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Thought I'd share a funny story! Last night my hubby went out to close up the chooks, it was about 6p.m. As usual he closed the pop-hole then opened the main door to check all were in. Counting them, he found 1 was missing, checked the nesting boxes but not there either so looked again on the...

Just seen my friend on Pet Rescue!!! :D I was so surprised couldn't believe it! She's the friend whose dog I have taken in as she's moving into a flat. She was on the programme as she needed to rehome her ducks & geese as she can't take those either. The RSPCA collected them & took them to a...

Back on that old subject of worming :? When you give Verm-X on a monthly cycle, if they have worms do they excrete them natrally? I ask because I saw what I think are eggs in a very conveniently placed 'poo'! I'm not sure what worm eggs look like but these looked like small grains of white...

Just thought I'd let you all know (if you don't already) February issue of 'Country Smallholding' includes a free copy of 'Poultry' with it & in the issue there is a really good article on incubation, really good for us novices. Got mine when I was down at my local WH Smith's

Anyone out there with experience with dogs? I know Lydia has dogs & there might be others able to give me some help on this. I've taken in a 10 year old Border Collie-ish dog, sadly her owners have had to move into a flat & cannot keep her & I was the last hope saloon before the dogs home...

Found this quite interesting bit of info on fertilising eggs on a chicken keeping newsletter & thought you all might like to read it. Some of you out there will no doubt know this already but for those that didn't, me included, I thought I'd post. The hen's reproductive system is made up of an...

Now that I'm getting some beautiful eggs, I'm actually getting more than I can use :D Its such a treat as my first group rarely laid & I still find it exciting (doesn't take much to make me happy :lol: ) I raise money for a charity now & again & I was thinking of 'selling' some, only to...

My chooks live in their own enclosure & don't free range because of our fox problem. It might not be possible as I'd have to make a temporary run for them but I'd like to give the ground a chance to recover in the Spring if I can. Does anyone know how long it should be left for to clear it of...

Why do they always want to lay in the same nestbox? Although there are 2 nestboxes for my chooks to choose from, both identical in size, shape & comfort, they only use one! (The nest box is the kind that's attached to one end of the coup, a rectangle divided in 2) There has only ever been 1 egg...

The ongoing saga of my cockerel continues....... :roll: I've tracked down the farm where he may have come from as a fertilised egg. It turns out that he might possibly be a Black Araucana & not an Asian as I (with the help of nnbreeder!) thought, although the guy said he was a bit doubtful...

I have read that Garlic & Citricidal is a good aid to chooks with the sneezes. Several of mine have started sneezing now, I think it could be the bad weather, so far I haven't seen any other signs that people mention, no runny eyes, noses etc. As far as I can hear no wheezing either. Eating as...

In this weather, ground is rock hard & if its not as hard as cement its damp! So when I saw my poor Scruffy trying to scratch a dust bath in the ground 10/10 for effort but he wasn't having much success! The others have a couple of little 'dust' patches but at the moment they're more like mud...

Just worth mentioning especially to the newbies who might not have gone through a winter yet. BEWARE - of foxes in this cold spell :evil: Make sure you do all your nightly checks & lock up your girls. Also don't think they aren't about during the day...

Thanks Tim for the tips on looking after our chooks in the weather.I've got a problem caused by the cold temperatures. I'm hoping one of you clever DIY people can help with this. My OH made a small house for my cockerel (who can't integrate with the main group). He lives in a pen on his own...

Hi nnbreeder & anyone else that can help identify my chook. He's possibly an Asian Hard Feather breed but I'm uncertain, all I know about him is that he possibly came as a fetilised egg from a farm that does have some rare breeds. I got him at approx 14/16 weeks (she wasn't sure exactly when...

I have heard of chooks having a winter moult ...but in this weather? One of my newer birds has started loosing feathers like a pillow with a hole in it! Every time she moves more fall out. This started majorly yesterday but she was loosing just a few for a couple of days before this. She is...

Hi Everyone. How's everyone coping with this bad weather & snow we're having down in the south (Osric you're probably used to it but we nesh southerners can't cope :lol: ) I'm wondering how to keep the chooks warm enough. I know they have a much higher body temp than we do & don't tend to feel...

Well, apparently chooks aren't clever, this one is!! A friend had a fox attack in the summer, all gone except Peg. She's called Peg because she has a sort of 'peg-leg' :D She doesn't walk well & sort of hobbles but gets around fine. They live in a small village right on the edge of open...

Amongst my mottly crew I have a beautiful Silver Campine.The person who bred her & 3 others I had, bought some eggs from 2 places & didn't really know what she'd got. I chose my 4 for their looks (& Scruffy chose me!) Its turns out I have a Cuckoo Maran, my Scruffy cockerel & this Campine. I...

I know we've done this one before :roll: but do you all think this would work. My friend has asked me to take on her 2.5 yr old chook. She is a sweet little thing but has never had any other chook for company only a.... rabbit :lol: They were the best of friends but bunny has died & she's...