Recent content by Florridora

Yesterday, our neighbours two alsatian puppies managed to get into our garden and attacked three of our four girls. Luckily the dogs are only small and probably thought they were playing ... but they have inflicted damaged. Two only seem to have lost a few feathers but the other - Dolly - looks...

We have just noticed the same problem with one of our girls. It is our first year keeping hens and we thought we had taken all the precautions against the cold to keep them fit and healthy. The temperature has been cold here lately (-16C) and we didn't notice anything out of the ordinary...

Thanks for the suggestions. We have been trying to get some diatomaceous earth for ages. I looked up the hungarian name (kovaföld) in my biggest dictionary and headed to the local food / farm supplier. When I asked for it I might as well have come from another planet - let alone another country...

With winter approaching we think it's time to give our chicky house a good clean before the snow comes. We need to give the perch and ladder a thorough clean and disinfect to get rid of any bacteria, bugs, mites and dried poo that has built up over the last 6 months. The problem is that we live...

Thanks 2 creeks. We did change their feed from chick to adult a few weeks ago. Maybe its that causing the problem. We have been keeping them in the run this week because we thought they may have eaten something bad from the compost heap- their favorite place of course! - but there was no...

Not the best picture but as the girls were so interested in the camera and decided to kick sawdust everywhere it's the best I can do! There are really no other symptoms we can see - clean vents, no coughing, all of them are panting a bit but it is 100 degrees so its probably normal given the...

Thanks Nickie. I did check the poo chart before and although it looks a bit like Ceacal, I think its more than the normal amount. This is pretty much every poo - and believe me our girls can do that no problem!

We are new to chickens and this year have bought our first 4 girls. They are 21 weeks old now, Rhode Island Reds but are not laying yet, although they are showing all the right signs. We have noticed that one of them, the slightly younger one, has had green diarrhoea for about a week. It has...