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Out of my 5 chicks it seems 2 are not laying. One is not tip-top at the mo, runny poo & generally very lethargic but seems to be gradually improving each day, she hasn't laid for a few months but not bothered as she was well & happy (I thought). She's the 'head girl' Now it seems another one...

As posted a couple of weeks ago one of my chooks isn't laying. Good advice from David & checked for mites which is a possibility (difficult to tell, nothing very obvious but tiny amount of what might be mites :? :o ) so have treated her. Anyway this chook was sitting in the nesting box for...

I've been trying to find out where there are poultry shows near me. I have found the website for the National & Regional championship shows on the Poultry Club of GB website but none of them are very close or easy to get to from where I live. I'm thinking of much smaller shows, just for interest...

Hello everyone. A few weeks ago I posted about one of my chooks not ever having laid (as I thought at the time) Anyway, with a little insight & detective work its all a different story now & I'm concerned about a different one being the one not laying (hope you're still with me :roll: ) So the...

Something to make you smile - I gave a friend some eggs, she's not had any of our home-laid eggs before. She was thrilled at the thought. When I gave them to her, in an egg box, she opened it & said........... "Oh how lovely, they're just like real eggs" :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol...

Does anyone know why my chooks should suddenly decide they don't like their layers pellets? I get sacks of pellets from 1 of 2 sources (neither are very convenient locations to where I live so just depends!) They don't sell the same brand but up to now it hasn't made a difference to the chooks...

I'm back on the 'no-egg' mystery! Its only because I'm intrigued as to why one hen doesn't lay, no other reason, she'll stay no matter what :D I have read that the colour of a hens ears indicates the colour of her eggs. Is this correct? I get a white, a large brown, a small brown & a large...

I've changed the title to this post as I realised it sounded so silly - it was "how do you tell a hen isn't laying" :lol: :lol: :lol: dumb or what? So this was the post:- Surely by the law of averages when you only have 5 chooks, once in a while they should all lay on the same day. When...

Surely by the law of averages when you only have 5 chooks, once in a while they should all lay on the same day. When poor Doris went to the great hen house in the sky the vet advised to bin her eggs as a precaution & on checking I realised that she hadn't been laying for over a week. So this...

I saw one of my chooks walk backwards yesterday whilst she was eating. It was so odd & quite funny & I put it down to "one of those funny things they do!" She was walking backwards with her head arched downwards. Anyway, this morning she did the same thing again, twice. Does anyone have...

Anyone been affected by this situation with the flights & volcanic ash problem? A school near us has been 13 teachers short because they are stuck abroad, a friend of mine has been stuck in San Fransisco since last saturday. She said they wouldn't have minded so much if they hadn't already...

Not sure if this is a general or health question! How do you tell if a chook is egg-bound? I have one hybrid chook who has seemed under the weather for 2 days. She's always the quiet one, keeps back when the others crowd round for treats, always hides behind her friend the bossy one, that sort...

I have 6 chooks of various breeds, 2 hybrid heaven only knows what :lol: 2 marans, 1 campine & 1 what I thought was a light sussex. Its taken some months to work out which hen was laying which egg, the campine is easy as she lays white eggs, the marans are supposed to lay brown & I think I've...

Opinions & suggestions please! My chooks are kept in an enclosed run with wire roof & I shut them up in their house at night. The dilema is this - Hubby & I are thinking of summer holidays (dreaming more like!!) & trying to work out the best way to leave the chooks, this will influence our...

I know there are certain plants that are poisonus to chooks (Tim posted a list some while ago). Does anyone know if they instinctively know what not to eat? My chooks live in an enclosed run & at last small shoots of Spring are poking their way through & inside the run are daffodils & rhubard...

Someone mentioned WD40 works for curing Scaly Leg. You miught be interested in reeading what else its useful for. You'll be amazed. On finding red paint on his new car a man’s neighbour came out and told him to get his WD-40 and clean it off. It removed the unwanted paint beautifully and did...

Does anyone have an answer to dirty eggs? I think my girls are the tomboys who like playing in all the dirt & then bring it into the house with them :lol: As they insist on using the same nest box the last egg laid is lovely & clean (my Maran was already in the nest box one day this week &...

Did everyone see this on the news last night? I didn't see it myself but apparently a fox tried to attack a flock & soon wished he hadn't :lol: Don't know what part of the country it was but the cockerel saw the fox off to the heavenly stars above!! Standing up for his girls, the boy dun good...

I am worming my chooks (few more days of treatment left). One of them, & I just cannot work out which one despite hanging around & waiting for them to perform :lol: :roll: has very runny poo's. I'm sure it is only one, & I've looked at the list Victoria's poultry posted (v.helpful! thanks) &...

Wasn't sure which section to post this in, its a general health question! All this rain is creating havoc with the living conditions for my chooks (I'm sure I'm not alone :) ). Just wondered if anyone can suggest any precautions I should take with regards to their health as I know damp & wet...