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Hi, I have been a member for a while now but life's been moving too fast and so haven't been around the site for ages. However I desperately need help at the moment, all my hens have been together for several years now but one is suddenly being pecked around her eye on the red area, the...

Hi all, I have kept quail for about 4 years now and have always had good quantities of eggs per bird. I used to feed layers mash and chicken pellets, with a treat of greens and meal worm every day. They seemed to be a bit wasteful with mash so I changed to pellets only and then I discovered...

Hi all, Oh dear what a mess I am In, first I forget the password then I can't log in using the replacement and now I can't find how to change my password to something much easier to remember. I hope you don't mind me using this site to ask for help ? ( Easy instructions please ) Kind regards...

Hi all, it has been a long time since I last visited the site but it is nice to know that you are all there when needed. I have a cream leg bar who for some reason laid tiny eggs last season many smaller than my quail, she had produced normal sized eggs the season before. This season she laid...

Hi all, two months ago I had a couple of speckled sussex (along with 15 other hens) christmas fell ill and died and ever since then pudding has been broody, try as I might I can not change her mind, she is very thin now and I wonder if the broodyness is habit. any ideas on what I can try to get...

Hi all, yet another problem, my poor chucks seem to be having a bad time at the moment, sadly pudding the speckled sussex with the prolapse did not make it, we just could not keep it in no matter how many times we tried. Now Colin has broken his beak, it is the top part and it is broken about...

Hi all, I have a speckled sussex about 2 1/2 years old. The last two eggs have been streaked with blood on the shell, this afternoon I noticed she was in a dreadful state at the back end,all wet and messed up, on closer inspection I saw a red bulge which obviously should be inside. My husband...

Hi everyone, I have not posted for a while, life seems to have taken over recently but it`s good to know you are all there when needed. Primrose is about18 month old, looks really good , bright red comb feathers in good condition but over the last week I have noticed that she has not been...

Hi all, one of my oldest quail ,a little chinese quail I call gammy leg ( she has always had a limp ) aged about 3years has a very overgrown beak and today I noticed that the top beak is going to one side of the bottom beak. Feeding does not seem to be a problem but I need to do something...

Hi all, I have been supplying fresh quail eggs to a large local produce shop that has won several awards for its quality . They have expressed an interest in pickled quail eggs and this would be a great way to use any small or excess eggs that I have. I wondered if any of you have a good...

Hi all not sure if this is the correct area for this question but here goes. What do you all do with the chicken muck? I collect mine every morning from the hen house and would like to compost it for the garden, there is a small amount of sawdust with it but not alot. It seems a waste not to...

Hi all, One of my girls is not to well, it`s little brown hen ( strange name but she has always been known by it) I have just finished worming them all with flubenvet and she comes when I give them the sweetcorn in the afternoon but does`nt eat any or seem interested. Today I noticed that when...

Hi all, not been on board for a while, sadly we have had a family bereavement and its true, they do come in three`s, however spring is on its way and hopefully things will get better. I have a quail that has had a runny eye for some time I have been bathing it but it seems to be tiny bubbles...

Hi, I have noticed that Colin the cockerel lets the layers feed first and he will find food and let the girls eat before him, is this the norm or is he just a real gent. I also noticed as different hens moulted late last year they became outcasts and those not moulting bullied them until they...

Hi all, my girls all have scaley leg, they have been treated with frontline(vets advice) and I would like to know what to apply to the legs to keep the scales soft and encourage them to come off easily, when the mites are dead. Coleen`s leggs have cleaned up smashing using a scaley leg spray(...

Hi and a Happy New Year, I wanted advice on cleaning out the hen house,I have 13 girls and colin( the cockerel ).The house is approx.8ft x 3ft 6in with a nest box along one side. They have have four perches with boards underneath. I scatter shavings on the boards under the perches and on the...

Hi everyone , just wanted to wish you all a very Happy and Healthy New Year and thank you for the help with problems and the very interesting and informative posts throughout 2010. regards Heather

Hi, hope someone can help, been away a few days and come back to a very ill girl, she is a lavender leghorn and is very pretty. She had a grey looking comb before we left and I thought I would keep an eye on her, but tonight I have come home to find her sitting outside , she is very thin and...

Good morning all just wondered if anyone could recommend a very good chicken health book in language that I could understand, I also keep quail so a book that mentions both would be a bonus but not essential, I am happy to get two books . I have starting with chickens by katie Thear but...

Good morning all I am going to tackle the red mite population again today. there are`nt many now , found 2 on the paper fan this morning and three yesterday morning. As the weather is not that warm will it be OK to spray the inside, concentrating on the crevices as I dont think the house...