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Came home this afternoon to find one of my Buff Sussex tripping over a bunch of her wing feathers! It's the side that the breeder clipped for me when I had her, but they are hanging down, sometimes going between her legs as she walks. About 4 or 5 feathers I think. Does she have a broken wing or...

Chris, would love to see some photos of your TNN's when you have some!

I expect this has been covered before, but as usual I am worrying about my hens again!!!!! I know they have their own insulation etc. etc. but I was wondering whether I could help them out by adding soft straw to the house floor and nest boxes during this cold weather on top of the shavings...

Had some bad news today from the result of the blood tests done on my Maran when she was taken in for her coughing and sneezing. The tests have come back positive for Myco and Infectious Bronchitis!!! She was treated for 5 days with the antibiotics along with 2 other hens that were showing...

I have spent the last week trying to find a supplier of Garvo poultry feed! There is only one place in my area who has ever had it in stock and they only order it every 2 months and have nothing in at the moment! I have just managed to order the last bag from a website and their carriage charges...

I took one of my hens to the vets again today as she has started sneezing a lot and is very wheezy. Went to the Chickenvet this time. There are two others who are also sneezing and a bit wheezy, but not as bad as her. He has given me oral antibiotics, but it tastes disgusting and I have had a...

I can't actually believe it! Potty Dottie, my (small) Silver Laced Wyandotte who has caused me continual problems since her arrival has finally decided to start laying eggs again. Or at least I hope she has, this could just be a one off!!!! After being broody for months, then having a prolapse...

I don't know whether anyone can answer this query, but one of my original hens is supposed to be a French Blue Maran. The only problem is that she doesn't lay dark brown eggs, but a normal light brown egg colour. I am starting to wonder whether she is actually a Maran as I thought they all lay...

I think I touched on this subject a while ago, but need to re think what I use for my inside run! I thought I was doing the right thing and went over everything at the time that could be used and chose what I thought was the best. Having had weeks of very wet weather I am now not so sure! I have...

I was just wondering whether anyone uses the wormer that you put in the water (sorry, don't know what it's called). I think, from previous postings, that most people on here use Flubenvet, but I want to worm mine again soon, but don't want want to use Flubenvet as I can't exclude all other food...

I have another poo query!!! I have possibly two birds who are producing liquid white poo. It wouldn't be noticeable if it wasn't white because it is so liquid. They seem very healthy and don't have dirty feathering around the rear end. They are eating very well and also laying. Should I be...

Is a pale comb significant in any way? My buff sussex who isn't laying at the moment (none of them are) and is doing a slow moult, she's much more sensible than the others and is losing them slowly and replacing as she goes. Her comb is very pale though. Is this because she's moulting, not...

Please could anyone give me some advice on what to do about my speckled sussex. She and also my French blue maran were 'off colour' about 5 weeks ago (not sure exactly) and I took them to a chicken friendly vet (keeps his own hens). They were wheezy and the maran was sneezing and coughing, but...

Well, here we go again with the next drama!!! My silver laced wyandotte (12 months old) has this morning started crouching down and walking sideways and round in large circles! She is having a very heavy moult. She is eating fairly well and inbetween the staggering, is walking around normally...

I have some questions for experienced keepers regarding moulding. This is my first year with poultry so haven't experienced the mould until now. I have three hens who are moulding, one is the legbar who is in with the bully, but she seems quite happy and is just losing a few feathers here and...

Well, I thought I'd solved the problem with my wyandotte who was attacking the sussex (a lot of forum members will remember this ongoing saga!) I was wrong! She has been living quite happily with the 'top bird' in a new run and hen house (just the two of them) ever since I made the decision...

I'm not sure what's going on with my hens! They're not eating very well at all. It's a struggle to get them to eat anything. They don't appear unwell, but are losing a lot of weight and going to bed with hardly anything in their crops. I give them until lunchtime, hoping they're going to eat the...

One of my new hens (approx. 20 wks) has laid an egg out in the main run tonight, just before bedtime. This is the first one she's laid. Is this because she's not sure where to lay it, or did it just take her by surprise!! It did me as I didn't expect them to starting laying yet! Should I be...

I collected my two new hens last Sunday (1 x red, 1 x buff sussex). They are 17-20 wks old. They have been in a separate house/run next to the other hens for a week now. The other hens were interested in the new arrivals, but have now lost interest. They are very flighty and I can't pick them up...

Can anyone recommend a treatment for scaly leg mites please? I'm not sure, but one of my hens has a very small raised area around one of the feathers on her legs (French blue maran). I want to treat her just in case and the others as well. I know there is a 'scaly leg' spray, but just wondered...