thank you for the advice, she is the only one at the moment! I think I will just change them all over to this for now until she is done! will the protein effect the others with there laying or will they still continue to lay?
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haven't posted in a while but I felt I need to seek some advice, I have 4 lovely ladies and 1 of them have decided to start to moult this picture was taken this morning and I have just got them back in the run this evening and she has lost a more due the day! we live in England and the...
that sucks about the breeder, hopefully you will find some more ladies soon!
Wow what a fab picture, she looks very comfotable there lol, she is so cute :) we happened to stubble on a breeder the other day, i think we will be making the coop bigger and added a few new additions maybe new year...
thank you and i hope you hear from the breeder might be cause she is a little older or as you said the breed, its fab having the fresh eggs everyday, its saving us a good £5.00 a week in eggs to be far the probaly give us more then what we eat in a week now lol so we are able to give them to...
thank you :D i try my best to give them everything they need to keep them happy, they are very spoilt with loads of scraps aswell as the big back garden :)
thank you! :) yeh sadly its normal here with chickens that are in meat/egg trade, luckily things are started change and caged farms are starting to close down so beak trimming should stop! ever since i have had my ladies i havent brought an egg or brought anything then free range for meat, makes...
yeh im good thanks, the girls are doing amazing and are very happy, laying everyday, they come when i call them all and follows me back to the coop :) only taken 6 ish weeks! we decided to keep it simple and it has worked for them with names, so we have a mrs red, mrs blue, mrs green and mrs...
it sounds like there might be something stuck in his throat, due to shacking of his head, is there anyway you can look in there?
maybe a trip to a vet might be needed, plus if it is a illness you can keep him away from the rest of the flock! hope he is better soon!
thank you :) just to let you all know her beak was like this when she came to me, but im sure it hasnt been trimmed, i believe she may of chipped it off with one of her perious owners! i would never do anything to harm or upset my ladies, hence why they have free range of my big back garden :)...
Thanks they are looking abit shabby in some places cause of the molt tbh! hope it drains, I guess that's one advantage of having a huge garden for me, there coop is right down the bottom on gravel so plenty of drainage for them!
oh no that's not good if it is a roo, hopefully its just her...