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Hi everyone, When we got back from holiday Pepsi was in full moult and then just as she was coming back into lay she suffered a huge prolapse which couldn't be put back and we ended her suffering. Icer had suffered a similar prolapse back in May time although she hadn't been moulting. Coke is...

Hello, I have 2 speckledies who have both been pecking the feathers out of their breasts. There is a marked bald spot on Coke and Pepsi just looks a bit tatty. I have recently covered them in louse powder as there were a few around their vent but nothing too alarming. However I have never seen...

Hi everyone, do chickens need a different diet over the winter? I have read somewhere they need oats at night? Mine are on mash (it slows them down eating so less time to be naughty!!) and they free range on the 2 days I don't work and at the weekend. Anything else they should have now it is...

Hello, more questions - this forum has been so useful for me! I have had a few red mite at the end of the perches in my coop most of the summer. I take the perches out and squash the whatsits and sprinkle in loads of Diatom but there always seems to be a few. There has never been enough to be...

Hi, advice needed please. My big lump of a speckeldy has got a case of bumble foot. One foot is swollen and hot which is what I noticed and the other just has a scab. The vet has given her antibiotics and got the scabs off but nothing came out. She said is was very early so should heal. She said...

Hello everyone, I am new to keeping chickens and have already found loads of useful info on this site thanks. We have 4 POL - 2 sussex and 2 speckledies One of the speckledies had a very mucky looking front over the weekend and when I manage to catch her (taming is a work in progress!!) I found...