Sorry to hear you're having worries Bob. A lot of us use the grape method for flub dosing our chooks. Cut a grape in half and dip the wet, cut side into the flub - feed half a grape like this to each chook, every day for 7 consecutive days Thanks Lucy for validating the grape method, I,ll restart t...

If you mix the pellets with warm water and make it into a "porridge" sometimes you find they will gobble it down more. I only tend to give corn as a treat later in the day just because the pellets are nutritionally balanced. Sounds like you're doing the right thing - if you've seen eviden...

If they were on mash before you could just pop some pellets in a blender and make them into mash add the wormer and try her/them with it. Also to try to get her energy levels up a bit give her some sugary water. Sounds like she might have quite a worm load which will bring her down so the quicker y...

Thanks for the quick reply , I think that,s part of the problem Wendy I dont know what their original diet was as I bought hem from a poultry auction (was I being silly ). I think you are maybe right regards they may of been fed on mash, as I mashed some of the pellets up and the did eat it, so mayb...

Hello, As a newbie hen keeper (2 weeks), all was going well untill a few days ago. When I first got the hens I was feeding mixed poultry corn and upon the advice from one or two on our site I put them on layers pellets and at the same time started them on a course of Flubenvet. I noticed yesterday t...

Old toothbrushes for cleaning assorted stuff easily and quickly. We have a heap of them in a bathroom cabinate hanging on the hen shed wall (it's a big shed) and use one for waterers, one feeders, one hens legs, one perch ends and so on. We've also got some small stainless steel rabbit bowls for fe...

I think you have it about right, there are always things you can add as you go along, vaseline for perch ends and knooks and crannies to help against red mite, and prevent frostbite on combs and wattles, I use bio dry or stalosan F in the coop and scatter where it has been particularly pooey, dries...

Hi could anyone add to the chicken paraphernalia list that i have bought since getting some hens on my allotment, that may be usefull to have around if needed please. The list of bits and bobs I,ve bought so far is :- Flubenvet Diatom Earth Purple Spray Sudacreme Coop disenfectant ACV Thankyou for r...

On the gardening front my three greenhouses have had their sowing benches removed and and two of them have been planted up with, Tomato,s, sweet peppers, chilli peppers, melons, cucumber, cape gooseberries, aubergine, and basil, The third will be planted up today with a few more toms and a bit more ...

They look very happy Bob,hope no fighting yet ,mine were ok till i decided to add a couple more then war was declared The Younger Point-of-Lay hybrids were under attack the first few days Bill, and were not allowed in the coop, but each day they seem more relaxed as the pecking order is progressing...

I havnt a clue what they are Bob but they are lovely looking girls all of them Im not suprised they are happy with thier new home its smashing and they look well settled all ready If you dont get any info on your girls you could always put a photo on chicken keeping with a note saying that you have...

Wow that swarm of bees looks amazing, and so close to were your were working LL . Your lavander must smell gorgeous when you walk past it, your plot looks really really good LL you must be very pleased with it.

I've googled maybe Rhode Island White. Thanks for taking the time Angela. Haha 4 of them have been given names, the one in the 1st photo has been given the name Chilli Pepper by the grandkids as they say she is the best looking (hottest) out of the flock, and one of the hybrids is a little smaller ...

As no one has objected to me post chickeny things in my allotment dairy below are a few pics of my girls, could anyone tell me what the white ones are or maybe crossed with please. Within five minutes exploring their new home.. http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t256/guitartrax/Allotment/chk3_zps38f...

Look forward to seeing your new girls, you could have eaten the cockerels I,m slowly psyching myself up for the full cockeral dispatching thingy Angela, today I cut the head off my hard boiled egg and didnt flinch, I was quite mercyless in fact (has anyone any thoughts on the merits of Quorn Burger...