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Hi everyone. I'm looking for some advice. We have 3 chickens - a Rhode Island Red and two Buff Orpingtons. They have been together for something close to 18 months, but in the last few weeks, one of the Orpies has started picking on the other Orpie. Up until now they have been great pals. The...

Hi all, we let our girls out this morning and realised one of them (a little Rhode Island red called Jemima) was limping and standing on one leg. I took her to the vet who diagnosed a broken leg and gave us some pain killer, but didn't splint the toe. I've splinted the toe as it was starting to...

Hi all. We have a sneezy chicken. She's a year old Rhode Island red. She's laying fine, apart from two soft shelled eggs (a week apart). She active and bright and isn't doing the huddled poorly chicken thing. The sneezes are very gentle and there is no discharge at all, her nostrils are...

Hi. One of our 2 Orpington buffs has been acting a bit odd. She's very jumpy which is new, but really crouches if you go up to her. Her comb is really bright red, her appetite is good and she active. However, she has not laid for a couple of days and follows our other Orpie into the nesting box...

Hi everyone. I'm hoping someone might be able to put my mind at rest. We got 2 Buff Orpingtons in spring this year and one of them started laying about 3 weeks ago. We had six lovely eggs (probably 2 every 3 days). Then we got two soft shelled eggs that were broken when we found them, so we...

One of our girls (a 7 month old hybrid) laid 2 shellless eggs this morning. Shes the only one laying, so they must be her eggs. She's very quiet and hiding in the coop. Comb colour is good, she's had some food but not as greedy as normal. Temperature is fine, no signs of dehydration, but not her...

Hi guys, One of our girls got a bit lethargic and stopped eating 5 days ago. On day 1 (Sunday) we took her to the vets who prescribed some antibiotics. We brought her inside to separate her from the others and she has picked up to a degree. She wanders round her pen and picks at food, but...

Hi all, With the UK Bird Flu warning, I am planning on moving our 3 chickens into our green house for the next 30 days - its the only in door structure that we have. Its about 8 feet by 10 feet, so I think it is fine size wise, and we have never used chemicals in there, so it should be safe...

Hi, I'm hoping that someone can help. A few weeks ago, one of out chickens laid what looked like a sausage skin - we didn't find it until evening though. She was fine ever since, laid normal eggs (maybe not as many as normal though). A couple were rounded at both ends rather than pointy at...

Hi guys. We had a very sad event last Saturday - our beloved alpha hen, Specks, died of heart failure. We loved her so much and she will be missed. Her two pals have been ok until today, but we have seen some unusual behaviour. The smaller of the two, Clara, has been keeping her distance...

Hi guys, really hope someone can help. One of our three girls (the top chicken as it happens) is moulting and when we came home from work last night we saw she had blood on her chest. She didn't seem distressed and when we checked her over there was no obvious wound - it looks like the bleeding...

Hi guys, One of my girls has something up with her eye. It is very slightly cloudy and she blinks it a lot and sometimes has it closed. It doesn't look swollen and there is no obvious sign of injury. Other than that, she seems absolutely fine. She is eating well, running round as normal and...

Hi all, Apologies for a bit of a mixed bag of questions, but here goes... One of my two chickens is an ex-battery hen that adopted us about 20 months ago. She has been a brilliant layer - almost an egg a day for that entire time. Lately though, she doesn't lay anywhere near as often - only 2...

I have had one of my chickens (an escaped battery hen) for about 9 months now - but I have no idea how old she was when I first found her. She has been laying pretty much every day (maybe two or three off days a month), but out of the blue hasn't layed for the last four days. She looks to be...

Hi all, I have recently introduced a new 19 week old chicken to a single ex-battey chicken to give her some company. The old chicken spent the first few days being very wary and clucking a great deal. Now, she seems to have started picking on the other one, first chasing her into the coop, then...

Hello all, We had a single escaped battery chicken for a few weeks now, and have just (today) bought another chicken to keep her company. Does anyone have any tips for introducing them? Currently we have the new arrival in the run and the established one is out in the garden. The yare...

Hi all. I am new to chicken keeping, having recently been adopted by an escaped battery chicken. I'm a little paranoid that I may not be looking after her properly. I have built a coop and run (after reading a book on the subject), but I would like some confirmation that I have provided...

Hi all. I am new to the forum and to chicken keeping. I have recently adopted an ex battery hen (approx. 4 weeks ago) and up until today she has been very active. She is on her own (soon to be rectified) has a coop that measures approx. 2 1/2 feet x 3 feet by 4 feet. Her bedding is dust free...