I woke up around 6 am this morning to continental loud chirping. The quail was also stood upright. It’s only day 16 so has hatched early but since hatching he has started laying on its side and not moving as much. The temp is 37.8 and the humidity is 90% is that normal behaviour?
my 3 year old gold line chicken called Margret has displayed some very strange behaviour and produced many unsightly things. Her diet is layers pellets and she gets wormed once a month with verm x. She also gets regular treats with involve mixed corn and mealworms. She weighs 3.1Kg
About a...
so my chickens have been ill for nearly 3 months now without any eggs. We have taken them to the vets multiple times as she said there is nothing wrong however there obviously is! From my reaseach the symptoms match up with coccidolis and worms. Would it harm them if I treated them with coxoid...
so one of my three hens has been having an ongoing battle with some sort of illness since February. We took her to the vets and they were useless and I've tried everything i can and she is so much better now. so you can understand whats happened i will explain now:
4th February 2017- she...
So on the 4th of February my hen laid and egg with no shell however it was still sort of an egg if you know what i mean. It was hard and no squishy or anything and it also had a bit of his ' insides ' on it. I'm not too sure what it was. ( i will attach a picture below ) so once he passed that...
Hi, so my Chicken was egg bound I believe on Saturday and he managed to pass the egg with my health. He was fine for a day or two and now she seems lathargic again. She's stood there all puffy with a very messy bum. She had Diahora and it seemed to have some blood on it ? What's wrong with her ...
My light Sussex hen has prolapse :(
I bathed her is Epsom salts
Then pushed the vent back in
I have done it twice now and it keeps popping out :(
I'm soooo worried about her and I'm so scared she will die :( I love her sooooo much :( what can I do and what shall I do ?
We had a pecking propel which how nice been sorted. But now I still have a half bald chicken. Will Vetericyn help her feathers grow back ? Dose it have to be the poultry kind as I can't fine it anywhere ?
i recently had problems with chickens pecking each other but now it's been sorted thanks to specticals. But now I still have a half bald chicken. Could you please suggest ways or things I can do to make her feathers grow back faster ? Would bathing her on Epsom salts help or not ? If not please...
HI, first of all I'm only 14 however i am a huge animal lover and i love my chickens more than anything in the world and I'm really worried. any suggestions will be much appreciated and i will be sure tp try them all. As i am only 14 i have not got a job therefore only birthday and christmas...
[/IMG]Hi,I have 4 hens, a rhode rock, gold line, light Sussex and a blue tip. For about 5 months now my rhode rock has been bald as she has been being bullied. She and my gold line are like best friends and are so kind to eachother. she would never peck her however my light Sussex and blue tip...
These photos were taken ages ago and it is worse now
Hi, my hen are all pecking eachother and eating their feathers. I have 4. One of my hens is nearly bold all over :( if breaks my heart. I have tried pecking spray but nothing has worked. They are not free range but they have a large run...
Hi, I got my hens in the summer sometime and recently ( past 2 months ) they have all been pecking eachother. They are as bad as eachother. 3 out of 4 have bald patches now and I'll attack the pictures of the worse one. We also have a light Sussex who dosnt have any bald patches however I have...