I'm happy to report that today my lovely little LS is fine and her prolapse hasn't reoccured AND she laid an egg. She's eating and drinking fine and she's now outside with the other 2.
Still keeping fingers crossed that she's ok over the w/e.
Sugar at the ready.
I rang our vet and they suggested I hold her upsidedown and put a warm damp cloth over it and gently push it back in. I held it like that for a minute or two. I checked her a few hours later and it was still ok, so I've put her back into the coop with the others. I've got no-where to keep her...
We've started to let our hens out free range and I've just let them out today - my light sussex did a poop and I noticed this pink thing hanging out of her backside.
I'm on my own with DD at present so can't take pics but her vent is all matted, she isn't bleeding - at the moment is it a...
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I always remove the food and water every night when I lock our hens in the coop. Are you suggesting removing the straw/hay that I have in the coop? They don't sleep in it, they just scratch around in it mixing it with the moss and poop. Should we not be using that then?
Sorry for...
We've got rats also I can't stand the thought of them. I saw 2 at dusk the other night hovering around the coop. They've been getting into the pen at night, but we lock the coop up so they can't get to my chucks.
Looks like we need to get some poison. Where abouts would we put it. In the...
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Aww Bless they are lovely colours.
We got 3/3 again think the girls have got it sorted. We've been freeranging them since the weekend and they've had 3/3 every day except one since then
Oh no
I'm not sure which hen its from and we've only had the one today. Normally we get 2 a day and the last couple of days we've had a full house of 3. They are still quite new to laying (6 weeks or so).
I'll have to have a watch out now then.
My DP found this in the coop today and its massive (well the biggest egg from a chuck I've ever seen). Its 7cm from tip to bottom. Made me think of the poor hen that had to lay it. Not sure which one did it yet.
Excuse the ruler it was the first one I found
The small one is the size...
Wow they are some lovely tattoos
I only have one of a butterfly on my back, I love it and would love more, but wouldn't know what to have or where to put it
My girls all go mad for mealworms too although they are fairly cheap here so I have a good stock of them.
Its interesting to see what other people give their chucks as treats. My girls left all the raisins I put in with their porridge (completely cleared the bowl but left all the raisins), I...