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My one year old hen Scarlet has suddenly gone very quiet, stopped laying and started to be a bit reclusive. She looks utterly depressed on a morning and all she wants to do is sit in the nest box. I thought she could be broody and so have been shutting her out on a morning and by the afternoon...

I am hoping someone will be able to give some guidance with this one. My new ex-bat Lulu decided she didn't like her chicken jumper and tried to pull it off with her feet. She managed to get her back claw of her left leg caught in it and ripped the back nail right off. When I went up at...

Thank you for the advice, unfortunately we had to have her put to sleep. It turned out she had sour crop (even though there wasn't much in there), and although this could have been treated she was very ill on top of this with what looked like a respiratory infection and starting to manifest...

My ex bat Penelope lost her voice on saturday. She was not quite herself on Friday and didn't eat much on Friday and over yesterday and today she has only wanted to eat some porridge. She is usually very chatty and she was trying to chat on saturday but couldn't. Today she is fluffed up and...

Hi Can anyone suggest a suitable mite treatment that I can purchase? My vet gave me some medicated stuff to treat an infestation in two new hens which has now gone, but I need a product I can buy and administer. I use Smite The Mite for red mite problems but need something else for other mite...

Thanks for this, I have some Tylan left over from trying to save one of the chickens that died so will give this a go.

I have a problem with a 15 week old warren chicken who has a very runny nose and is sneezing a lot. I only bought her two days ago as part of a pair to integrate with my lone remaining ex-bat chicken. Because they are new they are separated at the end of the run and have a small rabbit hutch...