Hi I have a white sussex, a Rhodie a rhodie black rock mix I think a speckled mix and a moran..I am not certain of their breeds, I got them from sign of the owl and to be honest I wasn't interested in their breed, I just chose what I liked the look of and those which gave me a look!! Does it matter ...

Hello Lawlaw I have 5 hens, and 3 of them have this problem. It has been going on for sometime now and I have tried everything, I have concluded that it is pecking by the others as I have seen them having a go. There are a few explanations as to why hens pluck feathers out from themselves or each ot...

Just to add, I would be happy to split the girls, 3 and 2 perhaps but not singular. thanks

Hello all, Well its been a year since I had my girls and we have had some ups and downs. mainly ups tbh and they have all been fantastic layers even in the winter months from all 6 I was averaging 3 a day. Sadly however, I had to have one put to rest yesterday as she had prolapsed whilst I had been ...

Thankyou 4c lady,
some good adeas there I shall try some front line for sure. I do use garlic, but will add a bit more for good measure.
thanks again.
Debbie

Evening guys, thanks for the advice. I gave a good check over today, no mite, she is not red in the slightest. I have put DE in the run many time and in their coop on a regular basis. I have added it to the dust bath and area they like to dig down. Today I gave her some tuna, and have been out to bu...

Dixie has plucked her feathers out. She is allmost completely bald from the chest down towards her under belly. I thought it was one of the others that had been plucking from the rear of the others but that seems to have stopped as I sprayed them and it seemed to do the trick. She isn't having any o...

great tips everyone thanks. I have put straw in manda and they do like it but i tend to scatter it round..I shall let them do it in future..and will get the corn as suggested too. I am sure you are right..I think they have got a bit bored! easily solved! no blood drawn as yet either..just very cold ...

Thanks Manda and ppen. You might be right about the boredom..I let them out all evening yesterday and am going to try doing that each day..its difficult at the moment as I am home very little to keep an eye on them, the garden is pretty safe but if I were to let them have full run 24/7 it would be t...

Thanks for that Dave, There isn't any mounting going on just plucking feathers from the other birds bottoms and eating them (the feathers). Lillian has never been the most dominant of the girls in fact she has always been fairly subdued but she has been very noisy of late!! I see in your other messa...

Good evening to you all. I wonder if there is anyone that can offer advise with this one. One of my girls had to be brought in the other night for 48 hours. I noticed she was bleeding at the rear and looked a little swollen I was obviosly worried about an egg being stuck etc and brought her in gave ...

Tis sad but true.. Now when my daughter and I have a few words she tells me to go and be a sad hermit and sit with my chickens on my own all day (she sounds a meany doesn't she..lol but she is 9 months + pregnant and very frustrated at no arrival yet.) what I don't tell her is that if I could sit wi...

they have been known to alter the amount at the same time as informing you..there is often a a bit of negotiating have to be done to get it reversed. And why should they have our money up front..more profits for them. Reading some of the reviews..people have had them suggest much higher payments tha...

Hi There, Stick with it a while longer, as someone already pointed out your instinct will let you know if the time comes to think otherwise about treatment..etc. I had one of my girls ill for quite some time, she was definitley quieter than the others and stoppped interacting as much turns out she h...

just checked out the comparison site, I think you have to be very careful with the information on offer. I have read through a lot of the customer reviews and they are pretty enlightening. I think the biggest problem as I see it is that whilst a supplier is offering you a slightly better deal what t...