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Well it has been a sad week with the loss last Monday of my little broody bantam lavender pekin (cochin) who I found dead and cold on her eggs. She was a real sweetheart and both I and her husband are missing her badly.... They lived in a little prefab coop on my lawn and were such a happy...

It has occurred to me a few times recently that I haven't seen any posts from Beekissed for ages! I miss her wonderful down to earth approach and wealth of knowledge and experience. I hope it is just that she got lost in the transfer to the new system and nothing untoward has occurred. I did a...

Ok, so I have a plastic bin style compost bin, with an open bottom set on the ground at the bottom of my harden, a sliding trap door at the bottom to extract compost from it and twist/turn lid on the top with vents in the sides. I've had it for many years and this is the first time I have had...

Hi Background story is that I purchased some bantam pekin hens (cochins to you guys in the US) in April this year and after keeping them in for a couple of weeks I free ranged them as I do with most of my flocks. I have a sneaky suspicion that they had not had access to grass before because...

Hi. I had a year old BCM that died very suddenly last week. She was one of my best layers and had been laying daily up to the point she died. She appeared fine in the morning.... I have a large mixed flock and I can't say that I check each one individually, but if one is off colour it's...

A funny true story I thought I would share. My chickens are free range on an old farm yard in the centre of the village where I live. I lock them in a stable at night but they roam free during the day. My neighbour who is a great guy, has 7 hens in a pen on his allotment garden next door...

Hi I had a young pullet (20 weeks) go lame a couple of weeks ago. I already have 2 lame which I believed were injuries as a result of roosting too high. Anyway, I couldn't feel anything obvious, so I left her to it for a few days and she was not improving and didn't look right. I brought her...

Hi I killed a chicken for the first time today and I'm feeling in need of sharing and discussing it. At the grand old age of 50, it is the first time I have intentionally killed any animal and it was not a comfortable experience for me. The chicken in question was a young pullet of 20 weeks...

Hi One of my RSL hens has been looking unwell since yesterday. I have seen her drinking and picking at grit but not eating. Her comb is wizened and burgundy coloured rather than a fleshy bright red. I saw her poo yesterday and most of it was very liquid and almost clear. The colour and...

Hi I have just started my flock a couple of months ago. They are mostly young birds just coming into lay. Twice in the past week I have found bright yellow staining on the drop boards under the roosting bars. The first time I was concerned that one of them was doing yellow droppings and was...

Hi I have an assorted flock of hens and 2 cockerels. One cockerel is kept in a large caged area in the hen house(stable) to prevent fighting. My partner recently bought me a pair of cream leg bar hens to go with the hen and cockerel of that breed I already have and a trio of bantum...

Hi My name is Barbara. I live in the North East of the UK and I've recently got back into keeping chickens after a few years off..... A fox picked them off one at a time whilst they were free ranging at my stable yard during the day the last time. Anyway, I am so excited about my new...