The thing is I can't smell anything and I couldn't see anything on the dead girls body apart from the little bald spot. Would mites leave a dead birds body straight away because I couldn't see them either.
Hi I got up this morning checked my chickens (only have three) and all looked fine. I got to work and a couple of hours later my wife text me to say one of the chickens was lay in the middle of the run with her head down. Half an hour later she phoned me to say she had died, she had been fine to...
Ok so I went to pick my chickens up and asked the guy for some advise and he told me three would be fine. Last night was their first night in the new home and two went to bed while one decided to go onto a perch I built on the extended run. I put her to bed and two went on the perch and one...
Hi every one I have just bought and erected one of these http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/chicken-coops/chicken-house-rs-709s/invt/rs00003/?htxt=PsAGyAqy%2FDSGVBgOHPBfATKVETOKIWHcwqoICuDrG%2FxTcDPfxIrYzUvEu76RzzM6wutKTeo9AOCB%0AtDs76aYYKg%3D%3D but I've added my own roofed run so the chicken have a...
Hi sorry if this is the wrong place I'm new here and am completely new to keeping chickens (so new I don't have them yet. I have ordered a coop and run which I'm planing on making a little bigger. The question I have is since ordering all this new stuff the last two nights I have noticed foxes...
Hi I'm new here and am a first time chicken owner. I was thinking of getting two or three Warrens but I'm now I'm worried I have a 5 foot fence in one section of my garden will they be able to get over it?
Thanks everyone, I managed to find what looks like a pretty good coop so I ordered it. May have to make the run a little larger tho which I was planning on doing anyway.
Hi my name is Jay I'm looking at getting a few chickens finally after wanting some for years. Need some advice though really as I'm not sure if to try building my own coop or buying (they are pretty dear).