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*Graphic Pics* Not sure whether I need to be treating for egg binding or vent gleet - or whether the two go hand in hand? Or one has caused the other? Rihenna is a big girl, 9 months-ish old and usually a trouble-free, regular layer. However when I went into the run to get her yesterday I did...

I’ll try to keep this as short as possible so not to waffle, but don’t want to miss out any details! I had a young hen, Rihanna, being badly picked and pecked by one other hen, Barbara, (and sometimes her accomplice) in the summer. Rihanna’s poor tail feathers were almost non-existent and as...

I have 5 hens ages ranging from 8-14 weeks. They’re all great at taking themselves into the coop at night but won’t sleep on the roosting bars. There’s two bars in the coop so space isn’t an issue and I’ve noticed them jumping up and sitting on there in the daytime so they can get up there with...

I have a pair of 7 week old RiRs who I'm beginning to phase out of their brooder into the coop full-time. As long as the weather isn't too wet they go out in the morning and spend much of the day in the coop and run, before coming back in at night. I also have 2 x 2-week old Cream Legbars -...

Looking for some advice please! My (assumed) RiR roo isn't looking too great today... I've gone in this morning to find him looking pretty quiet and reserved in the brooder, which is very unlike him and my other RiR You can see in the picture below the difference between him and my other RiR...

Hello everyone - I'm new here!! :frow As a novice chicken keeper this forum has been my go-to the last few months in me setting out in beginning my flock... I thought it would have been a bit more straight forward to tell the males from the females apart so I'd love to hear your thoughts :)...