Thanks to somebody local the hens have gone to a wonderful home and are living in the lap of luxury, they have a cockeral so they are finally living a life they deserve. Not going to stop me missing them though, quite a few times I have gone to the door with scraps of food and shouted them

Hi all, Regretably my 4 girls are looking for a good home, we are moving very soon, I have tried to get the new landlord to accept them but they are not having any resulting in me having to give up my girls They are in fantastic condition, sporting their beautiful frilly knickers. Whoever takes them...

I bought ordinary chick crumb when I just had the 2 chicks but now I buy the medicated crumb and the multivitimins. I have never raised chicks before so this is a real learning curve for me/us. It's amasing just how big he is getting he'll be a month old on Friday, he's a little bigger than the othe...

Today has been a great day, all 4 chicks are doing very well, our chick desided he wanted to sunbathe, he had a drink then something to eat then flopped and started preening I thought it was the most wonderful and moving thing I've seen in ages. He has no idea of the torment that the other chicks (b...

I've decided to keep him, I've told the lady who I got them from that one didn't make it and she's bringing me 3 more without charge and they do not have deformities. I am so looking forward to them coming. I had somebody look at the dead one and they said it was suffering from pasting up. I have ne...

I have some sad news, the smallest of the chicks died this afternoon, it was developing very slowly where as the other chick is growing very well but I am worried for him/her. It seems to be very clingy now and calls for me when I have finished feeding him/her. The chick is 3 weeks old now will the ...

Thank you to LynneP and Jen you both deserve a medal for the advice you have given me. I am so glad I didn't have to have them culled as soon as I saw them I fell in love with them. I will sort them both out today oh!! and the quivering has stopped in the bigger chick but I will still give them the ...

That's fantastic news, they do get about really well and are certainly not suffering, I do know where Grannyof4 is coming from as it did cross my mind whether we are keeping them alive for our benefit. I was reading on another forum that a lady had some chicks that screamed when she touched their li...

These are the chicks, where the picture is blury it's because the chicks legs are quivering. http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss44/crystalj_2009/Photo0230.jpg http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss44/crystalj_2009/Photo0229.jpg http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss44/crystalj_2009/Photo0228-1.jpg h...

Thank you for your advice. Bettysue they were hatched in an incubator, all the others were fine it's just these 2. Jen I am willing to try anything if it helps them. I have touched and gently moved the leg and claw to test whether it is painful for them as yet it does not seem to bother them. I will...

Hi All, I have just been given 2 2 week old chicks but they both have what appears to be a deformed leg/claw. They are both healthy feeding and drinking well and going to the loo. I am feeding and watering them every 3-4 hours from 7-30am to 7-30pm when they settle down for the night, I have them in...

Yes we're feeling much better now thank you Sandy, all the hens have gone into moult, today we decided to move the compost bin as it was up against the fence and they can jump onto it with ease and I'm sure they can get over the fence. So we moved it and low and behold there was a perfectly formed e...

Friday afternoon both my hubby and I was facing the worst day of our lives, Laura our ex-battery hen had distanced herself from the group, her comb had flopped to one side just about covering her face, she wasn't interested in eating or drinking, she had fluffed herself up and had her head into her ...

Congratulations Al, you have done an amazing job, they are so cute. You're an inspiration for the rest of us - well for me anyway. Well done

Thank you Stace, it certainly did work and the chooks tried to get them but failed. A big thank you to Julia, Olpoll and Mo