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Hi all, I took my chicken to the vet last Thursday and the vet diagnosed it with coccidiosis, although she couldn't see any of the parasite in it's dropping there was blood in there and all the symptoms matched up. She gave us Harker's coxoid solution and a general antibiotic just in case it...

Yesterday I saw one of our hens sitting in the bush at around 12noon after they had just been let out from their pen into the garden. The chicken had ran out the pen and had been active so we just thought that she was dust bathing. When it came too shutting them away she was still in the same...

On Saturday one of my hens started acting weird. I went up to them at 9am and she was in the nesting box as usual. Went back again at 12:30 noon she was still there. So just left it and an hour later checked again and she was there again. She never does this because she wants to be in and out...

Hi. I have a laying hen whose just started laying she layed her 3rd possibly 4th egg today. There no blood in the nesting box but outside on this wooden structure we have. And I noticed blood and tissue coming out of the vent I think it could possibly be a prolapse. She's generally all well...

Im new to poultry keeping. The Wednesday before last (15th) we had 4 coloured hybrid hens delivered. They've kinda sorted out the pecking order still a few pecks going on every now and then. I am wondering how easy it would be to introduce a 5th hen to the flock. I don't want to spend even more...

One of my hens laid her first egg on the 19th Aug. When should her next be? Does it take a while to get going?

Hi I've got 4 new hens last week and I'm new to chicken keeping. I've brought some worming Verm-X and I am starting that this week. I have brought some poultry disinfectant and cleaner for the coop etc. Is there any other health precautions I should take? Is it worth vaccinating? How do you stop...