Great article our chickens often follow us down to the vineyard when we are pruning and and scratch about down there often chatting away to me. And yes I do chat back to them they are more companionable than our snobby cat that never comes down,
One of my chickens and I don't know which one is laying very fragile eggs. The shell breaks when I pick it up.
I thought it may have been a calcium deficiency but the other girls tend to lay eggs with brown hard shells. I have heard this can also be a sign of stress, I can't pin point...
Interesting about the yoghurt. Unfortunately our hen passed away. We thought she may have been egg bound and gave her her several baths and even some magnesium and calcium. For future reference how much vanilla yoghurt and will any vanilla yoghurt do or does it have to be unsweetened?
Hello all, I am excited to be a member of this group. I am have been living in Sydney Australia until recently when we moved to Tea Tree in Tasmania to look after a friends vineyard while they travelled to Europe for 6 months. They also have 11 chickens that we are also taking care of...