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I am 90% sure I have Mareks in my Silkies, I haven't had a blood test but have had several symptoms of the different forms. A few years ago I bought some birds from a show, they were from commercial breeders and I thought the birds has been vaccinated. Two of them died within a year, one with a...

I like to grow something new each year and bought a packet of quinoa seed which I have sown last week. The only thing is it sound a bit fiddly and complicatied to harvest and prepare. The packet says the grains have to be washed to remove the soapy coating, has anyone done this and wwas it...

Noticed today one of my hens had a poopy butt. Put her in bath and noticed what looks like clumps of greyish white eggs round base of feathers and mixed in with poop. Put some tea tree oil in the water and removed as much as possible without tearing her skin, then rinsed and treated her house...

Bought some tubers from a catalogue and have started them off in pots in the greenhouse as the instructions suggested until the frost has passed. Had never heard of them before so if anyone has experience of growing these can they offer some tips?

We currently have snow and temperatures of 0 degrees centigrade. This morning the door of my small coop (like a rabbit hutch) was frozen solid and I couldn't open it. Pullng only moved the whole thing! Eventually I managed to open it using a hammer and screwdriver but am worried about damaging...

Yesterday it rained all day and when I went to feed the chickens I found that Klingon and his brother Herbert had been fighting. They had no injuries except a few comb scratches but clearly they'd had a good old tussle and poor Klingon looked like he'd been dumped in a mud bath. Today the sun...

There always seems to be a loner in every flock, maybe a runt or bottom of the pecking order. Some just seem to prefer their own or human company. I think these chickens often have a lot of character so I was hoping members would like to share stories and pictures here. My loner is Errol, a...

Check out Britain's Strangest Pets UK Channel 5, ep.2. A lady takes her Polish Frizzle to the hairdresser to have her wings clipped!

Have read in paper there will be live chickens (and other assorted farm animals) featured in the Olympic opening ceremony. Am not sporty but will watch with interest, hope they are well trained/contained, have visions of chaos!

I'm very new to forums but not so new to keeping chicks. Have a flock of 13, mainly Silkies, but also some crossbreeds. They are all pets so eggs are a bonus. I love all the different characters, something people who haven't kept chickens don't appreciate, and they never fail to amuse me!