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My Orpingtons developed really bad scaly leg while I was unwell. Think it has been going on for some months ! I have been treating with olive oil for 15 days now and seem to be getting on top of it. But I am a bit worried as some birds seem to have very few scales left their legs are smooth like...

My broody hen was sitting on three eggs 2 must have hatched in the night they had both been pecked and were dead The cockerel had been in the hen house on a previous hatch but he never touched the chicks This was not the same hen She is in a box he sometimes sleeps in Do you think he killed...

Hi I had three broody Pekin batams who got in a nest box together and refused to move. Last week they hatched 8 chicks between them. They are now looking after the chicks together. I dont know witch chick belongs to witch hen and I dont think they do ? I was wondering if anyone else has had this...

Hi my Mini Pekins have been broody all over Easter. I was so fed up with the 3 sitting constantly in 1 nest box I just left them to it. Yesterday egg shell out side box. I thought now they are breaking the eggs. Today counted at least 2 little heads. I cant get near the box, they all peck at...

Hi my poultry house is looking a bit scruffy. My husband thinks we should repaint the outside with wood preservative. I am a bit worried that the fumes will affect my hens. They would be inside the house while it was being done. What do other people think. They are Rare breed Orpington Bantams...

Hi does anyone have any ideas for dividing up a large poultry shed. It has a solid floor which makes fixing dividers a problem. I need to make a separate area for my baby rooster and his little sister as i don't think his father will continue to tolerate his as he gets bigger. Also i would like...

Hello I just started keeping bantams this summer We bought a pekin cock and seven hens . Also a orpington cock who we call gorgeous george and four hens. All had been going really well. Little grey orpington hen has hatched two chicks how five weeks old. Then today disaster Little black...