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I have a silkie hen about the age to come into lay. After finding a hen with some northern fowl mite on her I decided to treat them all yesterday with ivermectin. When I picked this hen up she seemed OK and her crop was full. This morning when I went to let them out this hen was very slow to...

anyone got experience with partridge. My broody is now sat on ten eggs OH friend found in a field and asked if I could hatch them. I don't know if they are viable but my broody is happily sitting on them. If they were to hatch what do you feed them is chick crumb OK. I believe they take 24 days...

I am coming increasingly concerned about all the stories of foxes attacking during the day. I wondered if anyone has any comments on my security and if you think it needs reviewing. I do live quite rural although I do have close neighbours to two sides of my garden. I have three houses all with...

sorry did not want to hijack marks post so thought I would just start another. Im quiet interested in the comments about poultry sheid and red mite control as I am totally paranoid about red mite although to my knowledge I have never had a major outbreak touch wood. I tend to use poultry shield...

what happened to Daisy, Cleaned the coop out yesterday and a few stray feathers around but nothing much. Let them out this morning Daisy came down the ladder shook herself and a mass of feathers fell out of her she now has hugh areas where she looks totally plucked. Looked in the nest box and it...

and ideas why my little hen appears to have lost her voice. She has had sour crop and I am treating at the moment and she seems lots better. However, she appears to have lost her voice she kinda does a quite squeak but nothing else. I have been worming her with flubenvet as I read gape worm...

got a broody sitting on eggs. day 21 was on Wednesday she is still sitting tight. When she got off to eat this morning quickly candeled the eggs. One we threw as it looked like it had never been fertile. The other two did have air pockets so we put them back and she went and sat back on them...

Usally use broodies to hatch eggs but this year decided to get a r com mini so the kids could see the eggs hatch. Got three eggs in there. The first eight days the water level was going down slowley but since friday it just does not appear to have gone down at all. Getting a bit concerned that...

my little goldtop has gone broody and a friend has asked me if I could use her to hatch some eggs for him. Its the only chance she will have cause I dont do it cause could not bare to cull the cockerels. He has wellsummers and vorwerks. His wellsummers lay hugh eggs so suggested best to try let...

just having a moment of uncertainty and wondered if anyone can give me a bit of advise. I have a hen who when my friend was chicken sitting for me in october accidently stood on her when I returned she told me that she thought she had lamed one of my hens. Since then one of my hens has a very...

Got a problem with rats. Been putting down the rentokil sealed rat boxes with posion in been doing it for over a month now and the darn things dont seem to be dying. They do appear to have taken four boxes worth of the bait, although I have found several lumps around so maybe they are biting...