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Re: ideas on 4wks of bullyingwell went back out after posting earlier to find on had bleed alot from a feather pluck under her tummy (this could either her break it herself when clambering about ontop of everything quickly as she is the scaredest one or they did it) however thinking of it now i think she may have done it by acc...
Re: ideas on 4wks of bullyinghi, thanks for replies, yes there is plenty of room as they are free ranging in the garden and I have a 6x4 shed with and 8x6 run and an egul for their sleeping quarters. They are good in the coop at night which is good as that has improved from first week. Thats a good idea sep the main bully if I ...
ideas on 4wks of bullyinghi everyone, I know this question has been prob asked countless times but just needed to know how everyone else has got on in the past. I had two chucks, got a call from BHWT to see if I could take more fro the 2012 ban, so I took two on, I wouldn't have normally but my heart strings and all. anyway...
Re: Swollen belly pls helpthanks for reply, I am not sure if she has stood like a penguin. Is there anything I can suggest for her if it is EYP (thanks steve for saying it as I was unsure on what it meant lol).
thanks Nick
Re: Possible poorly chicken... Help!how are old are they? Are they coming to point of lay?? Who did you get them from, have they had all their vaccinations as a chick. What is her poo like, I know young hens can be very sespectable to coccoxcideosis (sorry spelling) they don't have a good immune system to fight off the infection that ...
Swollen belly pls helphi everyone, sorry its been a long time since I have been on here. A friend of mine has just got laying hens 6 weeks ago, they are all laying but one has stopped and when feeling her belly its quite big and hard. She also is walking like John Wayne. She is moving okay apart from the waddle and is ea...
Re: eglu or not?thanks benny and co. A traditional one can be really hard to clean I personally find as with all the down pour we got a couple of yrs back in summer ruined my wooden coop so I had to improvise and put it in a shed, plus I was worried about foxes as I lost my first lot to a fox. Now all I want is a c...
Re: eglu or not?Hi Granny of 4 do you know the website of other plastic coops. I have looked at the eco one but it would be to big. Hi Little brown hen I think I may as I went on website last night and can get the eglu go for £180 without coop as it has that £50 trade in which really helps. Not ordered yet so if th...
Re: eglu or not?thanks richard i will have a look
regards nicola
Re: eglu or not?hi chi chi thanks for that idea i act have a spare wheelie bin medium, i might look into that
Re: eglu or not?All it is due to our bad weather especially in the north our shed has been freezing, everything in was frozen solid. I have 3 hens that I got as chicks and an ex bat none of them perch due to the rubbish design of their coop so they won't perch in the shed etc. They love the coop at night and for la...
Re: eglu or not?Hi Al,
thanks for your reply I had a look at that storage unit in B&Q today and it would be to big to get in and out of the shed for cleaning and its too big. thanks though, it is good what Wendy did
eglu or not?Hi everyone. I have a wooden coop (the common one that everyone seems to have with a run attached) Well we have had it for 3 years now and the first summer it got soaked due to weather so we cut the run off and put it in the shed. Now it is practically falling apart and gets worse everytime I strugg...
Re: want to share my good newsthanks guys, it feels nice to share good news for once, hope everyone else gets good news on here soon. All is still good in the flock, Betty is much calmer now and all girls are going to bed themselves into the coop now so when they eventually start to lay they may know where to do it, or it may be...
Re: want to share my good newsthanks perchy
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