outside in the...

Mr Woo, our new Bantam. He is a recent addition along with two Welsummer hens. Thought I would send along a photo. We were told he is just "a Bantam" but does he have a breed name as such?? Liz

So proud of my little rescue hen that I thought I would share a photo of her first egg since moving to her new hen house. Super size and I love the speckles. She is a Welsummer :-)

Thanks so much to everyone who sent along advice concerning my red mite problem recently. The hens came with an old hen house that turned out to be full of the little blighters .. They were draining my poor hens and the cockerel of blood. I had been assured that the hen house had been power...

About a month ago we were given two Welsummer Hens and a Bantam cockerel. We noticed that one of the hens has a bald neck which we assumed had been caused by the cockerel as this particular girl was his constant companion. However we have just returned from 10 days holiday and discovered our...