Found a new home for our two girls so thank you to everyone who has replied.

Hi all, our two girls need a new home and hopefully someone out there can give them a good home please? (Blackie) our black star is 18 months old and (Brownie) our ginger nut is less than a year old. Both girls are in a very healthy condition and "Brownie" is a very good "guard dog (c...

Hi all, I have just had an idea how to stop the girls water from freezing over the winter. I dont know if anyone else has suggested this before but this is my idea as long as you have an electrical connection to or near your run. I have a heated propergator that i bought from B&Q for under £14 (...

Hi, our 2 year old blackstar has lost approx 30% of her feathers in the last 2 days and has started walking around like she is drunk. Her feather folicals have hard white tips and her skin looks a blueish colour. We kept her indoors last night in a cat basket and no change. She doesnt like to stand ...

Hi, our 2 year old blackstar has lost approx 30% of her feathers in the last 2 days and has started walking around like she is drunk. Her feather folicals have hard white tips and her skin looks a blueish colour. We kept her indoors last night in a cat basket and no change. She doesnt like to stand ...

Hi all, over recent months i have had lots of flies in the girls nestbox, last week there were maggots in their bedding. Their not causing any problems as far as i know. Can anyone tell me if i can use normal household fly spray to combat this or is there anything else i can use saftly? Thanks. Marc.

Hi all, we have recently started giving our girls maggotts as a treat from the local fishing shop which they all go totally mad for.

Is this ok for them or could they catch worms etc from eating them?

Thanks.

Marc & Sharon.

Thank you ever so much to all of you who took the time to reply to my post, i am really really greatfull. I had to come home from work this morning because i couldnt bare the thought of her suffering all day and i took her to the vet and she was put down, I too was suprised she was still alive. We a...

Hi all, just a quick question. One of our hens was attacked by a badger this morning, the badger had dug under the run and tried to drag her out of the hole but ran away before it had the chance to take her when we went out in the garden. She has a big flesh wound under one wing and other small woun...

No sign of being broody and no sign of mites as i regulary dust with mite powder.

Hello, our Bluebell chichen has started pulling out loads of her feathers, so much so that parts of the nest box/garden look like a pigeon has been mur.dered (if you know what i mean)

She has no bald spots and is otherwise acting/laying normally.

Any ideas please?

Thanks.

Marc.

Hi all,
Can any of you tell me why my 3 girls don't seem to like fresh tap water from their drinker but love water from our pond? I'm quite tempted to fill their drinker from my water butt, is this a good idea?

Cheers.

Marc.

We have a hen who we thought was egg bound took her to the vets but she is ok and not egg bound. She is just sitting in the nest box and day and all night and when we go near her she makes these funny gurgling sounds. She hasn't laid any eggs so could be broody? Yesterday we found her sitting on the...

Cheers,
I will give it a go.

Is it good for their gut/digestive system?

Hi,
I took our blackstar to a vet today who specialises in birds and she isn't egg-bound.

He gave me some probiotic powder to give her.

Can any of you tell me if there is anything else I can give our girls to give them a health/gut boost please.

Cheers.

Marc.