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Hi All, My daughter is the shiest 8 year old in the world and wont even say hi to her own reflection in the mirror. Her school asked if each child would like to put on a presentation about anything that interests them. My daughter gave a 3 minute talk about her chickens and got into the final...

Can anyone advise me please? One of my warrens has just started to moult. Is this normal? I have read on the forum that they usually moult in the winter but Elsie is loosing feathers in the garden like a burst duvet! Do you think she is OK? Elsie will be 3 this spring and hasn't moulted before...

Please could you tell me if my 2 lovely warren ladies will moult this year? This will be their second winter and they didn't moult last year. Thanks for your help! PS Why do chickens moult in the winter? I wouldn't want to be naked in the garden just now! Brrrrr! :-)07

Hi All, My girls are in the middle of "worming week" so poor things cant roam freely in the garden and peck around. I moaned to my neighbour and she said I dont really need to do it. Farmers often don't apparently. It made me wonder what would happen if my girls had worms... is it uncomfortable...

Please can you advise ..... Elsie has quite a large crop but as it's the evening,I'm not overly concerned.... except she is missing a few feathers from her crop and there is a little blood on her skin. Doris may have pulled some feathers out but I thought they usually did that at the other end...

Accidentally last night I forgot to close my girls pop hole. Everything was fine in the morning but can you tell me whether my ladies are safe if it is open, please. I have a coop that is raised off the ground with a small run made from fox proof wire underneath. Thanks for your help.

Hi All! Please caan you help.... the strangest thing is happening to Doris. She has stopped laying eggs and stands on the top of her ramp making an egg laying noise first thing in the morning. Could she be trying to crow as there are no males in our coop? Should I change her name to Boris or is...

Please could an expert give me the ideal recipie for making a dust bath for my ladies? I am fed up with waiting for the rain to stop so they can find a patch of dry soil! Thank you!

Pleeeeease help (again!) Elsie is laying lovely hard shelled eggs again now... horray! but the next problem is they are sooooo tasty, she is eating them herself (by about 6.30 in the morning.) What can we do to stop her? Honestly, some chickens are so naughty!! Chicken kievs if she's not careful!

Please can you help? One of my girls is laying soft shelled eggs. I have provided oyster shell bits, but it has happened for the last 2 days. She is only a year old. Do I need to worry yet? Thank you

Please can you guys help with some advise about giving my girls flubenvet? When I bought the wormer, the ladies at the vet did not know anything about it (!) so were unable to help. Can I give it to my girls with pellets and how can I make sure they have each had the correct amount each day...

Hi All, I have had my 2 girls for 6 months now and need to get some flubenvet. I looked in our local pet shop that has some chicken bits, but they didn't sell it. (The lady behind the counter hadn't heard of it!) Please could you tell me where I can buy it? PS Our ladies are celebrating... We...

Hi All! Please could you help me again!!! One of my girlies has laid a couple of eggs that are not ovals! They are flat on one side!! There is nothing else unusual about the eggs.... normal colour, nice hard shells but just a strange shape!! As long as the girls are OK there is no problem, but...

Hi All! I love looking at the pictures of everyones chickens on the forum but please could someone help me to answer this question? How do you all keep your chickens clean, tidy and mud free..... I have even seen pics of clean white silkies!! My burly girls wallow round in the muddy quagmire in...

Please could anyone in the know pass on some tips about adding to my little flock of chickens? My girls are all settled and have been with us since last summer and as I was warned by you guys, I'd want more! Can I add just one more or will she be bullied? Uh oh. I'm hooked!

Please can an expert advise me aboout ventilation in my coop? Is it cold enough now to shut the little pophole or should I leave it open for the girls? I only have 2 ladies in the coop and I know they snuggle to keep warm so I am not sure what to do! (again!)

Please can someone tell me if Johnsons poultry mite and lice powder is a way to prevent my ladies getting red mites, or a curative? If it is a cure, please can you suggest a method of prevention? Blimey! I sound more like a vet every day!!!!

This morning one of my girlies was a bit late laying and I had to pop out. I put her in her large run with a little nesting box but she decided not to use it. When I came home from work and let the girls have a run around the garden, she shot past me into her usual nesting box joined to her...

Am I the only person who wanders down to the chickens as soon as the day breaks in her dressing gown and wellie boots with wild bed hair? Please tell me others do the same thing and chicken keepers country wide are equally uninhibited!!

I have a cunning idea!!!! Can I put large shingle down in my run to keep the girls feet out of a swamp? I could hose down and the water would drain away? Clean and dry. Not very soft for my girls to walk on though. :?