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    Head and neck feathers white at roots

    UH-OH! Took the opportunity of checking Betty more closely today and she DOES have some spiky quills on her head which COULD be lice I guess. Her pal Margo also has some whitish feathers. The two new girls show no signs - as yet. I guess a touch of lice spray would not hurt. I don't fancy...
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    Head and neck feathers white at roots

    Thanks for responding Judy. No I can't see anything like that (phew!) AND I am wearing my new glasses! All her other feathers seem lovely, strong and shiny and she has a particularly fine set of tail feathers following a soft moult. Her appetite is fine and she is lively enough (although has...
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    Head and neck feathers white at roots

    My otherwise healthy and happy hen seems to be showing head and neck feathers that are white at the root. She is no particular breed (she came from a local farm so is kind of a mix) but is her colouring is golden brown rather like a Buff Orpington. Any ideas what this could be? She's pretty...
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    soft shell / no shell eggs?

    Update update! Had two lovely and completely normal eggs today spall back to normal I guess! Phew!
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    soft shell / no shell eggs?

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    soft shell / no shell eggs?

    Oh I just re read that message! The hens have been laying since last October. I meant they have started laying daily after a break since the end of April.
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    soft shell / no shell eggs?

    I have two young hens who have just started laying daily (about a week ago) after various traumas such as dog attack; broodiness (both but one longer than the other) and a soft moult. Yesterday's collected two eggs at around 2pm and when I went out with their breakfast at around 8 am I...
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    Feeding Whey

    Coincidentally I have just put out a small bowlful of whey for my two hens which was some of the left overs from making feta cheese. I thought they might not take to it immediately but they practically pushed me out of the way (see how I resisted the temptation to spell that 'whey'!) to get at...
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    Do chickens pant?

    Well I am in the Isle of Man (Great Britain) and while it is sunny it is certainly not up to Texas standards! Nonetheless, one of my girls is lying on her side with one leg extended, her wings slightly raise and her beak slightly parted as she pants in the 'heat". What a Drama Queen!
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    Broody chickens on goose eggs! Help and advice needed please!

    Just a quick update (particularly for Scratch'n'peck) I turfed the girls out of their Eglu this morning and cleaned it all out and then firmly shut the door. After some initial grumbling and broody clucking they gave up and just pecked around the garden and dustbathed as usual. Now they are...
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    Broody chickens on goose eggs! Help and advice needed please!

    Thanks scratch'n'peck! I think I kinda knew that deep down - just needed someone to confirm/support etc! Tomorrow I will boot the girls out of the coop first thing and close them out all day. Then I'll remove the goose eggs; thoroughly clean the coop (it's a plastic Eglu one so won't take...
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    Broody chickens on goose eggs! Help and advice needed please!

    About 36 days ago a friend gave me two goose eggs (which she did not know were fertile or not) to put under my broody hen in an effort to distract her while I re-introduced her injured pal into the coop. I have only two chickens. It worked like a charm - and the injured hen even started laying...
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    Chicken attacked by dog - need advice

    Hi Earthlove I just wondered how Cotton was doing? My Betty (attacked by a dog about 15 days ago ) now seems to be doing very well. She had some deep wounds that needed suturing and lost pretty much all the feathers on her back save for one tail feather . However she went back in the roost...
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    Help! Advice needed following dog attack.

    Just a quick update on my chooks! The injured one (Betty) just took it upon herself to go back into the coop - whether the broody one (Margo ) liked it or not! Both hens are now happily together as they were before the dog attack. A friend gave me a couple of fertile GOOSE eggs for M to sit...
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    How to Break a Broody Hen

    Hi. I have only two hens and one (Margo) went broody after a dog attack nearly took out her roost mate (Betty) last Saturday (it's Friday today) Margo has been stolidly clinging to the nestbox (both girls are in an Eglu) and I have been putting food and water in there for her. I need to get...
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