https://www.smallholderfeed.co.uk/products/poultry/natural-free-range-layers-pellets/
this is the food they're on, do give them some treats of fruit/veg and sunflower hearts now and then.
No
No Mites or lice, we did have mites at one point but took the coop apart, washed and rebuilt and they've not been back since then.
Hettie our first to die she had a slightly purple comb which had flopped over. So different from Houdini.
We get an occasional egg but not 100% who from as...
So we rescued three chickens from British Hen Welfare Trust last June and had no issues with them until recently. They were approx 18 months when we got them (ex farmed chickens). The first one about 4 weeks ago died, I'm 80% sure she died from vent gleet that we just didn't catch early enough...
