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Hi The girls were all fine this morning and just gone to put them away for bed and one is in the house really loud rattling breathing and runny nose (but only slight clear discharge). Does she have a cold and is there anything i can give her?? I can tell she is off colour and she is normally...

Hi My dad has two black star chickens and recently they have been off laying and lost all the feathers (diagnosis scaly and red mite) which he treated and fingers crossed the feathers seem to be growing back. But he has found a blue soft lump on the chests of both of these birds in exactly...

Sorry if i have posted in the wrong section but wasn't sure where to put this one. We are currently treating for Coccidiosis with Coxoid and i am not sure whether we it is safe for humans to eat the eggs or not and if not, can i cook them up and give them back to the girls. Thanks for your...

We have 6 chickens (Warren x Rhode Islands, black columbians mainly hybrids) and every day we are getting a soft shelled eggs or shell less and i wandered if this was a calcium deficiency. They eat layers pellets, layers meal and poultry spice supplement and have occasional treats green...

I have 6 ex-bats, one died over the weekend we think of Coccidiosis and i have just felt the chests of the others and the chest bone is quite prominent so i am concerned that they aren't getting enough of the right foods. They eat layers pellets as their main diet (available all the time) and i...

I have heard that this can spread to dogs as well. We have a suspected case with my chicken and am going to treat it and clean out the pen etc... but my dogs love to eat the chicken poo - however quick i manage to clear it away the still manage to get hold of it. If it is congatious to dogs -...

I have 7 ex-battery hens which we have had since October last year. We lost one just after Christmas to a similar illness and now we have one with similar symptoms and i really don't want to lose another one especially as she is a favourite. She seemed fine this morning and when i went to put...

We are having really cold weather at the moment for us here in the UK getting down to -8c over night at their water is freezing solid right through, is there anything that i can wrap it up with that if the chicks peck at it it wont make them sick and will insulate the water enough that is wont...

One of my hens died and not sure what was wrong with her. If it was Coccidiosis can i treat the others with Coxoid just in case they have it even though they seem healthy with no symptoms.

One of my hens started on Christmas eve to look unwell. Ruffled feathers, lethargic and eyes that kept closing, gave her some diarolyte and she picked up and started eating and drinking. Yesterday she looked unwell again and this morning was really bad started the diarolyte again and some...

Gone out this morning to feed the girls and let them out for the day and one of my chickens is lethargic, feathers rustled and eyes closing. The others ran for their breakfast and she didn't move. Not sure what do to - have given her some water via a syringe and she drank that but don't know...

Gone to put my girlies to bed tonight and i noticed one of them has a huge crop and the skin looks red and feels warm (which is probably normal) she is a naked chicken as she is an ex-bat. She eats a diet of ex-bat crumb and pellets and then they have treats in the morning normally bread...

The weather here in the UK is starting to get cold predicted -3c over the weekend. I have 8 ex-bats and some are a bit naked and wondering if they are going to get cold at night. They are in a converted shed with a shaving bedding on the floor and straw in the nesting box only. They all tend...

We got 8 ex-battery hens a couple of weeks ago and the first couple of days we had about 4 or 5 eggs and then one a day but now we have had any for about 4 days. I was wondering whether it is because there aren't getting enough light as it gets light at 7am and is dark by 4pm and was going to...

Hello We have had a lot of rain recently and our run is really wet and muddy. Would you recommend sand or chipped bark, i have heard that chipped bark causes respiratory disease is this true? Any info would be greatly appreciated as we are sinking in it. Thanks Vicki

hello we are getting 8 ex-battery hens on saturday and want to know if they can eat cut grass as an extra treat and also suet blocks and mealworms should they be live or fried or either. any advice would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks Vicki