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We have four ex-battery chickens. Three of them have developed a cough over the last week. None of them has any sort of discharge from nose or eyes and they are breathing normally. They are all feeding well and are very active, but egg production has decreased from 2-3 eggs per day to 1-2 per...

I'm completely new to keeping chickens. We procured 4 ex-battery chickens in July, provided them with a small hen-house, cordoned off part of our garden for them to scrat around in and so far so good. They seem healthy and happy and are now fully feathered and producing four eggs almost every...

Hi Folks, After much deliberation my wife and I are now looking after four rescue chickens. They seem very happy and have vastly improved in appearance since we got them in mid-July this year when they were in a pretty sorry state. I have lots of questions but I will start with the one that was...