Please bear with me - this takes some explaining! I have seven chickens. Four are my original hens. One of the four was always bullied and so when she went broody and was impossible to break I have her some eggs from my friends hens (they have a rooster). She hatched three chicks which are...
Hi I am new to hens and have only had my two girls a couple of months. They have been totally free-ranging around the garden/driveway all day for the last week. Today I noticed that one of them had what looked like a stone in the corner of her beak. I picked her up and my husband gently...
Hi am am new to all this. I said hello as a new member on the 6th June and got a lovely welcome.
Before I got my two hens I ordered a flat packed coop and run and put it up and was so distressed to see it was tiny (it was advertised as suitable for 6 hens, it barely fitted my two!) so have...
Hello all,
We are new! We just got our first two hens yesterday. (Tallulah and Ethel!)
I have read bits here and there but really am totally in the dark about what I am doing.
We have a large area of green field to the front of our house along the side of the drive way (1/3 acre) and I...