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My big poultry run collapsed in heavy snow. I thought I had managed to get them all to safety but have found a remaining bird that was somehow missed. She is weak and not eating or drinking. Presumably she may be dehydrated and have had hypothermia. She looks comfortable now in my kitchen...

I found my birds had been attacked this afternoon. There were several piles of feathers and one large blue maran lying dead with her throat opened. She was still warm and neighbours told me they heard a commotion at 2.30pm. I'm wondering what did it? Its a large covered run in a tiny...

One of my middle aged hens has a very ashen slightly swollen comb and I'm just wondering what could be causing this? She is a good weight but is not eating much. She gets plenty of greenery and sunshine so I'm not sure what could have made her so pale.

I have an 8 year old Marans girl that has become really wobbly and staggery on her legs. Does anyone have any idea what this could be? Is it some sort of arthritis? She has been like this for several months now.

Does anyone plant crops for nice tasty eggs and healthy birds? Grass is probably best but just wonder if people have experimented with other things?

I have a hen that lost the feathers on the top of her wings last autumn. I'm not sure whether she was pecked or was too popular with the cockerel. Strangely they have never grown back. I thought she must be being feather-pecked so put her in a pen alongside the others but after all this time...

Unfortunately I found one of my birds trapped in the fence and barely alive this morning. It was an extremely cold, frosty night and she may also not have had anything to eat or drink for some time. I've had her wrapped in a towel by the radiator and been syringing aternatively sweet weak...

One of my 5 month old sablpoots has collapsed and when you lift her up her head falls backwards. She is very weak and I'm not sure what could be wrong with her. Every now and then she struggles to get up without success. I've given her some 'intensive care' liquid food but am not sure what...

I have two cream legbar cockerels, one with a loud crow, one a normal one. The hens initially seemed to pal up more with the quieter cockerel, but now they are not in lay they have been really protesting about his advances and one has even been lying on her side after mating, so I've separated...

I've recently taken a hybrid bird with an impacted crop to a poultry vet. She said that sour and/or impacted crop is always secondary to another condition or being run down in some way or low immune system. On examination her belly was hard as well which is unusual, so she might also have...

My lovely 7 year old Marans hen Grace has had a large growth near her crop like a tennis ball for over a year. She has remained very cheerful and well, but is now pulling out her feathers over the growth, which may be a little bigger, so I imagine it feels tight or uncomfortable in some way. I...

One of my birds was not in her pen and got caught by a fox tonight but fortunately rescued by my dog who chased the fox when we heard her making a noise. She has lost quite a lot of feathers from her back and one of her wings and has one or two fairly deep bite wounds on her back but otherwise...

I didn't realise one of my birds was not in the pen tonight and she has just been caught by a fox, but as we heard her screeching, the fox was chased by my dog and dropped her. She has lost quite a few feathers from her back and wings and has one or two deep bite wounds but otherwise looks OK...

I have a hen that has had diarrohea and impacted crop and is now dying. I've seen a vet but we have not won the battle. Poor girl has been in a collapsed state since yesterday evening and is not eating or drinking. She is on painkillers and I thought I would let her die naturally but she...

I have just discovered one of my birds has an impacted crop and has lost a lot of weight. I am treating her for this with no food, grit, and water with Avipro Avian but just wonder if she might have coccidiosis as well if she is very smelly?

My 4-year old cockerel's comb has gone floppy with the floppy bits discoloured (slightly purple) in colour. He is eating and drinking well. Not sure what could be wrong with him?

I think there was a 'guidance' section on the forum on management of various poultry things, but I'm not quite sure how to get to it? I've got red mite in some of my houses and am looking to find the best way of dealing with it. Not had them before.

Someone wants to buy one of my young Speckled Sussex bantam cockerels who has been used to a big run 10 x 8 metres. I've asked to see a photo of where he would live with two hens and it is not more than 1m x 2m. I presume he would be unhappy moving to a small space and that I need to turn the...

A number of my birds' feathers have gone curly around the neck this year. Not sure if its due to the hot weather we had or perhaps a trace element deficiency or some other cause. The hens are all well. Has anyone else had the same?

Hello does anyone know a good supplier of Cream Legbar or Araucana hatching eggs? I am looking for blue eggs. The ones I've sourced so far have been almost white, nothing like my old girls who barely lay now.