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Hey crazy chicken people ❤️🐓 2 days ago I saw my olive egger chicken sky looking sad and sick she had abit of snuffles,was lethargic and not eating much and hasn’t layed an egg for 2 days. I bought her in and gave her some cocci medicine and a combination a holistic immune system support...

Hi there, I hope this is in the right place ❤️ I have a small concern I’d like some input on please. I have a small pekin pullet she’s aged around 22 weeks or so maybe a little less we had her since she was 9 weeks old. When she first joined our family she couldn’t seem to get along with any...

Hi I was wondering if anyone with experiance could help send me in the right direction. Im in a fortunate position where ive been given a very reputable breeder trio of show silkies they are 2 years old and are throwing excellent chicks all my silkies have been from him over the years after a...

Hi there, Im hoping someone could help me,I bought a silver laced wyandotte trio a few weeks back they are 12 months old and WAS in lay. At there previous home they were kept in a indoor shed under artificial light they were moulting and laying at the same time (I believe this is relevant) Once...

Hi I have two white fantail doves,one male one female,I have no idea of how to care for them,I have chickens and thought ok im a pro now...I guess im not...I have them in a run with a hutch and havent let them out to fly furthur because im scared they will go missing,I dont know if thats fair in...

Has anyone elses doves ever slapped them? Like a real "katush" sound slap? I couldnt believe it,had me and my hubby in fits lol,at first I thought maybe it was trying to fly! Then after 3 slaps I realised No this dove really is giving me a slap!! Why is this?? Only the boy one does it!

Hiya so after a little research ive realises breeding is not going to be as easy as I thought I was wondering if you could answer some questions to help me out. How long do you leave hens in a breeding pen to have best chance of fertilised eggs? How long will eggs be fertile after you have...

Hiya I posted a pic of my pekin a few weeks back and her colour caused abit of confusion,I thought id let her grow a few more feathers and post again. Im so confused she us the most beautiful compact pekin I have ever seen the picture upload on here and give her no justice here feathers are a...

We culled our first roo for the table,it was kinda weird,but much easier and less emotional than I thought it was going to be,my rooster "Big papa" started jumping up at the kids,my autistic son became terrified of him,I didnt want to sell him I really want to "live from the Land" so..my husband...

Hi is it some what normal for a bantam maran to not be laying at ten months? I ask because im going to buy one from a breeder or hobbiest on sunday but she has said shes not laying but is 10months old =\

Hiya I currently own a few cream legbars I was thinking or adding a cuckoo maran the the "Love shack" with my Legbar roo,but before I fork out the £35 for the maran I wanted know if this combination does create the olive eggers? Or am I wrong? Just looking for a thumbs up really,many thanks.

Hi I have a 5month old cream legbar roo,his not the sweetest roo but certainly not the most aggressive,But lately his behavior has changed when I leave the coop and run (I usually sit in there with a cup of tea watching them in my spare time or for abit of peace) and go into my house after about...

Hi im currently re arranging my run and coops into sections,I have four sections and plan to have the large hen area,dove area,broody hen area and grow out section. My question is can broody hens stay in the same area even after they have hatched chicks? My plan was to give them small indivisual...

Hiya I got this gorgeous pullet yesterday as im building up my pekin collection :-) the guy who sold her to me said she was sablepoot? But upon futhur investigation I realised indeed,that is far from the truth...Oh well I didnt mind BUT I would like to know what colour she is as Id like to brees...

Hiya does it do harm to the hen if she goes broody with no fertilized eggs,and you dont mind if they stop laying for abit? Or do they stay broody forever if you dont snap her out of it? Just curious.

Hi crazy chicken people =D Thought id start this thread to see if theres anyone else out there like me,ill try and keep this short,I suffer from a bipolar disorder aswel as anxiety and social phobia/extreme introversy,online im fine in reality I could happily live on a small farm surrounded by...

Hi today I "accidently" bought another two chicks =P A frizzled crele polish and a black pekin... Anywho this got me thinking if I was to breed the crele frizzle polish to a normal black laced polish would the chicks be "mutts" or is it a recognised colour? Ive tried to do abit of google...

Hiya im hoping to breed cream legbars,I know Ill end up with alot of roo's that dont sell,I think theres no point in culling them at birth and thinking of eating excess roos (we are a family of 5) so I expect to have to cull 2 at a time for a decent meal,will this work? And what age would you...

Hiya im hoping to breed cream legbars,I know Ill end up with alot of roo's that dont sell,I think theres no point in culling them at birth and thinking of eating excess roos (we are a family of 5) so I expect to have to cull 2 at a time for a decent meal,will this work? And what age would you...

Hiya ive just come back from the emergency vets with my 2 week old blue silkie,I came home today and he was just flat lieing in his food bowl, the vets said we can put him down for free or we can give him meds for £136 =O....well I dont have that kind of money but I want him to have a chance,so...