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Hi guys Just wanting some advice please. Last spring we purchased a trio of Brahma girls for our flock...they were only about 8-10 weeks old. They have been living quite happily in their little field with my other chickens, bantams, geese, ducks and turkey. I have 1 male, Freddie, who was a...

Hi folks As you have proberly gathered from my other post I am having chicken dramas! I have an ex-bat 'Ruby' who I have had for 2+ years. 4 weeks ago she started to limp then within days was off her feet sat down feeling sorry for herself! She was being pecked by all the other hens so I have...

Hi peeps...having a nightmare with my hens at the mo! This is just the first of a couple of posts! Ok...I rescued a hen and her 4 chicks that had been dumped. All seemed healthy. Typically out of the 4 chicks, 3 are boys! They are housed in my winter pen (more protection and shelter) but the...

Hi One of my 17(ish) week old chicks has started to behave oddly to which I have never seen before. Yesterday she was listless and hunched over all the time...unless I put food near her then she ate with gusto. I gave her 0.2ml Baytril before bed. This morning my husband said she seemed much...

I had 4x 7wk old chicks but over the last couple of nights I have lost 1x per night. But when I checked on them all before bed as I do each night they were perfect fine and acting normal. The first morning I found 1x chick still alive but cold and sprawled and the 2nd chick which I found today...

Hi I have recently had Lavender Pekin Frizzle bantam/Silkie chicks hatch and one of my 4wk old chicks has been pecked (im guessing) overnight. It has had all its back feather stripped and parts of its skin. I have bathed it all through the day with salt water and applied loads of Savlon. The...

I have sectioned off a good portion of my garden for my chickens and turkeys but I want to give them some things to do. Does anyone know what might entertain them other than food??? Do they like climbinbg on things? Didnt know whether to get some fallen trees and make a climbing frame? Have...

Hi My female turkey (Noo) who only started to lay in March of this year is laying eggs but will only sit on them for a day then gets off but she has rubbed all her chest feathers off! She seems happy enough and is eating but is a little on the bald side on her tummy/chest area! My stag (Gordie)...

Hi guys, Please can someone help me... My adult stag turkey tried to mount one of my chickens on Thursday evening. He jumped on her back and pecked repeatedly at her head/neck. My husband got him off her and she didnt seem injured. Friday morning when I went to see her she was still in the...

Hi I have a wild Mallard Male duck who I have had for nearly 12 months. He is blind as a bat and can not be released into the wild. Over the last couple of months, he has gone through the moult but although his wing feathers seem to have grown back, his tail is still a bit manky looking and...

Hi One of my old black rocks (about 6 yrs old) is currently acting odd. She is really lathargic. Wont eat with her tail pointing down. Not at all her usual spritely self. The other day she was like this then perked up and was back to normal and I found a rubbery type empty eggshell near her...

Hi everyone. I have been to lock my chucks up tonight and one of my girls has taken herself off to a smaller hut on her own and got into a nest for the night. They take it in turns to wander to this pen sometimes and I normally just pick them out and pop them in the main hut when it is dark...

Hi I have just been given a 3 year old American Stag Turkey as a friend couldnt keep him anymore. He has arrived today slightly stressed with the car journey and when put in my coop (its a very large coop designed to be almost free-range but well protected from predators) he has flown at the...

Hi everyone, I currently dont have red mite (fingers doubly crossed!) and I was wondering what is the best preventative action to take against these pesky buggers? I used Red Mite Powder and dusted them in Spring. I also dust round (using the same product) the edges of the hen house and in...

Hi Today I had 7 little ducklings hatch. I have sat with them most of the day and watched Daisy (mum) lead them out of the duck house and down to the pond and they have frolicked there ever since! Such a wonderful, amazing sight! However, been to put my hens to bed and Daisy is refusing to...

Well it has been 1 week and 2 days since I got my 4 Ex-batts and everything is going well (so far!). For any of you thinking of getting any, they really are fabulous little things. Very rewarding as they will do something new every day. Every minute that goes by you can see them getting...

Hi everyone My young Bluebelle has just started laying in the last week or so. Her eggs are still pretty small but she seems to be getting the hang of it. However, over the last few days I have noticed that when she goes to poop about an inch of her oviduct comes right out and she seems to be...

Well guys as if I didnt have enough to worry over, I have just got 4 ex-battery hens. They are beautiful little creatures and I cant recommend them enough. I have 2 chucks in fairly good condition apart from limps and droppy huge combs but I also have 2 who are fairly bald, very timid and very...

Hi everyone, I wrote a topic on here a few days ago about my Bluebelle and her crop being large but going over night. This morning I have let her out and it is still fairly large. I felt it and it is still all squishy though. Again, she doesnt smell and is acting normal. Should I worry or...

Hi I am probably being overly concerned but after losing my Sebright last week to an unknown illness that may of involved her crop, I am paranoid :shock: My 27 week old Bluebell (who has still not started laying) over the last few days has had a huge crop. Every morning when I let her out it...