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Hi, I know the photos are a tad staged, but we didn't get her to sit on the mound of snow, Mollie just sort of liked it, and settled down..... and the ride on the shovel took her back to her warm house and friends......

Hi Cant tell you my delight when I sourced a Garvo stockist less than 10 miles away. Bought some (20kg)Layers Pellets and a couple of bags of "Alfamix". Well- my girls starved themselves for three days. They went to bed with empty crops, having not touched the pellets. After 3 days, I...

Hi, I prepared myself for our chickens first moult. It hasn't been as drastic as I imagined....bald girls etc.... BUT they are SO miserable, decidedly evil, and very confused. I have a gold birchen pekin who literally looks as though she is going to keel over. When I pick her up, she protests...

This post has been split from the original one: http://poultrykeeperforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=548 Hi Chickadoodle, The photos are fab, all of them, but back to the chick ones. I simply adore the two chick under mamas wing. It would make a beautiful card- just wondering could we somehow...

five all in a row.........last night. BLISS... Sharron x

Hi, A little story.....as some of you may already know we have 3 pekins- oknown as our "BIG Girls who have their own "BIG HOUSE" and our 2 "little girls" - a Sablepoot and D'Uccle in their own "small house". Even though the two houses have sat alongside each other since April - never the twain...

HI, My absolute favorite pekin bantam, Mollie, (who has been broody now for 6wks or so), well her eyebrows have gone Grey/White...... How odd? I know she is the wisest but this is taking it a little too far. She seems well in herself, certainly rouses herself for food/treats etc.......seems...

Hi, Well if its not one thing its another, but thankfully having a little more experience, I seem to be helping this sick girl and she has perked up and seemingly turned a corner overnight. Yesterday she was so poorly, that I actually made what I thought was her last few hours comfortable. She...

Hi, All is well once more-our Tillie, (the white one) is now fully recovered after her impacted crop. To get her eating we tempted her with a bowl of warm ready brek and after the cold and miserable weekend we have just had they all partook in a little comfort food-. This morning they came...

Hi, I suspect our hen might be egg bound?- she last laid 2 days ago, it was very small, but intact. Today she is hunched over, fluffed up, and falling asleep. Having bought her inside, I have given her a warm bath for 20 mins, which meant this stringing shell could be gently removed. I cannot...

Hi, Thought I'd give an update about our pekins feet. Hopefully from the pics you can see the swelling is greatly reduced. She has had the Terramycin sprayed on every other day for the two weeks, and this last week we have left her alone- all seems ok. She is no longer limping and seems her...

Hi, Did the thorough clean of the chicken house this morning and as you can see one of our determined broodies was keen to get back in- no floor, no roof, no nothing- but she still settled in her spot in her part of the house- they do make me laugh!

Hi Ged, Are you thinking of Pekins Bantams?- like our motley crew. Their feet are never dry or clean, but they are so comical.... and always broody!! Good luck......

Thanks David, Sounds like we need to be taking her to a vet.......thankyou for your prompt advice. Will the rain and soggy grounds last week have contributed to this. Plus she was the hen who came to us with Scaly feet, which I am constantly on top of...... Pics attached for reference...

Hi, Me again, One of our Pekins has a slight limp. Having checked her over, her right foot pad is very hard and treble the size of her left foot pad. If I press it (not too hard) she doesn't seem to flinch, but then again would a chicken? She does however curl her toes up, presumably so I won't...

Hi, I might be overreacting after reading lots on here about mycoplasma and gapeworm, but my favorite and top hen has been a little off colour for about 5 weeks now. She is eating & drinking fine and her behaviour is normal, (apart from now joining the others with the broodiness). About five...

Hi, Have just read about giving chicks and hens mashed hard boiled egg? Is this right? I thought you weren't supposed to give animals food in the chain which they produce..... If this is ok, is it something they like? a treat? or a protein supplement when a little run down? (we have a glut...

Hi, Got my Schedule for the Alrewas show- and am now considering entering a trio of bantam eggs?? Firstly can anyone advise as to what one is looking for in a good egg? My girls all free range- some of the eggs are like sandpaper. The two girlies eggs I am thinking of entering have the most...

Hi, Was browsing through the poultry garden show timetable and the Alrewas show, which is apparently new and needs lots of support, is up the road from us. I am wondering whether or not I could enter our Sablepoot. She is a garden chicken but everything about her is pretty scrummy. Her comb...

Hi, All my posts recently have been about our broody pekin, trying to break her, giving up, letting her sit, the trauma of chick dying in its shell, and then only one egg successfuly hatching . Now Mama Lavender has decided she no longer wants to be a mama! Yesterday, mid morning, having...