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Thanks very much for the replies. They have been together over the weekend and seem to be getting along now. One hen still goes over to the mother hen and tries to pick a feather, but the fighting has stopped and they are seeming to sort themselves out. It was strange though, as they were...

Hi all, One of my hens went broody a little while ago, and she successfully hatched 3 chicks about 7 weeks ago. I have heard that after 6 weeks or so, it is ok to put the mother hen back in with my other adult hens (I have 4 adults hens in total) but she is being completely picked on by one of...

Hi all, I have 6 hybrid chickens and they are in a run throughout the day and then free range in early evening whe I get home. We have had some fairly aggressive feather pecking and have had the main culprit in a seperate smaller run for a last few days (maybe a week). Before the seperation...

Hi All, I want to get some bark chippings to put down as a floorbase in my chicken run, it would all be put down on top of the ground (it used to have grass on it, but the chickens have had it all torn up now). Is there any particular chippings I should get? Cheers, Ian.

Hi, We have 6 hens, all about 20 weeks old, and they are all hybrids: 2 Amber Stars, 2 Black Stars 1 White Star 1 Bluebell We have a problem where the Bluebell has been pecking all the rear feathers out of the other chickens, mainly the 2 Amber Stars, to an extent where one of them had blood...

We have had our 6 girls for 5 and a half weeks now, and last week we had our first egg, exactly 4 weeks after getting them. Quite small eggs to start with, but they are gradually getting normal size (had a HUGE one yesterday, felt sorry for the poor bird who laid it, whoever it was). We have...

thanks for that. I will give it a go tonight I think. Ian.

Mashed potatoes, they go mad for it. they also love grapes, and even my dogs nose if it gets to close!

Hi all, I have heard that putting a bit of cider vinegar in the water for the chickens is a good thing, as it detoxs them. What I read was to do this once a month, but I can't find out the ratio's of vinegar to water. Has anyone used this method before? if so, how much do you use? Cheers, Ian.

All six of my girls are hybrids. I think they are as follows 2 x Black Star (or 'Bovans Nera') - Rhode Island Red / Plymouth Rock 2 x Amber Star - (do not know the cross breeds) 1 x Bluebell - Rhode Island Red / Cuckoo Maran 1 x White Star - Leghorn cross (not sure what crossed with)...

Well, unfortunately we had to take the Bovan Goldline back to the supplier and swap her for another Amber star. She just wouldn't let the two white chickens eat or drink or go into the house, she was terrorising them! But as soon as we removed her from the run, the whole attitude of the others...

I don't like bullies either, it is a lovely brown bird, but I want the whole flock to be happy, so will be taking her back and getting another white bird.

Hiya. We have just got our very first chickens. We got 6, and all are various breeds (Amber Star, White Star, Bluebell, 2 Black Stars and a Goldline). They are all 15 weeks old apart from the Goldline, which is 19 weeks old. This goldline has been bullying the White star and Amber star (our...

Good Afternoon all. This is my first post on this site, and I am looking forward to many discussions and picking up tips from you all. I am getting some chickens for my garden. I have a house and am in the process of building a run. Hopefully, I will have some hens in there by the end of the...