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    hurt chicken - advice please!

    Evening all I would be very grateful for your advice...I have no idea what to do. I have just been out to perch 2 of my more dozy chickens (that's another story) and I noticed that one of my other chickens was hurt. I brought her indoors so I could see her - she has hurt her wing - I googled...
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    hen stopped laying shortly after starting to lay!

    Hello again everyone My cream legbar (approx 30 weeks old) started laying 3 weeks ago, laid maybe 6 or 7 eggs in about 12 days, but hasn't laid an egg since at least last Saturday (so a week now). Is that normal? Do some hens stop laying over winter even if they aren't moulting? She seems fine...
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    feather plucking

    Hello again, I'd be very grateful for some of your advice again please... I noticed last week that one of my beautiful, glossy and perfectly feathered hens had pecked out quite a lot of the feathers at the base of her tail (at the end of her back, not underneath), I assume whilst sitting in her...
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    chickens not roosting

    Hello I have a fabulous flock of 7 very happy hens living in a Green Frog medium chicken loft, so there is plenty of space for everyone, but my 2 Barnevelders don't seem to roost on the perches at night. Most of the time they sit on the bedding underneath the others hens. One of them used to...
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    Hello

    Hello Everyone When I was trawling the internet for everything I needed to know about chickens this site kept popping up with lots of helpful information and advice, so thank you! Three weeks ago we got our first chickens, they are 12 weeks old now, I would post a picture if they would ever...
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