Hi everyone, not been on here for a while but I need some advice. My six girls have not been laying very well for ages, they've gone from 6 eggs a day to virtually none. They started to moult a few weeks ago, I was away on holiday last week and a friend who also has hens was looking after them. I go...

We start all our plants off under cover in the greenhouse. We have quite a large allotment so any spare plants go to other allotment users beside us. I've good success with the courgettes and peas, the cucumbers have germinated well as have the tomatoes. My problem is beetroot! we hardly had any las...

We had four black rock hens about two years ago and one by one they started to fail, they were only 18months old, unlucky I guess. My poor hubby had to dispatch the first one when she succumbed to peritonitits. His face when he came in said it all When the another one died and one other was obviouls...

Cheers, they were all out together yesterday and although granny hen was a bit rough with them, they all seemed to get on ok.

I'll start worming them end of the week.

Hi everyone, we collected our 6 new girls yesterday who are 18 weeks old. They are fully vaccinated and I am in the process of introducing them to my last remaining Black Rock who is 2. They are settling in quite well and I was wondering if I should worm them straight away or not. Any thoughts?

I know exactly how you feel, I lost my first girl last year and cried buckets Out of my remaining three, two died on the same day. I was devastated, especially as it was my cheeky, in your face hen, Missy. She was the one who was at the gate first, sat on the fork when I was digging and generally a ...

Hi, we have 3 black rocks approx 2 years old and for the last few weeks no eggs whatsoever!!!! the cheeky little monkeys are on free bed and board and its a good job we are vegetarian otherwise they would be in the pot! I wouldn't part with them for the world, but at least one egg would be nice, ple...

One of my girls has been suffering from sour crop this week. She was very quiet and hunched up, also very sleepy. I really thought she was going to die and tried to tempt her with some mealworms. As she she took one, some fluid came out of her beak so I picked her up and tipped her forward, a lot of...

Hi, one of my girls has been off colour for a few day now. sitting by herself and hunched. today I thought, this is it as she was walking funny and throwing her head around. I tried, as a last resort to some meal worms and as she took one, some fluid came out of her mouth. I remembered about tipping...

Hi, we have a similar problem. Our run is like a swamp right now but the girls seem to be managing. We do have some paving slabs, but they get covered in mud and poo just as bad! Cannot wait for some warm and sunny weather

I shop every week at Aldi and Lidl, love them both. Always enjoy a good rumage around the special offers.
Lidl especially have won loads of taste tests, beating a lot of branded foods.
I will certainly be stocking up for christmas

mmm.... sounds lovely! might check that out

Well, she's gone. Very quickly and peacfully. Can't stop crying though

How do we get so attached to these little feathery little raptors?

She's in a total state of collapse, lying beside her water and can't move.her legs. She's mostly asleep. Oh going to put her to sleep. I think it's the kindest thing to do. Thanks for sll your help, my first chicken death.

Hi guys, my little Queenie is not very well. She was herself on saturday, but on Sunday she was hunched up with her tail down and very sleepy. She was just sitting in the corner of the run, I put her into the hen house after encouraging her to eat something, when I checked her vent it was pulsating ...