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That madam is a he. Way to go to make him feel even more depressed than he is already. He may be looking less of a he because his lovely tail feathers were recently torn out by a weasel and he has a sore arse from not just that but the stitches needed to close a wound.

One of those days.

Who are these recommendations protecting? They are not going to stop the spread in the wild bird population. I very much doubt that they are there to protect the hobby keepers and breeders. One might have thought we would have learned something for the Covid locksdowns but it seems not.

Not quite sure why I gravitated to this thread. Maybe my Scottish heritage is responsible. Just to be quite clear, frugal does not mean tight. It's careful with resources. Nothing more, so no mean Scott jokes please.:p:D

Oh that's just a minor excavation.:rolleyes:

I'm not great at knitting.:D

Lima.

Love.

That looks as if it could be a vent prolapse. A clear in focus picture from directly behind would be helpfull. Acsites would show a more uniform swelling on her underbelly. Take her to a vet. https://www.bhwt.org.uk/hen-health/health-problems/prolapse/

With the forum upgrade it should now be possible to get the pictures in the articles. I think I'll have a go.

I can't help wondering why you have taken this forum on and what your plans for it are. It has a very small contributor base and not a great deal of traffic.

The Broody Monster.

Chicken keeping ethics. Now that is one long slippery slope. I've never tried pinless peepers and have no idea if they work or not. I suppose if one keeps chickens in a coop and run then or just in a coop like some commercial concerns and there is a feather pecking problem for example, these...

@JoshB Could we have an Articles section?

Welcome @JoshB . It will be interesting to see if the format changes bring more traffic.