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I might get myself that book as it sounds very interesting. Thank you so much for looking this up for me and I now feel reassured that there is nothing to worry about and its just nature running its course. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and New Year. Many thanks Lauren

My goodness, I hadnt realised that.. so interesting. So do you know if this is something that only happens when she is done laying forever more or is it just during the colder months when they slow down / stop laying?

Actually now you mention it she stopped laying about 3 months ago following egg peritonitis.. just about to google it and find out more. Many thanks for the suggestion

Hi, I'm not sure if this would be the correct forum as its not an emergency so apologies if I've got this wrong.. So we've had some really cold weather here in England recently and a sprinkling of snow too. My three chucks seem happy enough apart from yesterday I noticed that one of them has...

So before I left for work this morning I put a huge pumpkin (in two halves) in with my girls and they went absolutely crazy for it!! It was so funny to see them all sticking their heads deep inside and then emerging with orange bits hanging from their beaks.. looked like they had beards...

I've got a mirror in their free range area and its quite funny to watch them peck at it.. you can almost see the confusion on their faces as they try to work out where the extra chucks have come from!! Some really great ideas, than you so much. I really like the pinata idea also hiding treats...

Thats a great idea, thanks I'll definately try that. I read somewhere that you can hang old cd's from the top of their coop but to be honest I wasnt sure if this would really do much. Have you tried this?.. or know if its effective?

Hi, My chickens normally get a good run in the morning and also in the evenings - as long as I'm home they're running around. However, now that the days are so much shorter they are in bed before I get home from work.. so they're overall run time has decreased significantly. As a result, I'm...

Tammy, I'm so sorry to hear your sad news.. what an ordeal you've suffered. Like you said, at least she went quickly and it seems that you did everything you could for her. We get so attached to our pets and its really tough when we lose them. I guess the silver lining is that you've learnt...

Hi All, I've been meaning to join this forum for some time now but finally bit the bullet today. So just thought I'd drop a quick hello to everyone. I'm fairly new to keeping chickens as I got my three girls in August this year. The first few weeks were a big learning curve but soooo fun at...