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    Is it common for a young hen to go broody?

    hi, I have 10 month old light Sussex, last night she didn't sleep on the perch with the others but instead slept in one of the nesting boxes. Today she sat in the nesting box for hours, we honestly thought she was having trouble laying. She is normally quite timid and docile, but pecked...
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    New chicken having trouble laying.

    I bought 3 new pallets in September, 2 started laying late October, lovely firm brown shells, small, but getting bigger. However, the 3rd one, a red rock, laid her first egg in mid November, seemingly without issue. She's only laid 9 or 10 eggs since then and recently seemed to be having trouble...
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    Need help with introducing new pullets

    Hi all, I recently added to my tiny flock of 3 birds (only 2 laying) with 3 lovely pullets. They have been in a separate coop and run, but can see each other through chicken wire. This has been the case since end of September. Yesterday we removed the wire separating them and all it was like a...
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    Red vent after washing poop off

    I have a 2yr old black rock who always has a messy rear end. I washed her bottom in a bowl of tepid water with 2 spoons of Epsom salts added. I noticed her vent was quite red, but not swollen or smelly. No parasites or discharge so I don't think it's vent gleet. She also hasn't laid for 8 days...
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    What an adventure

    I recently posted that my next door farmer neighbour has allowed me to free range my 3 chooks in his field. They were so excited and have been having a grand time, they are very good at coming back to the coop to lay and at bedtime. Then disaster, Rocky, the black rock didn't come home on...
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    Do chickens kill and ear small birds

    Hi all Rocky my black rock was running around the field this morning with a dead small bird in her beak, the other two chickens were running after her to get a piece of the action. My question, do you think she caught and killed it, or maybe just found it.
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    Egglaying improving

    Hi, I posted a while ago about my 3 girls poor egg laying, Brunhilde (Calder ranger) hasn't laid since Decemer, she's 2 years old this month, then Rocky (black rock) started tailing off as well, Ginger (warren) is still consistent. We only have the 3 girls. They are in a coop and enclosed run as...
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    Still not laying

    Hi all, I've posted about Brunhilde my Calder ranger previously and tried all the suggestions on how to restart her laying. She will be 2 years old in June. She started laying Oct 2022 at around 17 weeks old and laid an egg every single day, with the occasional holiday until Dec 2023 when she...
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    Calcium deposit on egg

    Hi, please help if you can, I read in the article about abnormal eggs, that calcium deposits on eggs is likely to be caused by too much calcium in diet. Only 2 of my 3 hens are laying, one ( ginger the warren) lays lovely normal eggs, the other (rocky the black rock has recently started laying...
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    Attention UK bird owners

    Hi all in UK, did you know the government is changing the bird registration policy? If the current plan goes ahead from 1st October anyone with any number of birds (fowl of any description) will have to register. There was a public consultation with the vast majority wanting to keep the...
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    Chickens on strike

    Hi all, can anyone offer advice (or reassurance) I only have 3 girls, all around 21 months old. They started laying in November 22, and were pretty consistent up until December 23. The Calder ranger (Brunhilde) hasn't laid since December. The Warren (Ginger) and Black Rock,(Rocky) laid...
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    Size of oyster shells

    Dear Hubbie insists on crushing already crushed oyster shells that we buy from the local agricultural shop, he says they are too big, I think there's no need, anyone else concerned about the size of them, they are hard so he may be right
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    Knobbly bit on top of egg

    Rocky my black rock, 19 months old laid a lovely big pinkish brown egg today, usual colour for her, but it has a strange swirly bit on the bottom. Sorry no photo, but has anyone else had this.?
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    Hello from rural mid wales uk

    Hi all, happy to belong to such an informative and friendly forum. I live in rural mid Wales in the UK, with my husband, 3 chooks, (Brunhild, a Calder ranger, Rocky, a black rock, and Ginger, a Warren) we get about 10 eggs a week. Planning to get 2 more girls in the spring, but have to extend...
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    Calder ranger stopped laying

    Hi all, I have 3 girls, all 18 months old. They didn't seem to have a signicant moult, the Warren and black rock are back laying, but the Calder ranger hasn't laid now for 2 months. Her comb shrank to almost nothing, but looks as if it's plumping up again. They are all wormed, have ACV and...
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