Recent content by red97

Thanks for your reply, no new birds lately, we actually only have too at the minute as a fox managed to get in not long ago, so we were slightly worried about separating them, however neither seem distressed for now, it's just not ideal. Will try adding the vitamins and see how she goes -...

About a week ago I noticed my 5yo bantam hen was loosing weight and wasn't coming out of the coop in the morning with the other hen. We brought her in out of the cold and by the evening she seemed much brighter. However she appears not to be able to stand at all. She is slumped on her right side...

I have two bantam cockerels called tweedledum and tweedledee and three hens called April, May and June. Also used to have an araucana named Ariadne by a friend :)

It all depends on the personality of the rooster ... I have two bantam cockerels together with three hens, and bar the odd angry face, we have never had a problem. However they have grown up together since they were very young and are both quite laid back and also have free range over an acre of...

Pretty sure his crop isn't compacted, seems pretty normal and isn't any unusual smells or anything, but thanx anyway, I can check again in the morning before he has anything to eat

I used to have such a sweet little hen who I used to rock to sleep (she used to start snoring and everything! :L) and who used to chase me down the garden when I left, I would turn round and she would start scratching around in the dirt, and then would chase me when I turned around again. When I...

Hi, I have a cockerel (about a year old) who looks like he might be dying! I noticed he wasn't as perky as usual at the beginning of may but I thought he was just depressed at first as his only remaining hen was killed by a fox (our flock is clearly divided into two groups, unfortunately for him...