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Hi all! I'm a novice chicken owner and have discovered our first red mite infestation. (Ew! :eek:That creeped me out this morning!) So after some UK specific advice on how to treat and what products you would recommend. We have a wooden home built coop with large attached nesting box which...

Hi eggy gurus! I've tried searching similar posts but can't quite find an answer so apologies if this is repetitive. We have a light sussex who went Broody yesterday, sitting on eggs, not leaving the nesting box all day, got quite pecky! So I donned some gardening gloves and fished her out of...

Hi all, I've read from here that some hens can grow spurs so I'm not overly worried, but my silkie xbreed seems to have one next to or slightly below her back toe which seems to prevent her from putting weight on the back of her foot properly. Should I do something about it? She seems to have a...

New Chicken owner, we have 3 POL bought in July last year and two POL bought and integrated about 4 weeks ago. But, they aren't overly keen on being handled. Our leghorn is completely uncatcheable, and the others will squat for a quick stroke but that's your lot! No chance of holding them...

Hello all! I'm a very new mother to 5 beautiful chickens, three of whom we have had for 9 months (a leghorn white star, light sussex and Warren), but our fourth, and the alpha was picked off by Mr Fox. After a lot of tears, we replaced with two new birds (a bluebell and a gold top). They're you...