Any advice gladly received. My hen has a swollen eye we have been
bathing now for nearly 2 weeks (doesn't seem to be contagious to the rest of the flock) she is also loosing quite a lot of feathers from her breast. Does anyone know what this is and how is can be cured??
My wife has returned from work today at 3.30pm to let the girls out of their run to free range. The rain has not stopped all the time they have been free rangeing. We thought they may take cover when is got to bad but they have stayed out in the rain to the point that they were unrecognisable as...
I have been reading lots of threads over the past few weeks about chickens eating pretty much anything. This does not seem to be the case for my ladies all they seem to like is corn and layers pellets the list of tried treats is
Lettuce
Tomatoes
Sprouting corn
Bread crumbs
Cereal
Salad items...
Hi all
Is it normal to have a hen that consistently lays double yolk eggs. I have a blue belle that is approx 21 weeks only and only just started laying 4 out of the 6 eggs she has laid have had double yolks.
Is this normal??
Ruby, these calm, gentle quick one (bottom of the pecking order)
Bella, the noisey one with insatiable appetite she is the look out for the group.
Harriet, the leader of the gang, charges around like a rhino and feeds like a alligator. (Only one that is laying at the moment)
Lucy, happy...