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Lily has what I believe to be wry neck. We found her in the coup looking skyward and flapping around backwards. We took her inside, fed her bread soaked in water and vitamins. After a few days she has improved greatly and is wandering around outside. She has a few episodes, but nothing...

HI everyone, I have a favourite chicken, Berry, she is fairly social, approx 5 years and a brown shaver, and usually top dog. Betty has been hiding out in the coop last few days. I caught her today and found she has a large hole under her wing, approx an inch in diameter and it’s down to the...

I have a chicken who lays eggs that float....these are not old eggs, they vary between a couple of days to a couple of weeks old. Any thoughts on this? Are they still ok to eat?

Hi everyone, I have yet another question.....:rolleyes: I have seen my hen lay this twice, she strains a lot. She sometimes has shellless eggs just pop out, but it's likely that these ones happen more often than I know..... The thing is, it has bits of blood on it and it smells....would I...

Hi everyone :D I've had quite a few problems with my flock and the advice on here has been amazing, so I thought I would run something by you all. I've had some problems with the health and egg quality of a few of my hens (I had 6 now have 5), turns out we were treating them too much and they...

Hi all, I have a whole world of problems with my hens and I am in desperate need of some advice! Background: we purchased 6 hens who had entered retirement (2years) from a free range farmer, approx 2 months ago. All the girls were in fairly poor looking condition, I think as a result of over...

Hi :) A couple of weeks ago we purchased 6, 2 year old hens from a free range farmer. Some were in pretty rough condition, including one who was missing all her wing, neck and rear feathers (it looks like they had been eaten), and another missing all her neck feathers. Anyway last night I...