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I have taken on a flock of rescues from someone who was unable to care for them. This poor hen has a nasty eye injury, I can’t see and intact eye ball and the previous owner seems to think it started from a slight scratch and got out of hand... it looks like a very badly damaged eye ball which...

Rescued these hens from someone who did not know how to look after them, they are not in very good condition but i'm wondering if anyone knows what breed they are? I have been told that the brown ones are columbian black tails? (I'm in the UK if that is any help) thanks ! [/IMG]

Hello! I have some chicks coming up to 4 weeks (I know that's early for sexing but wondered if anyone has any idea!) I have 3 polish and a Pekin (I think) the Pekin is always starting fights with the other chicks! Hope someone can help me! Thanks in advance

Hello! I have some chicks coming up to 4 weeks (I know that's early for sexing but wondered if anyone has any idea!) I have 3 polish and a Pekin (I think) the Pekin is always starting fights with the other chicks! Hope someone can help me! Thanks in...

Hello, I live in England in a fairly urban area and have been offered two geese by a friend. My worry is are geese too loud to be kept in a back garden? I have heard they are loud... But I don't know how loud. We have a house next door and other than that there are houses fairly close (not close...

One of my silkies seems to have a problem with her left foot.. she can walk okay and run/jump but every now and then she will fall over her own foot! I have seen her pecking at her foot every now and then.. I looked briefly at the foot and can't see anything obvious.. she does a very slight limp...

I am looking at adding a serama roo into my flock of silkies he is only 6 weeks at the moment so need to finish raising first.. My kids are in love with my silkies and they are like a part of the family they pick them up and stroke them and the hens seem to squat when the kids go to stroke...

I have four silkies, one of them is a lot tamer and friendlier than the rest she comes and sits on my lap and eats from my hand! The other 3 silkies always gang up on her :'( they pull her feathers out as soon as they see her, don't let her eat and chase her around the yard. She is broody at the...

My rooster is 6 months old,treading hens and does everything a 6 month old roo should do... but crow! He crows one in 7 days! (Not complaining) haha! Does anyone know if he will stay like this for the rest of his life or will he begin to crow like a normal rooster? Thanks! :)

Any advice welcomed thanks in advance :)

Hi I'm new to silkies and have had a bad broody for over a month and have finally broke her but now she is scattering her feathers everywere when she shakes they come out is this moult or is she stressed still seems to be doing her everyday routine no longer Sitting in the nest box but have not...

am thinking of adding a serema rooster into my flock of silkies, has anyone ever had a silkie serema mutt or? if anyone has any images that would be great. Thanks in advance!

Hi guys sorry if this is in the wrong section but i have a small flock of bantys and my yard is split in two by a creek that is about 20cm high and a metre wide, i hoped to free range my flock (under supervision) but they refuse to cross the perfectly safe straight bridge (the bridge is a flat...

Hi guys, i have a broody silkie who has been sitting on golf balls for a almost a week now. I know you can sneak day old chicks under a broody in the night but i was wondering what is the oldest chick you could sneak under a broody and her still adopt them. thanks in advance! Dan

Hi guys dont know if anyone else has ever done or considered this, i am due to be getting 4 muscovys soon and am wondering if i would be able to keep them at night in a sort of modified tree house out of the reach of foxes. another idea would be to susspend the coop from 2 tree branches to keep...

Hi guys dont know if anyone else has ever done or considered this, i am due to be getting 4 muscovys soon and am wondering if i would be able to keep them at night in a sort of modified tree house out of the reach of foxes. another idea would be to susspend the coop from 2 tree branches to keep...

Hi guys was just wondering if anyone would be able to help me here, Someone i know has offered me 2 male Muscovys because the rest of her flock was bullying them, i have a large garden of about a quarter acre, it is a long garden but not massively wide at near the bottom of the garden is a...

Hi guys was just wondering if anyone would be able to help me here, Someone i know has offered me 2 male Muscovys because the rest of her flock was bullying them, i have a large garden of about a quarter acre, it is a long garden but not massively wide at near the bottom of the garden is a...

Hi i am getting chickens later next week and i am preparing my garden for them, I have a shallow river that is just over a meter in width and around 10 to 30cm deep that divides the garden, i am hoping to have the chickens on one side of the river will they cross?