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...
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...
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...