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FOR SALE - Exeter, Devon Offers over £300 Collection only GREEN FROG Medium Chicken Lodge in Green. Has automatic door with light sensitive operation. Hardly used, as new condition. Easy to take apart and put together. Very easy to clean. See full description at...

Hi everyone, just a quick question to ask whether anyone might know what could be wrong with my Potty Dotty! She has just stopped being broody ( :roll:) and has now started moulting strangely! But I noticed yesterday that one side of her face was a bit puffy. The whole of her fleshy area...

I am getting the strangest eggs being laid by just one hen, a red Sussex. She has laid normal eggs before and is about 18 months old. They are larger than she normally lays, have what looks like raised vein patterns all over the shell and there doesn't seem to be a membrane between the shell and...

I need some help please! This won't come as any surprise to a lot of people on here, but Potty Dotty is broody again! Things were looking up as she was laying an egg every day, then I realised what she was up to, she was laying her yearly 6 eggs as quick as she could so that she could spend the...

I seem to have a problem developing with the black onduline roofing in my covered run! There is airflow near the roof, but there are lots of white patches developing, some furry white patches! Condensation does develop on the inside of this, which I don't understand either, but now these white...

Hi everyone, Just wanted to say hope everyone has a very good Christmas whatever you may be doing. Stay safe if you're travelling! Sue xx

Does anyone else have any broody hens at the moment! Mad Potty Dotty is broody AGAIN!!! She must have laid all of 6 eggs this year! Finished moulting, then went broody! Oh well, I'm getting used to it now!

For the last week or so I've been finding small toadstools growing in my covered run under the hardwood chips! I have yet to identify these, but are hens likely to eat them even if they're poisonous or should they know to leave them alone. They seem to pop up overnight and they will get to them...

Does anyone know whether beetroot leaves can be fed to hens.

I have another one of my hens moulting, but she hasn't eaten properly for over a week. She has lost an awful lot of weight and whatever I try to feed her with she refuses! She doesn't appear to be ill in any way and her droppings, although very small amounts, are normal. She doesn't have any...

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A hen belonging to a friend yesterday laid an egg with quite a lot of blood on the outside of the shell. She's not sure which hen laid it. She has two older hens approx 4 yrs old and 6 younger hens under 1 year. Is this something to worry about and what could have caused it? I suggested she...

Do hens sometimes get depressed and look a bit off colour when they start to moult? My top hen has just been treated with Tylan as she was sneezing and wheezy again. This improved a lot after treatment, but she has now started dropping her feathers. She is standing around on her own away from...

Mosquitoes are feeding on my hens in the Green Frog during the night! Any ideas on how to stop them? The pop hole is being left open at night as it's so hot, but even if I closed this, the vents are still open and they could get through any gaps anyway. Should I be bothered by this or not worry?

I'm asking this question on behalf of a friend. She had two hens and a cockerel. The cockerel was rehomed and she bought in 6 pol pullets to live with the 2 existing older birds. They have all been together now for about 6 weeks and now one of the older birds has started treading one of the...