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Hi, i recently went to a vet on the wirral as one of my hens was seriously ill, they are Hoylake vets Ltd 43 Birkenhead Road Hoylake CH47 5AF Phone number 0151632 5676 The Vet's name is Rob McNulty. They deal with many different animals from a crocdile, snakes, lizards to mice. He got my...

I have a Brahma who has lost a lot of weight recently and i have no idea why. I used to spend hours outside with the hens but due to illness have been unable to recently. Today i noticed that she was just staying in the coop. I got her out and she did not really struggle, when i put her back ion...

Hi Everyone, I am trying to liven up my back garden for my chooks and wanted to put some different plants and bushes in for them to hide behind as it has got run down due to ill health. I wanted to put some fern plants in but am worried it could be poisonous, could anyone help...

I need a little guidance as i am changing the straw in the coop every week now due to it getting damp so often. Is there anything else i can use that will help absorb the damp, i had thought of putting wood shavings down under the straw to try and soak it up but do not know which would be best...

Hi Everyone, i really need some help with one of my chickens. My son brought home a grey bantam that was in full molt. I kept her seperate for two & half weeks to settle in and help her new feathers to grow in. This was in a large rabbit hutch next to the coop so all my other...

Hi, i was given some Bantams today by someone who does not know what breed they are, and i am puzzled as well, so any help[ would really be appreciated. http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k614/PedroHo/Chick3.jpg http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k614/PedroHo/Chick1.jpg...

Hi all, I have what might seem a strange question. Are there any breed of chickens that lay mostly eggs that turn out to be mostly female. Thank you Henry

I have a very intelligent Black rock hen, this morning she was trying to eat pellets but the others kept getting in the way, so she managed to get in and then put one foot on the food bowl and started eating,when the others came over she hopped backwards dragging the bowl with her. She did this...

Hi All, it has been a bad week so far an old friend died yesterday after a short illness. Today one my hens a warren seems to have a discharge from her right eye, it looks a little like she is crying as it just looks like water. She walked straight into a clear plastic door window and i...

I have been sitting outside again over the last few days as the weather has been quite good, but yesterday I spent 2 hours going through the forum looking and reading, I then spent 2 hours trying to find anywhere around my area that had any old world war 1 or 2 items as i collect them(If anyone...

Hi Everyone, I just thought i would show you my new coop, The paperwork says it is good for 13 medium Chickens. It has 3 nest boxes and 2 perches and is very easy to assemble and cost £189.00. The ducks use it as well as 3 chickens. And my warren did not even go off lay for one...

My Warren Ginger has started on some days sending out liquid poo, and then other days normal. This what she and the other chickens and ducks have been eating lately. dandeloin leaves, cauliflower leaves, layered pellets, maize, apple peel, carrot peel,worms, spiders,lettuce scraps (only a small...

I have two hens a black rock ancona X and a maran, they are 16 weeks and 18 weeks respectively, the Maran has the comb coming through but the Black rock has just got 2 little bumps. I am curious at how long it should take for them to get the full set. Thank You

My son and i are considering getting our ayelsbury a beak transplant, as she is not getting much of the food as she cannot get hold of it properly, although i do make a layered pellet mash which she can eat okay. We have seen on line about ducks and geese having beaks replaced with prosthetic...

I have just got 3 Silkie X Gold Tops which are now 3 weeks old. We have them in my sons bedroom with an heat lamp and they are really growing in just the week that we have had them. I am worried about the winter for them. I have a good Rabbit hutch for them, for when they get older, but wondered...

I am just putting this up because i had a Tomtom that did not work anymore the USB connector had burnt out. I found a site under tomtom repairs. I pad £14.99 for the job and sent the Sat nav on Tuesday evening by recorded delivery, it arrived this morning and has already been repaired and sent...

Today i went out with the intention of getting one gold top silkie chick, instead i have come back with 2 gold ones and one tottaly black. They are 2 weeks old and gorgeous although the black one is smaller than the others. Photos A.S.A.P.

I just thought i would let anyone in the Moreton and general wirral area know, That there is a farm at Moreton shore, that sells potato sacks of fresh straw for 50p and bails for £4, they straw smells great and it is all straight from a big barn where you can see it stored.It might be that...

I am confused by my two chooks, they follow each other around like shadows, but to day the feathers on there necks and heads stood on end and they started jummping up at each other and using the feet on each other. So the problem is, are the male or female or is this just normal behaviour for...

Hi Zo, as you can see i put the spade in to give some gauge to size from the side, the second shows the entrance the door lies on top of the pallet to help the ducks out. I put it on the pallet to keep it dryerand make it a lot more difficult for rodents. The green garden bin is as high...