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The ideal amount per day is about 150g per bird per day. However this does really depend on the breed of bird and whether it is free range or cooped up. Like the others have said i'd simply let them eat as they will rather than trying to place a set amount into the feeder; always allow them to...

I would ether move the pen to a new area of the garden, field, or you can dig the top soil out of the pen and replace it with fresh soil. All of my rearing pens are covered with a top layer of bark chippings which i replace bi-annually or when i need to. You could do this but ideally you need to...

Like all mites they can live a fairly long time without the host. You need to completely remove everything from the coop and wash it down with a reputable poultry disinfectant - in my opinion inside and out. Allow it to dry and place fresh straw or sawdust into the pen. Wash everything down...

Hello Zax, i currently have a silkie going through scaly mite and i can tell you that the condition that my hens feet are in are quite a lot different looking than your cockerels. His feet looks decidedly 'even' while my girls legs are uneven and extremely misshapen; this could be down to the...

I have six chickens currently, we tried to name some of them after the royal family and then gave up half way through. 2 Gold Laced Wyandotte: Margo and Fat Liz 2 Speckled Sussex: Camilla and Olga (Olly for short) 1 Frizzle: The Spanish Lady or Frizz Frazz - because with the black feathers and...