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Hi all I have 14 hens and one rooster. He is an angel of a boy, very protective, forages for them, never aggressive with them or humans. Except...he absolutely hates one hen. He chases her off food and water constantly. She's very quick and flightly and constantly has one eye on him. She is...

Hello I thought my old girl had an eye infection and was treating it then noticed this in her mouth. Lots of google / forum results show canker but it doesn't look quite like the images. It doesn't smell at all, it's not soft and not weeping or pus like. I can't budge it. Her right eye has...

Hi all I noticed a hen ( Ameraucana) wasn't interested in food..she runs to the feed with the others, then pecks at it but doesn't eat. Inspecting her, she's too thin. I had wormed the flock recently but on mass so I wormed her direct. No worms in her poop..in fact she doesn't really poop...

Hello, I returned from a few days a way to a hen waddling and after checking I am pretty sure she has ascites / water belly. Swollen and squishy, comb very dark. Eating but fussy, running when treats come. No feathers on her belly but she has been like that for over a year. She is 2.5 years old...

Hello For those of you that have tried to treat a chook with sour crop, I am interested to know, in general, the success rate? Most vets sites seem to imply it's a lost cause but I get a different impression from the threads on here I think I have had my first case of it, or any illness in...

Hello We are in our first year of chicken keeping. I thought this was a moult when it started, and 3 of our hens look like this but this one, Margot is in the worst state. She seems happy, eating and laying etc but can you see that pinky orange bulge at the root of the feather quill? It looks...

Hi everyone We have a silkie cross that often gets broody (far left in my profile pic, bouffant, so pretty!). We lock her out the nest box for 2 days and she is back to laying...normally. It has been over a week and today we tried sitting her in water. She was on her own for a while after...

I was given these 5 'hens'. As they have aged, I think the only hens are the solid brown ones on either side. Opinions? Thoughts on breed? (I hope the pic is clear enough, they run a lot and are only still when they snuggle for an afternoon rest!)

Hi, My 5 free ranging chooks have been going home to the coop every single night without issue since we got them 2 months ago. We went away for a few days and something must have happened and they decided not to go back to their coop, instead roosting in a huge tree, very high up. This...

Hello! I have been reading the forum for a while prior to getting my chooks and now joined since I actually have them! I was given 6 'hens', one didn't make it to our garden as he crowed and went back home. Since then, 2 more 'hens' have crowed so we have 2 roosters and 3 hens, and 6 more...

Hello...reading through the forum there are a number of comments like "they were looking like they were ready to start laying". My hens are coming up to 5 months, any tips on what I am looking for in their behaviour to indicate they might start to lay?