Recent content by TeresalaGrande

Thank you very much. One of them is practically bald underneath, even inside her little legs at the top!

No, they haven't stopped laying.

They're not feathering their nests. There is no sign of feathers anywhere. I'll try the calcium supplements. I can't help thinking that they should've had a rest from laying at some point in the winter. Obviously we've been very grateful for the eggs, but it seems a bit hard on the girls if...

Hello, My hens have been suffering from a lot of baldness for months, now. It might be since we replaced their coop with a secondhand one (preloved to you Americans). However, we have regularly demited the coop, the pen and the girls themselves. One of them is practically bald underneath. We...

Hello, One of my chickens is sneezing once in a while, her comb has shrunk and turned pale and she has lost her fighting spirit. She still eats and drinks, but she isn't herself and she has stopped laying for a week now. Any ideas? There are so many things it could be that I'm bewildered...

Thank you for your message. I'm sorry I haven't replied sooner. Since I last posted I have asked a friend who is a farmer in Spain. She's just all fluffed up, I think. Nothing else seems to be wrong with her, except that she's very annoyed she's been put into solitary confinement! Thank you very...

One of my hens has been clucking constantly and sitting in the nesting box all day, so we decided she was broody and locked them all out after they'd laid their eggs. We haven't got an alternative place to put her. Now she is looking much bigger than usual. Could there be something else wrong...

See below. I followed the advice on poultrykeeper.com.

This is not really a reply, but another question for anyone who has views on it: Can anyone tell me the pros and cons of layers' pellets as opposed to layers' mash? I wasn't sure what to use, so I've mixed them. They seem to prefer the mash, but I spoke to the people who sold them to me...

Thank you.

Hello, my husband and I have just bought four chickens, two Easter Eggers and two hybrids and they're lovely! They've just come into lay, except one of them who is a bit work-shy. We're very glad we got them, except for the cat, which is brokenhearted to find that other creatures can take up our...