Thank you for the reply. The chances of finding a vet anywhere in my part of the UK is virtually nil.( nearest 60mls.) So we try and do our own thing, however I will try the Caneston cream as previously advised on another post first as I can buy that localy.
Thanks for the help and I will post...
We have two white leghorns about one year old as well as seven other girls of mixed "race".
One of the leghorns came with a very dirty bottom so we washed and dried her and thought that was solved. However we are two months on and still things are the same. She has no feathers around her vent or...
Hi Calliebwhelan, re the fighting-- we separated the bantam for only a few nights in the end. Things have gradually improved
over the last few days. I reckon we are about there now with only a few minor skirmishes nothing like before thank goodness.
When I looked this morn. it was all very...
Hi Calliebwhelan, re your hens fighting,
we have the same prob. We have a tiny Old English bantam who is a real menace to a much larger hen. One of a pair we got 2 months ago.
Thinking that they would sort themselves out eventually, we left well alone. However as time goes on the little one is...
Hi Everybody,glad I found you!
I am over in the UK, Yorkshire in fact. My wife( Maria ) and I have two children at school, one guineapig( 7 yrs, old )
and nine hens. A real mixture, our oldest is Double Yolker, who is seven yrs. now. Stopped laying ages ago, just a dear old girl.
There are 4...