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I have a hen who is laying (pooping) shell-less eggs off the perch every night. This has been going on for three weeks. before that she had been very sick and lost half her body weight. I have been giving her oyster shell, crushed egg shell. milky porridge, yoghurt etc but she is not putting...

From the Waikato Times newspaper The hot summer is leading adult moreporks to throw chicks out of their nests because they are finding it too stifling to raise them. At Whangarei Native Bird Recovery Centre, eight chicks have been rescued after being found on the ground by the public...

This was filmed at an animal park near Wellington in New Zealand today. Go to this link for video http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/hen-becomes-surrogate-mum-baby-rabbits-4003677/video?vid=4003898 Or this link for a newspaper article...

How are you all coping after the earthquake? Sending love and best wishes to you all as you go on cleaning up and dealing with all the aftershocks. The devastation just seems incredible. Hope that your chicks have survived the shakes and upheavals.

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I am looking for bantam size blue/green egg layers. A local breeder is selling Araucana (female) X Pekin (bantam Cochin) chicks. Is there a chance that these EE's will lay coloured eggs? Does the colour egg gene need to come from the father? Thanks for your help.

Is there any problem with continuing to feed food with weevils in it to my bantams? Just noticed that one lot of feed is crawling. The birds thought that I had served them the first course of a Christmas banquet! Just wondered if the weevils leave anything on the food which is bad for the chooks.

I have just made three large cakes for my niece's wedding. As I was mixing them, I couldn't help wondering how many brides these days would have cakes made from home produced bantam eggs. I used 36 eggs, and the cake mix was a beautiful rich looking colour.

This is the new permanent house for my bantams. We do not have a large number of predators, or very cold weather in New Zealand so this will be fine for them. They free range in the garden when I am home.

I am hoping that this link will work for you. This group are for sale online in New Zealand. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Business-farming-industry/Farming-forestry/Poultry/Chickens/auction-245113945.htm