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mama Mystie was pretty lifeless this morning. Gave her nutri drops but she passed. Done cpr for 4 minutes and she came back for three theni lost her again. Hubby stopped me at 10 minutes. She was gone. She has 12 6 week old chicks who have been indoor only - planed to move out this weekend...

My daughter forgot to close the door after walking mum jack Russell who is staying with us for a while. This is the first week we have let the older chicks out unsupervised during the day. She has shaken 4 to death (one died in my daughters arms (she's 9) 4 seem anxious but ok and are in...

we lost one of our chicks (from the clutch of 13) through the night. The are about 3 weeks old now... No obvious sign of trauma or illness. Anything I need to check for before she's laid to rest after school today? What about the rest of the chicks and mama. They're still in an inside coop...

we lost one of our chicks (from the clutch of 13) through the night. The are about 3 weeks old now... No obvious sign of trauma or illness. Anything I need to check for before she's laid to rest after school today? What about the rest of the chicks and mama. They're still inside. Kids away...

can anyone confirm what type my bantam lady is please? thanks.

ive just been going through the learning centre and come across something saying not to let the hens sleep in the nest boxes. My girls (of different breeds) have always slept in the nest boxes whilst the boys use the perch.... Any reason why they shouldn't? The new chicks are sleeping under...

hi, What age can chicks start having treats and what's best to start them off on? Cheers Lou

Id never have never made it through the past month ( nor the 22 chicks we now have!) if it hadn't been for the support and advice from everyone on here Thank you so much!!!

the last egg hatched but needed help. Mama just pushed the egg towards me... I've been sitting stroking her all afternoon... And there was a hole with a beak and u that was it. No movement for ages... So I don't know if she thought I could do something or if she was rejecting it (my soft side is...

one of the new chicks... About 5 hours old... Is bullying everyone including mum! He's literally running round pecking everyone. He's pecking all around mums face, I'm scared he'll get her eyes, she doesn't seem to discipline him (fairly sure it's going to be a he!!) Suggestions? Just leave...

my second broody hatched what I presumed was overnight. Because of the predators here I moved mama and nest into a box like we did with the last one but I didn't know there were three eggs left!!! Two have pipped (is that the right expression) so I put the two the right way round but I've no...

I was told that grit is important in baby chicks diet so we have a bag of the very fine stuff. Do we just scatter it with the food (we have alway scattered the food so they forage because that's what they do outside... We let them forage rather than have a food bowl as we have a very big garden...

A friend of mine who kept chickens for years before his wife passed away taught me a trick to keep the birds warmer during a cold winter... He called it layering, where you spread fresh sawdust & hay on top of what you you normally clean out in the coop. (Was reluctant as it sounded gross! But I...

Our outside nursery coop and run was completed today so the chicks and mama are outside. They seem to have had a great time all day but at roost time they just snuggled under mama in a corner outside. I'm the run. Being very nervous of this I moved them into the coop part (that was a pantomime...

Hi! Firstly hope you like the word play on my user name.... Hen in Scotland is sometimes what women who are friends refer to each other.... So you would "Hi hen!" To a friend! Anyway back to introductions, I'm Lou, stay in the s ottomh borders and until 3 weeks ago have two bantam hens and...