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I'll see if I can let them out more but they get about 3 hrs every morning, 1 hour at lunchtime and 2.5 hrs in the evening free ranging during week and about 10-14 hrs at the weekend. Maybe she is freaked by the change in rights on weekdays and weekends and we just need to be more consistent...

thanks Cuz. Is that an ancona in your pciture. The one up high at the back. The one i lost in July was a bantam ancona - a really great personality - always on look out trying to get higher ground to keep sentry, running around making little squeaks when she found a nice bug - unfortunately...

Very sad story and makes it so hard to have some chickens in that situation. I think it could be stress as well. A possum comes in to the garden each night to search for avocados and we have some neighbour cats that drift through but never saw them near the coop. They tend to move along the...

Hi Sagenovese, Did little peaches come back on the lay? Am a new comer to chickens - just 10 months into it now. 2 chickens in the backyard in a 3M long X 1 meter tractor. I have a little leghorn bantum - just 11 months and she stopped laying. She hasn't layed in since end of September (5...

Hi lisaleee, We have the same thing happening with our 2 hens. 12 months old and enjoying the feast of flowers the avocado is shedding. The can not get enough of the flowers. Havent seen any changes with them but concerned as the leaves, skins and seeds are not good for them. How are...