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Hi to all, I had sadly lost my prime Chicken to a fox and was left with only my Henrietta who has made a complete recovery from her prolaps. I was concerned of her being on her own and therefore decided to buy three new chickens which were advertised locally on the internet. The chicken were in...

Hi CrazyTalk, I feed them Layer Mash, which apparently has all the nutrition hens require to lay good eggs. It could be of course some clumsyness of the chicken as it happened only occasionally, but I thought maybe boredom was the reason. What do you think?

I have read some suggestions about how to stop chicken eat their own eggs. I wonder if bored chicken could eat their own eggs. I have only a rather small patch of land were my chickens can run around, could it be that the restricted area makes them bored and therefore eat their own eggs? Any...

Thanks for your feedback Tamara119. I already have given them eggshells, which produced a stronger eggshell. Thanks again, RM Teacher

Hi Ol Grey Mare, Thank you for your reply I always feed them with special Layers Mash and they get their treats to make their diet more interesting. It never caused a problem. Maybe it is only a short term problem and it will sort itself. I was just curious if there are any obvious shortcomings...

My chicken are laying eggs with a rather thin shell. They are fed in my opinion a healthy balanced diet in order to provide enough calcium. Nevertheless, the eggshell is still thin. Could it be the time of year due to lack of sunlight? or is it something else? I would appriciate if there is...

Is there anybody in the UK who uses the BYC website to share any experiences in keeping chickens? I love that so many contacts come from the US. I can't imagine how much land you must have for your chickens, as I have so limited space for mine. I read that so many types of predators are around...

Hi Saroco, I just had to deal with a prolaps and the support I have been given was fantastic and worked my chicken called Henriette is well again. It's amazing, I thought poorly Henrietta has to wait a long time to get better. Prayers were answered and she is fine now. I isolated Henrietta for...

Hi TwoCrows, I just informed HenMaster from North Clifornia about my progress I had with Henrietta. It's amazing, I thought poorly Henrietta has to wait a long time to get better. Prayers were answered and she is fine now. I isolated Henrietta for four weeks and kept her as adviced in...

Hi Flock Master, It's amazing, I thought poorly Henrietta has to wait a long time to get better. Prayers were answered and she is fine now. I isolated Henrietta for four weeks and kept her as adviced in semi-darkness to stop her from laying eggs. That failed as she kept producing the eggs, but...

Hi there, thank you so much for your kind advice. I followed your tips on reducing the light exposure. I just bathed, blow-dried and pushed back her prolaps. Henrietta is great, she let everything happen to her without any problems. Again it seems she enjoyed the treatment, considering her poor...

It's great to know there are fellow believers among chicken lovers. I pray that my Henrietta makes a full recovery as animal are part of Gods creation. She just has been bathed, blow-dried and her prolaps put back. I followed previous advice of minimal light exposure and after 8 hours to be in...

Thank you all for some very good advice. Especially the timing for semi darkness and full blackout. I have contacted a vet who is a member of our church, unfortunately, she mentioned that it is very difficult to treat sick chickens and they should therefore be culled. I don't want to go down...

Hi I am Gunter S. from Wolverhampton, UK. My grand parents had a small hold with lots of chickens (ca 40). I always loved chicken and having retired from teaching, I finally was able to purchase 6 Reds. Having had a career in cabinet making I was able to produce a coop for the chickens. See...

Hi, I have researched various sites which provide treatment procedures for chicken suffering from a prolaps. They mention to gently push the prolaps back and use preparation H cream in order to reduce the swelling. Unfortunately, I can't locate a seller of Preparation H for chicken. Is there...