My gorgeous Buff Orpington has had a messy butt for a few days so I decided to bath her today and here is what I found:
Can anyone help? It is not solid - it is quite soft with no lumps inside and is about the size of a tennis ball. It is below her vent and sticking out quite a bit so I...
Would love to know what you folks think. 3 of these are mutts (Bramble, SOlo and Buttercup) because I bred them from my own mutts. None of these three have crowed but are not laying yet either so I am hopefull.
The rest are from a batch I bought. I bought 6 buff orps and 6 araucana eggs and the...
So how are you all going to cook your turkeys on Christmas day (if you are actually turkey). Mine always turn out quite dry so I am interested in how you prepare and cook them. Any advice?
Just wondering if anyone has ordered eggs from chickenandchicks.com/uk.
I am just trying to find out what hatching rate is and if they are good eggs. Any feedback welcome.
I have a broody who is sitting on eggs, some from 2 weeks ago and some she has stolen from about five days ago. I had intended to candle to see if I could determine which are the earlier batch. However, I have candled and although I can't see inside some of the darker eggs, the rest looked...
This is a long story but thought you might like to hear it.
I am fairly new to chickens and have 6 hens and a roo. One of my hens went broody 2 weeks ago so we took her out of the chicken shed and put her on her own in another shed. Everything was fine for the two weeks until another hen(in the...
I am fron the UK and have been following your very informative threads. I got 6 chickens and 1 roo just for their eggs but I too have been bitten by the bug! I currently have one hen sitting on 5 eggs due perhaps around next Tuesday. I have also become addicted and have had a go at making my own...