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Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful christmas, and are planning an equally wonderful (if a little quiet!) New Year! Over here in Cold and Sunny East Sussex, UK, Our poor Pepper (a 4 year old Black/ Rhode rock) has come through her moult well, and her new feathers glint a...

My old girl, Pepper (a black/rhode rock) is very soft and water-balloon-like under her vent, between her legs (abdomen area?) I know this is ascites, or water belly, as her sister, Rosie, had the same thing when she got sick and we had to put her down a few months back. However, Pepper is fine -...

HI All! Our new hens, Ginger and Nutmeg, are adorable.They are friendly Blacktails, about 20 weeks old now, and both laying tiny eggs every day. They've sorted out the pecking order with Pepper, and all 3 bumble about the garden, happily digging in my flowerbeds and eating all my plants...

Hi! So I'm back with a new issue. Rosie, our 3 year old Maran cuivree, has had a tough few months recently (sour crop which took WEEKS to resolve and left her thin, she then recovered and had a good couple of weeks laying eggs and running about, only to get slow crop... we are just coming out...

Hello! It's been a long time since I've had to post on here, but I've got an issue with one of my Hens, Rosie. She is a Maran Cuvree, and will be 3 years old in the new year. About a month ago, she stopped laying, after giving us an egg on a fairly regular every other day. She had been...

This is Maggie. She is a 4 and a half year old ex-batt, and the one remaining after we lost her sister, Gracie, in January. Over the last few days she's slowed right down - barely eating, spending most of her time asleep, except for the occasional interest in bugs and scratching about. We've...

So its been a while since I posted on here (See below links for previous posts) But I need some advice (or,. probably, just reassurance!) about introducing new babies to a single ex-batt. We lost our darling ex-batt Gracie wednesday just gone, which was earth shatteringly painful given all...

I have 2 ex-batt chickens, been with us about 2 years now. We moved a few months back and brought the girls to a brand new coop at the new house. It seemed to put Gracie into a moult, which we were told was quite common (stress of moving etc) we've been leaving her to it (helped her through...

One of my girls has sour crop, and I wanted to see if anyone had any new ideas of how to treat it? I've not dealt with it before so this is a first for me. Maggie was quiet on saturday, and spent all day sunday facing a corner, sleeping. She showed no interest in food - even her favourite...

So it seems that, when we solve one problem, another one turns up with our girls! If you've read the posts I've written previously ('Rescue chickens not eating Mash?' and 'Dog attack - advice needed') then you'll be familiar with my 2 new girls, Maggie and Gracie. Gracie is recovering really...

I posted last week about our brand new ex-batts not eating mash. since then, they have recovered entirely, and are happy, healthy, and happy. Unfortunately, there was a dog attack today. First time ever! We live on a large plot of private land, but there is a public footpath that runs from the...

I rescued 2 battery chickens from our local RSPCA yesterday. Both seem fairly OK (shaky on their feet, de-beaked, patchy feathers, washed out and pale, but otherwise responsive and alert) but neither seems to notice the mash I've put out for them, or even recognise it as food. I thought it might...