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I bought a pair of peafowl at auction on Sunday, brought them home and quarantined them. It is an area that the chooks have free ranged before, but they aren’t there now. This morning I noticed one of them was quiet and a little hunched, but I had to go out for the day and these are my first...

I have had the worst couple of weeks with my chickens. This is going to be a long post... A couple of weeks ago, one of my 3 month old Langshans went lame. I separated him, he quickly deteriorated and died overnight. I started him on vitamins, electrolytes, and antibiotics. His symptoms were...

I have some young Langshans in a seperate pen together, now they are growing they sometimes get a little rowdy, and last night one hadn’t gone up the ramp to bed. I couldn’t see any injuries on him but he didn’t want to walk much. I thought perhaps he has strained something in a scuffle, so I...

I have a very vigilant Wyandotte sitting on 19 eggs (it’s a long story) Two hatched late yesterday and she is still sitting tight on the others, but she had done a big poop in there this morning so I had to lift her off to clean it. She was very angry and pecking at me wildly and got one of her...

So we picked up 4 Sebastopol geese a few days ago. The lady I got them from says they hatched sometime in October. They were living in a big field (penned are night) with their parents and aunts, and haven’t been handled much. I imagine it has been quite traumatic for them being taken away from...

I didn’t get any chicken related Christmas gifts (unless you count my husband extending the chook shed!) until today when I opened these beauties from my friends who have just returned from a trip. Two pairs of knee length chicken leg socks and a book about chicken lovers written by a chicken...

My chickens are all treated with ivomectin pour on, and have regular pestene dustings Just doing the latest one and seen these! They are lice eggs aren’t they? I thought ivomectin was supposed to deal with this? I have some “liquidator” which is PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE, should I spray them with that...

My chooks free range in a big field during the day, and are penned at night. Recently we had a big storm that brought down lots of trees and branches, and we had piled them up intending to burn them, but then had a total fire ban so they had to stay. All of a sudden I was getting no eggs, and...

I bought some checks from a local farm auction on Sunday. Against my better judgement really, they were 10 of them all varying sizes some of them still not feathered yet They weren’t selling and I just couldn’t leave them there! Anyway I’ve brought them home and obviously kept them separate...

I noticed one of my rescue girls looking a bit quiet two days ago, watched her for a bit and decided I was imaging things as she was eating, drinking, and poop looked fine etc. Today I noticed her sitting quietly with her eyes closed, and she also has a bit of a poopy bum. I watched her for a...

Hi, My rooster has had swollen eyes (no other symptoms) for a couple of weeks now. I had been treating Ringworm on his comb (and maybe down to his eye), then tried terramycin with no effect. The oxymav B arrived this morning - I am taking him to the vet but can’t get there until Friday, they...

My rooster Sev has been suffering from ringworm for about a month. I separated him from the girls and initially treated it with daktarin as the vet told me, but it didn’t really fully clear up, and it started to travel from his comb to his right eyelid. He isn’t the most compliant boy, and I got...

Hi, I am new posting here, but have been using the site for advice for a while now! I live in Australia, but am from England, we moved here 4 years ago. I got my first chicken from a county show when I was 12- we were there to compete (horses) and my mum was with me, we fell in love with a blue...