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Hello everyone :-)99 I have two chicks (12 & 15 weeks) as I havent raised chicks before I just wondered when it is safe to introduce them to treats like corn/mealworm?

Hi everyone, has anyone ever encountered a young bird (in this case a 2½yr old pekin cock), in otherwise good health, doing what he should be doing with the small banties. Only over the past few days I've noticed him acting a little drunk (for want of a better description)! Tonight he couldnt...

Hi all, its been a while since I last needed to ask a question. I have 3 chicks (2 aged 9wks, 1 aged 6wks), I have been reluctant to put them onto rearers pellets because of the 3 week age difference. However, I have now got a bag of farmgate rearer pellets and it clearly states to commence...

Hi all I have a 9 month old pekin cockerel who has been with us a month, he lives with 5 ex-bat girls who are feed on ex-bat pellets. I still have my little chap on the growers pellets that he was on when I got him and he obviously gets to eat the ex-bat pellets as well. My question is; when...

Hi All Its been a while but I'm back!!! :-)99 Just got a little bantam cockerel (8 months) to join my 5 ex-bat girls that I have had for 18 months. The girls are on ex-bat pellets and the little lad is on growers pellets with a bit corn mixed in. I want to integrate the cockerel into the...

Last night on putting my chooks to bed I noticed that one was huddled up next to the fence. She had been perfectly fine minutes before so I was concerned what could have caused her to stand still and fluff her feathers out and look very unwell. By now the other chooks had come back out of the...

I know this may have been asked before but does anyone know of anywhere you can take your chooks to board whilst you are away on holiday? :? I actually run a boarding cattery in Cornwall but we are closing (hopefully) whilst away for 2 weeks in Jan/Feb and I dont fancy leaving my 5 ex-bats to...

Hi all Here I am again! Yesterday I discovered first thing in the morning a strange thing in the nest box surrounded by egg white - no shell found but what on earth could it be? :shock: The only way of describing it is it had the texture of cooked chicken but with no smell. All my 5 girls...

Keep meaning to ask this question.... One of my ex-batts is particularly 'oven ready' especially around the bottom and on her back. Is there anything you can put on to protect the skin in such circumstances? I put baby sunblock on my white eared cat but havent done so with this little lady in...

Can anyone help with advice re a poorly ex-batt. I have 5 ex-batts now for 3 weeks and this one is the most 'oven ready' of them all. She has been absolutely fine and enjoying her new life until this afternoon. She has eaten etc today but is now very sleepy and puffing her feathers (what...

Hello everyone, I have 5 ex-bats and this is my first time keeping chickens. We have had the girls for 2 weeks now and today is their first full day of rain. My girls are soaked although they do have a separate shelter as well as a coop (the coop is a bit on the snug side - houses 6 max) but...