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I'm keen to hatch some eggs this Spring & someone has all the equipment for sale on the For Sale section so all would fit in well. My problem is that my OH feels really strongly about the 'outcome' for any males that hatch. I'm more philosophical about it but he feels quite strongly that I...

Hi Everyone, I'm hoping someone can advise as I'm out of ideas on this one. I have a Marans, age 18mths approx, who's not well, can't really put my finger on what is wrong, she's just not right. The background is:- She slowed down on egg laying Sept & stopped mid Oct. Up to about last month...

Not sure if this is a health problem but maybe someone can help. My Marans has up till now, a beautiful, upright comb, although not laying (can't understand why, she laid me 2 eggs after the moult then nothing :? ) she's pretty well fine, apart from the fact that her comb has fallen in half (if...

Hi Everyone, I'm hoping someone can suggest the best way to handle this problem. On Monday I discovered the coop has been leaking :o Not very badly (I would have noticed sooner) but all this rain we've been having must have seeped in somehow, still can't work out how. Whats happened is that...

Hi Everyone, Just wondered what everyone's thought are on this one - I have 4 chooks (started with 7 :( ) One is a Campine which is a rare breed & smaller than the others (Speckled Maran, Sussex & a Don't Know poss Maran!) they all came from a friend of a friend who hatched them. She got the...

I've read recently that chooks kept in an enclosed run are better fed on mash rather than layers pellets. The reason they gave was, its because they can eat their day's ration of pellets in about half an hour wheras mash takes much longer to eat. In an enclosed run they can get bored easily &...

Hi Everyone, Haven't been here for a while, work got in the way :roll: Santa has been asking me what I want in my Christmas stocking. I think a few more books on Chook keeping would be good as the ones I've got, I have 'outgrown' if you know what I mean, they were great at the beginning but...

Out of my 4 chooks, 2 are moulting (inside their house looks like a feather factory :roll: ) & I thought the other 2 were coming into moult as the number of eggs has been decreasing, & then last week, no eggs. Well, I discovered the answer - she's not been laying in the nesting box. Don't know...

......you can stop doing that rain dance now!! I know you needed the rain up there on the East coast but enoughs enough :lol: :lol: My chooks are up to their elbows in mud :D You should have done it a couple of months ago when my plums were needing the water - (I've got a tree laden with...

A friend told me this morning that they were woken at 5.30 am this morning by a very loud & terrible noise. They couldn't make out what it was but it was so loud & sounded so bad that they got up to see what on earth it could be. Over the road on the opposite neighbours lawn they saw...

Does anyone know what the cause might be of this problem. My chook is not well this morning, quiet & shaking her head. Its raining here & at first I thought it was shaking the wet off her head (the others did it a couple of times) but Marilyn kept doing it so took a closer inspection. She's a...

I'm keeping a close eye on my little Campine as she's had slightly runny poo for a little while. I lost another chook about 4 weeks ago with symptoms of diarrhea but the vet couldn't diagnose exactly what the problem was & she didn't respond to anti-bios & died about 2 weeks after the course...

Can anyone answer this question for me please about heights. I know that having a perch too high in the coup (thus making the chooks jump down) is not good for them & can lead to bumble foot, but I was wondering if the same thing applies to outdoor perches, logs, tables etc? Its just that with...

Not sure if this is general or health! Anyway, just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how to 'disinfect' ground that chooks live on when in a closed run. I have an enclosed run, quite large but over the time is now just bare ground, all grass long gone!!! I think that its time to try &...

Hi Everyone, hope you're all enjoying the weather! Just wanted to run this by you all. The 'top bird' of my little flock is very poorly at the mo, not bothered about keeping the others in line. The bottom of the pecking order is my little Campine, always has had to stand her corner & has learnt...

Does anyone know if sometimes a certain batch of chooks can all have a health problem? I ask because my chooks came from 2 different sources. 3 from a backgarden type chicken keeper & have all flourished & no illness. And 4 from a small holding where they kept 50 chooks & 3 out of 4 have had...

My poorly chook has improved quite a lot but she's still not back to normal. Thought I'd ask if anyone has any ideas on what else I could do. Background is: - she's had very, very watery poo, very lethargic, loosing weight. So visit to vet, gave anti-biotics & analised the poo (what we could...

Hi everyone, Does anyone have any good methods of keeping flies away? I have an enclosed run for my chooks & although I 'poo-pick' every morning the blessed flies are a real nuisance & as I've got a poorly chook at the mo with very runny poo I want to keep them off as much as poss. (The vet told...

Hi Sue, Welcome to the forum! I would post in a different section if I were you, sometimes things get missed down here! :D Have a look in the Chickens for Sale & wanted section there's bound to be someone who can help. Best of luck :D

My poorly chook went downhill yesterday so a trip to the vet & she's now on anti-biotics. She has had very runny poos but I thought she was improving but yesterday a dramatic change for the worse. The Vet couldn't find anything obvious but said its definately some sort of infection so...