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After all the other problems she's been causing (and still is causing!) she has now gone broody!!!!!! What do I do with her? I can't separate her ANYWHERE. I don't want to hatch any eggs (no cock bird anyway)! I can't shut them out of the house and all the birds lay their eggs at different times...

My neighbours are going to give it a try introducing my wyandotte in with their hens. They have 2 hens (Jersey Giant crosses they think!) and a cock (not a very friendly one!!) They are kept in a static house and run. Please could forum members give me their opinion on how best to do this as...

I think I've found a home for my lovely silver laced wyandotte who is bullying the sussex! A neighbour up the road from me keeps a few hens (4 hens and a cock) and she has just lost one of the hens through some problem with her crop. She has offered a home to my dotte, but I am wondering whether...

Is there a list anywhere on the web or this forum where I can find details of what fruit and veg is safe to give my hens? Or a list of things that are not safe to feed them?

I have a French Blue Maran who has been sneezing and sometimes coughing for about the last 4 weeks. The person I had her from said there's no need to worry or do anything as there is no discharge and she is vaccinated. I have put Respite in the water and she did seem to improve for a while, but...

I don't understand what is going on here! I thought my problem with the silver laced wyandotte attacking the buff sussex has stopped. For the last 2 weeks they have been together all the time, unsupervised and sleeping in the house together. All was well until 2 days ago! I went down to let them...

I've had my hens 5 weeks now and after 4 weeks of problems with one of them bullying another, they have finally settled down. I was just about to re home the bully, but after putting her in a cage on her own a couple of times, she stopped bullying! My question is this - how often should I...

Does anyone use Stalosan powder in their houses or runs? According to the label it can be used with the hens insitu, but I am worried that they will eat it when they are scratching around. Is this a problem, or is it completely safe even if they do eat it?

I'm sorry, but I'm here again with more questions!! Some of my hens are producing very runny poo. They are all vaccinated and not showing any signs of being unwell. Some is just runny, others are watery. Some are producing normal droppings. I am worming them with Flubenvet (first day today) in...

I have just purchased some Marriages layers pellets with Flubenvet to worn my hens, but my question is can I just swap their food over from one day feeding their normal pellets (not Marriages) to the next day feeding them just the pellets with Flubenvet? I thought you had to change food over...

When I went to check my hens this morning there was one still in the nestbox not wanting to come out. I knew she wasn't laying as she hasn't started yet. When I went to pick her up she shook her head and creamy coloured liquid came out with bits of food in it. As I picked her up there was more...

Please could I get some advice on the best way to find a new home for one of my hens. It looks as though I'm not going to be successful in getting my six girls all together. The one that was bullying my Buff Sussex is still picking on her! I've spent a lot of time watching over them in the hope...

One of my hens has runny droppings on her soft feathering. My question is, should I wash it off, or will it dry and fall off. It's a bit worse today than it was yesterday.

Please could I get some advice about one of my hens. She is limping this morning, but was fine yesterday. She can use the leg but there is a definite limp. I've checked her leg the best I can, it's not swollen anywhere and there is no sign of injury at all, just the limp. I have put her in a...

Further to my other question posted - if I do manage to catch any of them, I am not sure how to hold them to dust them with mite/louse powder. I went on a brief beginners course and they showed us how to do it by holding the bird upside down by its legs! Firstly some of my birds are quite big...

Is there some sort of special technique for catching and picking up hens? I have had mine for 2 weeks now and can only pick up 3 of them - the buff and speckled sussex and the wyandotte, the others (French blue Maran, crested cream legbar and Barnevelder) move much quicker than I can! I've tried...

I have 6 hens, one of each - Wyandotte, French Blue Maran, Barnvelder, two Sussex and a Crested Cream Legbar. Please can someone tell me which would fly and which wouldn't. They are all large, not bantam and 18-21 weeks old. I need to know which ones, if any, I need to wing clip and I want to...

Please could someone give me advice. Further to my problem with the hen who had to be separated because she had been injured by one of the other hens. They had been together for a week with the breeder before I had them (they are 18 and 21 weeks old). He said he though the Wyandotte was top of...

My hens only arrived yesterday and I seem to have some problems already! It may be that it's because they haven't settled down yet, but because this is my first time I don't know wheter it's normal behaviour to start with or not. Firstly one of them has laid an egg this morning in the corner of...

My hens are sleeping in the nest boxes! It's their first night here and when I checked on them 4 were in one nest box and 2 in the other! No one on the perches (6 hens). Two were on top of the other two in one box and the other two obviously thought better of getting on top! What do I do?