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Hi all My two year old hen, Florence has had trouble laying the past few days but didn’t really show it, I just noticed she sat on the nesting area forever and no egg. Today I came home and noticed he standing on the hill outside our kitchen window and she has laid the weirdest mess of an egg...

Hi all, This may be a long winded story, My neighbours decided they didn’t want their three roosters any more and threw them out of their coop apparently in hope a fox or dog would kill them overnight (I’m very upset someone would do that to an animal). Anyway they terrorised my flock and have...

Hi everyone, I have a hen as recently lost most of her feathers, her whole tail fell out in one day! She recently was broody and it took me over a month to break her broodiness. I've noticed she has lots of saggy skin around her breast and under her body. I also noticed she hasn't got much in...

Hi All I have a broody Golden Laced Wyandotte hen who has been sitting on her eggs quite well over the past three weeks. Yesterday the eggs began to hatch. Today the hatching is still going on (one chick has pipped and broken through the shell) The broody keeps getting of the nest whenever the...

Hi all I have a bantam rooster with a nasty foot infection. He has recently had a rather bad case of scaly leg mite infection, however I have been treating it. I noticed after a week or so of treatment that he had a large lump like thing on his leg (I assume a lifting scale), then the lump was...

Hi all, I have an isa brown hen that I bought three weeks ago. When I put her away in the coop the other day I noticed that she had quite a large abdomen and thought It could be swollen but it could be normal. She had not been laying for a while either which made me worry about egg...

Hi all I have a two year old Australorp hen with prolapse....it came on suddenly two days ago I noticed blood on the egg she layed two days ago so I immediately checked her back end and sure enough there was a some felshy stuff hanging out of her vent. I washed the protrusion and used Vaseline...

Hi everyone I have a rooster who seems to have breathing problems. The problem has been going on for almost a month now. First he lost his crow and seemed to breathe with his beak open. His breath smelt a bit odd too ....I thought maybe it was crop related.... Now his crow is back but he seems...

Hi all I have three young chickens, about 10 weeks old and thought I would get your opinions on whether I have boys or girls Here is the first, a Rhode Island red called Red I am thinking this one is a boy as it has a large comb and wattle This photo and the one below show my...

Hi all several of my chickens are infected by scaly leg mite and have been for a while now I have tried treating it in the past but it has not been overly effective.. Any ideas on the best treatments for this? Thanks Emily

Hi all I have a quail and for the past couple of months my pet quail has developed nasty swelling in his feet One foot went down over time but the other is swollen around the ankle joint and has turned a purple colour...he can still move around but limps as you would expect He eats and drinks...

Hello I am new and just thought would introduce myself. My name is Emily and I own about thirteen chickens...mostly bantams, although I have recently added a few more breeds to my flock.