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I have 7 male and 2 female White Faced and so looking for some females if anyone has any out there?

I almost fell of my chair this morning when a friend rang to say a pair of Silver Millefleur Sabelpoots she was after at Salisbuty on Saturday went for too much money - I asked her how much they went for, she replied £600 !!!! for the pair (cockerel and hen), a pullet in the next cage went for...

Pair of Mandarins for sale, this years hatch pinioned Male Mandarin for sale, this years hatch pinioned x 1 Male Mandarin for sale, last years hatch pinioned x 4 Please PM me if interested.

One of my sabelpoots has been limping for a few days, checked her over, no damage to foot, eating and drinking fine. Limping has got worse and she has now gone off her legs completely one leg forward the other behind. She is still drinking / eating but topples onto her side constantly. I...

A friend of mine who does not have a computer has a few mandarin drakes for sale, please pm me for his contact details if interested Thanks

Went to start shuting the hens up this evening at around 4 pm and found one of my lovely gold laced orpington bantams dead in the snow in her compound. Something had eaten it, left its head, wings and feet but eaten her insides yet no blood in the snow. Feel so upset she was a lovely girl...

He is as daft as a brush, loves being picked up and having tickles under his feathers, this is Buffy one of my Buff Orpington Cockerels.

Would love to hear from you all about what you think about polish chickens........ What do you love about them? What do you dislike about them? What made you have Polish hens? What colours of polish do you have? Are there any drawbacks from having polish? Will get the ball rolling: I love...

What does everyone think about poor David Pownells birds being stollen and killed!!! Sounds once again the police do not want to know!! Took and killed: 50 large buff Orpingtons, 30 large black Orpingtons, 20 black bantam Orpingtons, 20 large white Wyandottes, 20 exhibition Aylesbury ducks...

Have used Flubenvet for many years now, but apparantly they have now brought out a liquid version which you add to the drinking water. Have ordered some through my vets (is issued thru a prescription only). Has anyone tried it? Would love to hear your thoughts.

5000 hens were off to slaughter last week so bought 20 of them, will get some pics posted tomorrow. Have had them since last Saturday. They were in an awful state, red raw from sitting in their own droppings. The girls had never seen daylight before, were "walked" around the barn twice a day...

I maybe a vegetarian but I am seriously thinking of roasting the fox that came in on Saturday morning (when I can catch it). Caught on camera 4.30am took all Copper Black Marans, Copper Blue Marans, Vorwerks, many Warrens and a Silkie Cockerel. Bodies and feathers all over the place. The vixen...

Before I purchase one of these incubators, does anyone already have one or know anyone that has used on? Are they any good? Are they reliable...

The girls are starting to get into the full swing of laying now, and I have been testing fertility for the past 2 months. I am getting around 10 - 20 pekin eggs a day now (weather permitting = sunny day lots of eggs next morning, cold day - have been keeping their legs shut and hardly any...

Anyone any ideas? Brooder is 4' x 2' even heat (2 red heat lamps) and 1 over head heat lamp switched on at night as shed gets cold in this weather. Chicks are huddled up a night not evenly spaced so chicks at bottom of pile getting squashed and dead in morning (flat). Not over crowded in...

Thought you would all be interested, the monthly poultry auction took place today prices were sky high 1 x Large Buff Orp Pullet £49 Pair Buff Orp Bantams £70 Rhode Island Red Pullets £40 - £60 each Porcelain Sablepoot Pullet £45 Mandarin Pairs £60-£80 alot of people after birds brought prices...

I hope I am not tempting fate, but my Cream Legbar eggs are just starting to pip, can everyone please cross their fingers for me and hope that I get a high percentage of females, as I really really hate having to get rid of lovely bundles of fluff, and is not something I am looking forward to be...

Just to make you aware and warn you : A friend called to say her neighbour bought 6 Choc Orp Eggs from ebay a couple of months ago, they hatched bright yellow! Apparantly 2nd seller to report him to ebay!! Has not been able to contact seller by email or telephone, unable to get money back...

Worried about my birds, -16c last night, been -4c all day, went to shut hens up at 4pm and was already -6c!!!! Struggled with keeping the water from freezing, having to put buckets of boiling water in a wheelbarrow and take down into the paddock 4 times today. Lost one of my old polish this...

My birds are regually wormed and are healthy, they have acv in their water for 7 days once a month at about a 2% dilution. I have one orpington that gets yellow droppings each time he is put on ACV, do you think he is allergic to acv, does anyone else notice their birds droppings change colour...