This hen was found wandering the suburbs and all attempts to find her owner failed . She has been with me for some time now since being delivered to my door . She is a broody little thing and I don't know what breed she is .
Can you help solve this mystery once and for all ?
Is she a modern...
Thanks for your response Sharon .........The birds free range the back yard , they have access to grit and also oyster shell which I crush myself
. I wasn't aware of peas acting like that with chickens , but incase ........thats why I gave her frozen peas that were thawed in warm water .......I...
Hi .........In early august I rescued 3 chickens that had been dumped . 1 of the 3 chooks hasn't quite been right since then .
First signs were a messy vent area / loose droppings which requires regular cleaning by me and then inactivity started happening where she would
go stand alone and rest...
Thank you for the information thus far , you've been very helpful
I should have pointed out that they also have layer pellets , but they don't like them very much at all .
They are free to roam the yard all day until they are secured in their house til morning .
Trust me to be giving the oil...
Hi and thanks for the prompt response , unfortunately I know nothing about their past history and in all honesty I wouldn't even know how to guestimate a chooks age . I am in Australia and we are approaching spring so it's still relatively coolish here , the state that I come from has a...
Hello ......Recently I saved 3 chooks that were dumped out front of my local feed store , all are doing fine except 1 who had a messy vent area.
She was cleaned up and doing well for a week , but now is becoming soiled again ....she is not moving about like the other couple of chickens ,
her...