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Hi All, I thought my baby chick had a tumour but I caught her today much to the distress of her and Mama hen - I think it might be an impacted crop? It feels grainy and hard, and it's huge - what can I do to help? [/IMG]

Hi All, It's just turned Spring in Australia and my Australorp has gone broody again! I would love another hen to join my two in their backyard bliss, is it possible to put just one egg under her to hatch? Keep her hatching tendencies happy and add another to the mini flock? Thanks...

Hi everyone, I've just experienced a moult for the first time with my Australorp….. And that was in Autumn (in Australia). It's now winter, her feathers are back, her comb is bright red and about 3 weeks ago I got one egg from her and nothing since. I've tried keeping her in the coop for a...

Is it possible that Australorps can lay white eggs? I think mine does. Or what breed could she be?!

Please help, I'm still new at chickens .... And I slowly get my head around each little learning curve as they come up. My latest.... My fav chook has all of a sudden stopped laying in her nest box. The last couple if mornings she has run out in the morning to lay in her secret nest...

My lone chook, who was abandoned when her best friend and sister passed last weekend has been lonely ALL week ! Today we went to the nursery to buy her a companion and they were undergoing reno's and so only had 18 week old chooks left. We took the biggest one and brought it home. My lone...

Hi All, We sadly lost our very first chicken overnight , we are all terribly sad today, and our other chicken is already missing her only feathered companion. My daughter is asking for a new friend for Fluffy, but I'm not too sure about the best way to add another chicken. Another fully...

Unbelievably excited to find my very, very, first ever eggs at the crack of dawn before a weekend away!!!! But sadly, one was cracked and one of my chickens pecked the remaining one right in front of me. Still, I was elated. My neighbours looked after the chooks over the weekend and got two...

Hi All, I bought this particular coop and I'm not loving it.... I have had to make my own makeshift perch for my two girls, and now that they're 18 weeks old I'm wondering what to do re the lack of nesting box - needless to say I was so new and clueless about chickens when I bought it :( I...

Hi all, It's been a scorcher here in Sydney, Australia today (39'C) and massive black ants have taken over my chickens waterer. I sprayed them all off with water and refilled it, only for them to come back seconds later. My poor chooks were panting on their perch this evening so I took them...

HI All, My chicks have been in the backyard now for a few weeks (they're 12 weeks old) - and they love it. It's a big yard, plenty of grass, trees, and bugs to catch but they seem to like just hanging out under our house in the dust pit that it is. I always imagined I'd be looking out to...

I hope you can help in giving me some advice, I'm so new to this ! I've been trying to read up on other posts...but its hard to find something exact to my situation. Today was the first time that I walked into the house and could smell the chickens (7 weeks old in a couple of days) in their...

I cannot for the life of me decide on a coop.... never having had chickens before I'm not sure what would be best for my two chicks.... what do you recommend? We have a large garden (on quite a slope) so I wouldn't be moving the coop around, and I plan on them having free range of the garden...

Hello ! I'm delighted to be the proud new owner of two baby chicks (born June 11th) ...they've been adorable, and entertaining and everything I thought having chicks would be like until one of them has been all out of sorts today. I think she's sick and I'm not sure what to do. She's got...