Ok so called rspca and its not their job they said its trading standards who said thay are also not responsible but did confirm they had recieved many complaints about ( name removed ), so we called defra who put my wife onto a vet who was not interested and felt no need to make a visit that is unti...

I dont know where to post this so i guess pests and problems work. I go to a general auction every tuesday and in the same place they have a poultry auction which for the last few weeks we have looked in on with growing hatred and disgust at the way the animals are treated by pig people. You will no...

we have had quails for a month or so now.brilliant birds,very funny to watch and not noisy at all really,less than a parrot without a doubt.dont try to keep with chickens like we tried though,we have two very young chickens about 12 weeks i would guess and the quails were playthings to chase after. ...

maybe it takes time and trust.we did not try to tame ours it just happened in a few months. they are all different,ours all had the same name before but they have developed personalities now.devil chicken will always be the first to look at what your doing and get in the way and is really confident ...

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if your planning a second pond can you put it in a little higher,dig a shallow trench to join them,put pond liner in that and a pump in the bottom one with a hose from it to the top one so as the bottom ones water is pumped to the top one it overflows,down the trench into the lower one. this will gi...

you wont see the sensor just the lever or arm that you can push in and out,this will turn light out when door closes.the piece that pushes on this may be worn or loose

our patagonian started feather plucking a while back to being almost bold. after a few thoughts on causes and lots of reading we decided everyone was giving different reasons but nobody really knows their own bird better than the owners. We decided it was the bird we temporarily rehomed that she did...

they are all chirping also.perhaps it is just trying its voice out but i dont think so.
its really funny to watch and hear.
it seems to do it at any point in the day,it did it just now a few times,i thought it was only mornings they crow.

Very much doubt it if they are that young.... i know without any doubt that they are between 4 and 5 weeks old and i have watched him i guess its a him now stretch out his whole body and neck and crow.i called my wife and told her and she watched it also. It was not a one off either because a few h...

We went to a poultry auction a few weeks back to buy a heater for the battery chickens but came home with 3 chicks and a brooder thing.OOOPS. Anyways they are now about 4 weeks old and this morning we heard a weak..cock-a-doodle-doo.... three times over the chicks are meant to be hens but we knew th...

the boss is still the boss but is no longer the only one bullying the smallest chicken. i have been spraying them purple which has worked but one chicken is still always on its own. If the others are out,she is in and if they are in she is out.She always looks depressed and is certainly smallest but...

i need your advise please. we have re-homed 8 ex batteries,their feathers have begun to come cack as they are covered in new feather straws but a few of them are bleeding on their bums where feathers are being plucked. there is one fully feathered ex batt hen that came with them who is very much the...

jumper is gone now but we have a new concern and that is blood in the house. not loads but i dont wanna see any really. we looked them over but no cuts or anything obvious.hazle had a little bit of what may have been blood stain on her feet but may not have been,the only thing that we could see was ...

we have just taken in 8 ex-battery hens that were to be slaughtered they are in a bit of a state without feathers and abit red in places and smelly. we have had them a few days now and they are venturing outside now but one has a limp and a wing that looks stiff. she is eating and drinking,walking a...