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hi all I need some advice, Bluebell one of my chickens has been pecked just above her legs on both sides of her body we hadn't noticed the wounds because they were covered by her wings, we sprayed her with anti peck which also has antiseptic solution included Bluebell is eating and drinking...

What do i feed my beetles, will they eat the same as the worms? Advice needed please. Thanks

you no your addicted to chickens when.... you spend all day clearing the garden so the girls can come out and play and mess it up again, my DH just love them for it lol.

thanks for your reply, they are all mostly off white colour. I think it could be down to the temperature in the house as it has been quiet cold, i have read on this thread that mealworm no need a warm temperatures! Its still early spring although the last couple of days the temp has gone up...

oh so true lol

I have loads of pupae who have not turned into beetles and we are in our 4th / 5th week of my farm could they be dead, or is it still to cold here, its spring and has not been that warm ? I keep looking hoping they have hatched into beetles but still nothing. Advice please thanks Julie

personally I feed my girls layer pellets 24/7 and give them treats maybe twice a day. Chickens need a balance nutritional diet which mine get from their pellets plus greens. I am still very new to chicken other on here have far more experience than I do. Good luck with your girls x

i have 5 pupae

whats that bug, could i make a farm out of it for the girls?

thanks i am going to try the muffins out on my girls, I'm always looking for something new in way of treats for the.

Evening fellow members, I began my mealworm farm couple of weeks ago after reading this thread. The mealies are are in a three tire container, I have used oats and bran for their food which was heated in the microwave before putting in. My mealies seem to love sliced apple and lettuce but not...

not so sunny at the moment with all this rain, I live in Margate have 7 chickens and 3 ducks and loving them :-)

Hi to all, Is there anyone from the Kent area?

Evening, I have a couple of question to ask, although we have had ducks for about 4 weeks-ish they were around 9 weeks old when we got them, we would love to get a couple more, the woman whom we get them from has some at 5 weeks old and some at 5 days old. As i have said we have not had any...

just finished read all your messages, oh so funny i can can relate toooooo oh so many of them lol. When i was looking for a new coop my DH found me looking at summerhouses as I cooed over them for the girls, I wont repeat on here what he said.....Bad DH.

Morning BYC members, I have a question concerning alfalfa feed i buy in for my horse called Alpha A, has anyone given this to their chickens? This product although designed for horses and i see from the plants toxic page alfalfa which alpha A comes from are poisonous for chickens, so would...

Thanks coos NH for your advice, We are going to cover the run because we have to to stop wild birds dropping getting into the run, as requested by defra on their website. We are also either going to move the pool and maybe get a smaller one for them or put it outside the run so the ducks can...

morning byc, I was wondering can you use straw in the same way as a deep layer instead of using shavings? Since my hubby built my new coop which is 10 ft x 9ft ish I have been putting down straw around 1 1/2 bales over the dirt floor, the coop is very warm inside for 7 chicken and 3 ducks, its...