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    Chickens scared of colour yellow?!

    It's so unusual, I guess il never know for sure why the colour yellow spooks my girls but I'm thinking its to do with their dark past! Poor girlies, very funny though!
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    Chickens scared of colour yellow?!

    Has anyone else found that their hens are scared of a particular colour?! My ex battery girls are scared of the colour yellow and I have no idea why! Literally anything yellow, edible or not and they go berserk! I love cooking them up corn on the cob but when I take it out they sprint back to...
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    Repetitive soft eggs

    Woops sorry, shes older then a year as is a rescue hen, as far as im aware they 'move the chickens on' at around 72 weeks although im not sure of the exact age when we got them, but we have looked after them for a year now. The soft eggs she lays are paper thin and have a weird texture. Im...
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    Repetitive soft eggs

    I have 3 ex battery hens, had them nearly a year now, however one of them regularly lays soft eggs. She can go days without laying, then maybe lay a normal egg (hers tend to be very large) and then the next day lay a soft egg. There seems to be no set pattern as to what she will lay, if she...
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    rehoming ex-battery hens. (UPDATE: Recovering Status) PICS

    I have 3 ex battery hens (was originally 4 but sadly just lost one on boxing day). I dont know anything about the saliva, but with regards to everything else, mine were pretty much in the same condition when we first got them! 5 months on and they are unrecognisable! All feathers have grown back...
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    I Think I Have An Egg Bound Hen?

    How is she doing now? Hope shes feeling better
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    Are seaguls a threat?

    Thanks for the advice, will feel alot better now having the girls out knowing its only the pest of a hawk i have got to keep an eye out for now!
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    Are seaguls a threat?

    I love in the UK right on the coast and notice whenever i let the chickens free range, there seems to be a lot of seaguls appearing. They tend to swoop quite low and make a racket which scares the girls. They have never gone for any of the girls as im always out with them, but it worries me that...
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    HELP!! I think she is dieing

    Really sorry to hear you lost her. I lost one 2 days ago
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    Egg broken inside chicken?

    Unfortunately my little lady didnt make it. She was warm and comfortable when she passed and went easily in her sleep.
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    Egg broken inside chicken?

    Thankyou for the info, i really appreciate it! Hopefully by the morning will get a better idea of how shes doing and will keep pushing fluids.
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    Egg broken inside chicken?

    Hi, was wondering if someone would be able to give me some advice. I have 4 ex battery hens which we got in september. This morning i went to let the hens out and noticed one stayed up in the nesting box (they havent totally got the hang of sleeping on the perches). A few hours later i noticed...
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