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Way back in April we got a mum and nine chicks, unfortunately we lost a couple during the year, but we have got some really nice chickens. We did think they were all hens....... :-)17 but..... Little Lacy started to crow :-)06 . He sounds like a car alarm with not enough battery power....I am...

I have not been on much, been quite ill over the christmas period, but I would like to wish you all a very....

My poor DiNozzo, salmon faverolle cockerel, has been attacked by the hens in the coop. It happened saturday night. I put him in a separate pen, but inside the main run and sprayed him with purple spray. They were all let out as usual sunday afternoon, all seemed fine. We left DiNozzo in the...

We went to the local poultry auction on Sunday as it was a breed sale..... and fell totally in love They are a very sweet trio of Salmon Faverolles..... So eversuffering got them for me as an early birthday present....and they are now in a spare dog cage in the spare bedroom...

Was chatting to my friend earlier about what you can keep with what.... :-)19 Ducks, geese and turkeys..... Can you keep chickens with all the above or is there any poultry you cant keep with chickens?? If the pen is big enough. I know ducks can be a bit messy and geese can be a bit...

I have my chicks, now about eight/nine weeks old, in the run with their mum and my six other hybrids, who are laying five/six eggs a day now, my question is, do I leave them altogether in the run, it is quite a large run, or do I separate the chicks into a closed off bit of the run. We put them...

Advice needed please.... one of the chicks we got from the poultry auction a few weeks ago has developed a limp. It looks a little drunk and is having trouble keeping balance and keeping up with the others. We kept them separated from the rest of the hens when we bought them home, in a creche...

wasn't sure where to post this, so opted for here... I know there are some members from this area who have dogs..... PLEASE CROSSPOST 25TH April 2012 There have been several reports of a white van cruising Lincolnshire and the occupants stunning and then possibly killing dogs. This is...

Advise needed from you who are more knowledgeable than me on chickens... :? I would like to do a "herb garden" for my girls, maybe in a big pot or container, but, just what herbs are best? :-)19 Also can any one tell me if honeysuckle is poisonousness, as I have one growing in the girls...

:-)08 YEAH!!!!! We have our very first egg!!!!! :mrgreen: Really chuffed.

Our mum and babies, If any one could give me a clue as to what she is, I would be so grateful, as we really dont have a clue being new to this chicken thing :mrgreen: The "girls" twenty weeks old. And their "Des Res" made from a big potato box, Thanks for looking

Just nipped over to the local poultry auction to get some chicken food, wondered round the pens and saw a small cardboard box..... just knew I shouldn't have looked......inside were.... One little bantam cross hen with nine chicks in with her...... Yup, bid and got her and her babies, then...

Just to say "Hi"... Although I did have a few chickens a few years ago for a short time, I have found a renewed interest for them. At present we have six hi-line hybrids but we are going to hopefully be adding to our little band. We dont have any eggs yet but we are ever hopeful when we go...