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I live in England and have had hens for 5years. The first flock we had were fab, but then lost some to foxes. Then we bought an enclosed fox proof run (they're only in this during dark hours, they have a huge electrified pen for the day) we then lost a couple to having a red mite...
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I've got a hen who appears egg bound (can feel the egg right near the vent) gave her a warm bath yesterday evening, she's been on her own all night in a cage with straw and water. She's drunk a lot over night. This morning she is just laying there, do I try and re bath? Do something else...
I have 14 chickens, different hybrid breeds, they free range from 7am - they go to bed. They are shut in a run from bed till 7am due to foxes. They get good quality feed, crumble and pellets, in the evening they get sunflower seeds, meal worms and corn (not loads) I know 2 are older and...
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I've got 10 chickens, who have everything they could wish for!! But they're pecking each others feathers, (heads and chest, its not a moult, this was happening before newbies arrival) they don't appear to be laying well either!
Now I know its not ideal timing, but we've taken on 3 chickens...
I am looking for a new coop!
MUSTS
be suitable for 14 hybrids - fairly large birds
have at least 2 nesting boxes of a decent size
have lots of roosting space
be flat pack, or no wider than a doorway!
we had a beautiful house, but it was mite infested so we had to burn it. We bought one that...
I have 14 chickens, unfortunately we recently got red mites in the coop. Coop has been power washed, smothered in Diatom, and so have the chickens. everyone seemed so much bett,er egg production went up etc. Bar one chicken, she seems to be eating every now and again, she'll scratch around...
At the beginning of the year, we had to burn the chickens house due to mite infestation. We have been dusting them with diatom weekly for 2/3months, and today I notice clumps of red mites in the bloody house. I've cleaned it all out put diatom everywhere, and on the birds, and sudacream (no...
I have 14 chickens, someone is laying the occasional soft shell egg, then another lays on it, gets covered in yuk, they then get all depressed in their cleaning! So we washed a chicken (just the underneath!h the other day, and she seems so much happier. But in doing this we noticed a few in our...
What an earth is this?!?!
Story:
We had red mites, house burnt, chickens de mited weekly for 6weeks. Wormed 4weeks ago. Lost some weight, last night roosting early, but does eat and seem ok, don't think she is laying, had a yucky underneath, but not to do with poo, have washed seems ok...
We think this is scaly leg mite?
We had horrific red mite infestation, burnt house, have been de miting house and chickens weekly!!! And seem to have conquered that. Now this... Only on one out of 14. ???
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The story so far! 6months ok she went very weak and was unbelievably skinny, (just after we wormed them) so we separated her, fed her up and she seemed fine! We put her back, few weeks ago we wormed them and it happened again, but this time she as horrid green/white poop. She's eating...
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We had a chicken which we thought had sour crop (hard impacted crop, turned to sour crop, so vet thought)
Next chicken seems to have similar symptoms, doesn't want to eat much, odd bit of fruit and that's it, quiet, but when trying to give her water she's lively!
The main thing is she...
Hi, I went out to my chickens Friday AM and noticed one of my chickens standing up but head hunched down. I brought her inside (after her running off a few times) gave her oil thinking crop impaction. She seemed so bright and alert and eating I put her back in with flock, but this morning same...
I posted a few weeks about a poorly chicken. We thought possibly Mareks, turns out nope just low pecking order meant she was malnourished, felt very guilty!! But then Friday found a chicken with a floppy neck, she unfortunately had to be sent to heaven today. Totally different symptoms and was a...
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All my chickens have been vaccinated for Mareks disease, but the other morning I went to let them into there big run and she acted "drunk" I picked her up and she was unbelievably thin, separated her and fed her up etc. day 4let her out of her small house and she walked around normally, day...