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    Winter water

    Thanks both, helpful. Echelontheory my husband would be totally up for your battery solution being a total battery/e bike freak, but we only have two chickens! But if we ever get a load more, yep, that sounds like a plan. Ridgerunner, that is good info. It has been sunny this past week here -...
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    Winter water

    Hi from the UK; the winter temps where I am (southern England) are usually mild (I am very lucky) so my girls dont suffer. But the past few days they have been below freezing even during the day and I am not there during this time to de-ice and top up their water. Can only do in the morning and...
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    CHICKENS RETURN HOME AFTER BEING GONE FOR OVER ONE MONTH....????

    I am always fascinated by chicken behaviour. They are no way the stupid birds a lot of people think they are. They are actually very clever, complex and resilient. I heard of a place near me here in the UK. They lost one for a few weeks and feared the worst - place surrounded by foxes...and lo...
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    New kid on the block

    All wise comments, thanks. I dont have a coop as such - just a big yard (garden) and their hen house (which is inside a shed, so secure). Right now the old one has sneaked off into her usual den for a mid day nap, and the young one is enjoying herself. Its only the hen house at night that may be...
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    New kid on the block

    Hi and thanks for your interest. Yard is about 25 x 40 feet, with loads of grass, big bushes, nooks and crannies, the coop, an inside store room, gravel paths. The new young hen is getting badly pecked on the back of her neck this morning but youth is on her side - she can run away quicker than...
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    New kid on the block

    I mean 'no blood or feathers' just to make clear, sorry.
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    New kid on the block

    Hi all, Having lost one of only two girls last week I have introduced another. They are of course squabbling - the older hen is chasing the new one (now and then, not all the time) and being aggressive, although nothing major, blood or feathers. I am guessing she is freaking out cos someone new...
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    Fancified pellets

    You are quite right Rosemarythyme. Sadly one of my two lovely girls passed away this afternoon. I am so upset....have not stopped crying. Its crazy isnt it? Just hens.... She had a god life though and is now resting in peace under our cherry tree. RIP dear little Tracey, I will never forget you!
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    Fancified pellets

    Thanks everyone. One of the two clearly has gapeworm (again) and is really suffering. Not surprising she doesnt want to eat. Have started her off this morning on wormer (tiny piece of bread with a few tiny specs of Flubenvet) which she has taken. Had this once before but what I didnt do was...
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    Fancified pellets

    Hi all My two girls stopped eating layers 18 months ago and stopped laying 9 months ago. They are 3 and a half years old. One was poorly recently but seems to have recovered - but they will STILL not touch layers. They like seeds (eg Dari and sunflower) but I've been told they can only be a very...
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    Cooking for chickens

    And thanks Perris. Arent the sardines really salty?Or do I rinse them? Have tried banana and yoghurt in the past and they are not that crazy about them. I think I have the fussiest pair in the world.:idunno
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    Cooking for chickens

    Thanks Chaos Mum, Thats good, I can get chickpea flour here. But I am now thinking...if I get this amazing recipe - cakes based on chickpea flour and some other bits they might like inside rolled out to my two girls will that be OK? Or will too much flour make them obese? One of my two got very...
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    Cooking for chickens

    I did wet them down...and they turned their noses up (or should I say beaks?!!!)
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    Cooking for chickens

    i am interested in these recipes. My two girls will not touch layers. On another forum there was chat about what chickens got fed before layers came along and people were saying corn, veg, that sort of thing - but they were free ranging. My two have access to grass which is healthy right now but...
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    How quickly do chickens age?

    I think I've found out the problem.The well-meaning friend used a wrong bag of food - one that I give a tiny bit of to them both during the winter and which is packed with suet. Tracey, gannet that she is, has obviously been gobbling it up to her hearts content while I wasnt there, even though...
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