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I'm just back from the vets where I had to say goodbye to Gert - my gorgeous two year old ginger chook. I've just buried her and I'm really sad about loosing her - surprisingly so. However I need to think about her sister, Dolly, who I don't want to be on her own too long so I'm going Friday...

I may need to take my chicken to the vets and wonder if anyone knows of a good chicken vet in the Warwick area?

Hi One of my two chooks, Gert, is poorly. She has had loose droppings for about 7 days - but otherwise seemed fine until yesterday when she was a bit sedate and fluffed up. Today I would say she is a little worse - normally she is a live wire but this morning she is just standing in the run...

Hi all My friend has a load of unused spelt grain that he has asked me if I want for the chooks. Has anyone fed this to their chickens before? I feed mine on layers pellets with a daily handful of corn - could I replace the corn with the spelt maybe? It's in date as he has just used it to make...

Gertrude is poorly - I think. She was fine yesterday so hopefully whatever is wrong it's in its early stages. She hasn't laid yet today and would have normally have done so by now. Her comb is nice and red and still upright however she is just standing around, closing her eyes. She's been doing...

Hi all Is it normal for one hen to 'preen' another? I've only got two girls and one of them, Gert, likes to softly peck at Dolly. She's not plucking feathers out, it's a much more gentle and no feathers ever come out. It seems like she's picking off invisible flecks off her friend. Neither...

So one of my two chickens has messy vent feathers plus after she has laid she seems to walk a bit funny (bum down to ground) for about 15 mins, there seems to be a slight protruding of the vent and also there's a hissing sounds coming from her vent. The protrusion and hissing only lasts a little...

Hi all One of my two girls has got lice eggs attached to some of her vent feathers - initially I thought it was hardened poo, but having taken her to vets who identified she had lice (yuk) I did a bit more reading and they're definitely eggs. I've powdered both girls with barrier powder and...

Hi all New to keeping Chooks - only have two. So glad there is somewhere I can come and ask questions. Ta CJ