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Hi, looking for some advice. I currently have two hens - a 4-year-old Warren called Dot and a 1 1/2-year-old Light Sussex called Lily. Dot lays 1-2 eggs per week and they have quite thin, brittle shells, which I'd just put down to age. But recently Lily, who lays almost daily, has produced a...

Hi all, looking for some advice on making my coop watertight. First, a bit of background... I've had the coop a year. It's one I bought as flatpack and just assembled the pieces (about the extent of my DIY skills!) As per the instructions, I painted it with a weatherproofing woodstain after...

Hi, one of my hens has droppings on the feathers around her vent. I first noticed it a couple of weeks ago, but she's fine in herself - eating well and very active - though it does look like she may have lost a little weight (she was always the greediest and plumpest of my three girls, but now...

So, as background, I have 3 hens (hybrid layers) and no rooster, so no chance of actually hatching anything! The last couple of days, one of my hens has been spending most of her time in the nest. She comes out for breakfast first thing in the morning with her sisters, but when I go back an...

I was doing some baking and watching my hens out of the window when I saw two of them squabbling over something on the ground. It was something white, flimsy and a couple of inches across - it looked like a corner torn off some kind of packaging, and must have blown there over the fence from the...

Found this today, nestled up nicely next to the plastic egg I put in the nest box a couple of days ago. Thank you Peach! That must be why she was funny with me this morning when I was trying to clean the coop - she wanted to get in and lay! And here's Peach:

Could someone who uses Verm-X pellets please advise me how much to dose, in real terms? It says 2.25g per bird, and I have 3 hens, so it's 6.75g - but how much is that? A teaspoon? Two teaspoons? Half a teaspoon? I have no idea :confused::idunno

I made a lovely dust bath for my chooks' run out of a large plastic container filled with sand and diatomaceous earth. I situated it under the raised coop for shelter, with a tarp over it too, but we had a storm last night, the tarp blew loose and the dust bath has turned into a muddy swimming...

Hi, Yesterday I made a nice dust bath for my chickens' coop. It's a large plastic container which I sunk into the ground and filled with sand and diatomaceous earth. But of course my cat has decided it's a giant litter tray for his personal use! As soon as I let the chickens out to free range...

Hi, hope I've posted this in the right section. So I got my three first-ever hens today! Warren hybrids, 5 months old. As advised by the farm, I set the coop up with woodshavings under the perches and straw in the nest boxes. I popped them in the attached run and they seemed to enjoy exploring...

Hi everyone, So, before I get my girls on Saturday, I just wondered if you could cast your expert eyes over my coop and see if there's any obvious issues with it? It's built from flatpack (which is about the limit of my DIY skills) so obviously designed for purpose, and states it's suitable for...

Hiya, As my username suggests, I'm joining you from the UK. I'm getting three hens next week hopefully, so wanted to get some advice from an active and knowledgeable forum, and this place seems to fit the bill! ;) Looking forward to chatting and gaining some chickeney knowledge!