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Hi there, I have a hen who a few weeks ago was sitting down alot and then refused to come out of her coop in the morning. We took her to the vet and she had repository problems and was underweight. We brought her inside, gave her antibotics for a week and she recovered, acting alot more...

Hi all, My bantam has amassed these round balls at the end of her toes. I tried to grab her a few times over the last month but she is not a friendly one! Anyway, today I managed to grab her (she cant really escape anymore) and put her in a little cage with warm water at the base (to soak...

Hi all, Any advice I can get would be great. I have a bantam and a medium sized hen. I have an Orpington pullet that I would like to add to the flock. I had the 2 hens and the Orpington in separate coops with the runs touching at the end (but not able to get to each other). After a week...

Hi there, We want to hatch our own eggs for the first time. We are aiming for a couple of orpington hens to keep. We could easily give away extra hens but we live in an urban area and it would be unfair to have any cockerels crowing. My sister's husband would be happy to cull and eat them -...

Hi there, We just bought an orpington from a poultry farm (chickens were free ranging and seemed healthy and happy). However, we got her home and noticed that the bottom of one eye was slightly foamy. So, we decided that we better not mix her in with our flock of 2 tonight. We called the farm...

Hi all, We had 3 hens but woke up to find that one had died during the night. She was only around 2 years old but had been happy and eating the day before. Her comb and wattle were red and I throw around some anti-mite powder every week. I think it was just one of those things. We are left...

Hi there! I have had a couple of bantams for 3 months or so and would love to add a full size hen for some bigger eggs! I've read that adding 1 can be difficult as they get bullied or take a while to be accepted. But would adding a full size hen to a 'flock' of 2 bantams be tricky? I also...

Hi! I have had a couple of bantams for about 3 months and they lay every other day or so. About 4 weeks ago one went broody. I didn't mind, I just thought I'd ride it out and let it pass. 3 weeks later she is still broody and the other one has joined in. The second one is not as aggressive...

Hi all, I have 2 bantams that have about 4m squares of space to roam and dig around on. I keep a bowl of layers pellets inside their coop and throw about 2 handfuls of corn around their run every morning and also when I get home from work. I'll also throw in some bits of leftovers 2-3 times a...

Hello! I've had 2 bantams for 3 weeks in the garden. They have a coop with a built in run. Whenever they see us, they start desperately pacing the side of the run facing our house. This will continue for until about 30 minutes since they see us. Its tricky because they can see us from the...

Hello! I got 2 bantams from a friend to keep in my garden. I have neighbours on each side. the garden has low walls and we get a lot of cats and foxes (we have an electric fence around their run to keep them safe) - so I cant let them free range, as much as Id love to. Looking online, I...

Hello! We just got our first chickens today. We have a nice coop, with a run with mesh on all sides (inc top and bottom). We are also going to put up an electric fence in the next few days (we had a fox visitor the day after we built the coop, with nothing inside!). Here's the problem: We...