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Thanks Krista. Mine seemed to handle the heat ok, just, last summer. Fingers crossed this warm spring has gotten them used to it. In the full heat of summer I used to put a sprinkler on top of the chook house (which is a converted garden shed, quite big) to cool it down, and have one going in...

Oh, and we don't have a Rooster, no new birds, no change in their coop, run, other pets, children or anything in the backyard...

Ooh, thanks Krista. I'm in Victoria too, Echuca. It's expected to be 38 today here as well. She's been doing this for a couple of months I think, which may mean your theory of heat could be right, it's been such a warm spring. I don't actually know which of my three is laying these eggs, and...

Hi everyone. I know this has been posted and discussed before, probably many times, but I couldn't find a thread on it. One of my Isa Brown's (I'm in Australia) is laying a very soft shelled egg, the other two girls' eggs are normal. I have three chooks and they all lay daily, but one of them...

Great idea, change the bedding. This might also help the territorial stuff regarding Jemima being bossy with Buzz and Tinkerbell (my kids named them!). My three ducks are in with my three chooks and I know the chooks won't care. I've looked on the body language thread and I can't find...

Thank you so much for your thoughts. I'll try the apple cider vinegar and see if our produce shop has some poultry vitamins. Regarding the broodiness, is this something she will 'phase' out of? She did sit on 7 eggs before the drake left but nothing came of them and after about 4-5 weeks I...

Hi Lollyberrybliz I wish I could help. I sooooo wish I could give you some direction, but I'm too much of a newbie to be any help. I am however in the other side of the world and it's only 8:30pm here, so I'll see if there's anyone in my friends list who's going to have any idea. Stand by...

This is Jemima on a 'forced' outing from the coop.

Seeking advice: my Muscovy girl is behaving strangely and I'm concerned she's not well. Background: We bought her and a drake from a pet store, they were both friendly and willingly free ranged in our yard during the day and were locked in at night. The drake was quite young when we got him...