I am part of a chicken keepers group in a small village who all have separate runs and coops on our land. We all feed our chickens the same foods and greens, they all have grit and oystershell as paert of their diets. The whole village helps us and come to visit them with their kids. I will...
Good news. I have contacted our local re homing centre and my grandson and I are collecting four new girls to keep her company tomorrow morning. I've been up at her run most of the morning and I've put up a little mirror for her. Thank you for all your lovely responses. There are lots of us...
I took over six aged hybrid chickens from a friend who was moving away. They were three years old when I had them and laid eggs for a while before settling on my getting about two each day. I lost three over the course of last year and have just lost two more in quick succession yesterday and...
I took over six aged hybrid chickens from a friend who was moving away. They were three years old when I had them and laid eggs for a while before settling on my getting about two each day. I lost three over the course of last year and have just lost two more in quick succession yesterday and...
I don't know as I inherited them from a previous owner who moved away. I have three, none of whom have laid for a while now, but I was told this is not unusual in cold winter months , and they are over three years old now.
I inherited my chickens from a friend who was moving away They are hybrids and are around three years old. One of my chickens is unwell. Since last week I have seen that she has become fat, almost bloated and has a dirty rear. She is not walking properly and 'waddles' it is now difficult for her...