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As in the title, my sweetest girl evie is all mopey and sad, she is isolating herself from the other birds, moulting like crazy but not totally bald, she dosnt join in when the scratch is thrown down, she looks so unhappy, one of the other birds bullies her, when she comes near her evie just...

i have four chickens, all bought together a year ago and they all get on well and lay regulally, but i noticed one of them just recently has started pecking at one other bird in particular ( the most gentle one ), she will even run across the run just to give her a peck , and also pecks me quite...

i often sit with my chickens ( big coop )and chat to them as they potter about, one by one they will all jump on my lap for a cuddle and hopefully some treats, Evie my grey speckledy dosnt, she runs about around my feet until i pick her up and she snuggles down for a cuddle, she is such a sweet...

hi all, i give my girls a scratch mixture ( mixed corn and boss ) first thing in the morning and last thing before they go off to bed, which they always look forward to as i know it warms them throughout the night, but what can i give them now the weather is improving, here in England we are...

i have been spotting a rat in the coop stealing the pellets, i wondered if they would be repelled by the hotness of the pepper, i give it to my birds every so often in their treats like scrambled eggs, sweetcorn etc, so perhaps if i sprinkled it on the pellets it might taste horrible to any '...

i have 4 lovley birds, thay all get on together, regular layers, so i was wondering what would other people do in this situation if over time they gradually died for one reason or another and there was just one girl left on her own, as i dont plan to get any more as i wouldnt want them to...

hi everyone, we have had a lot of rain here in england just latley so my girls run is pretty muddy , and when it does dry its a bit too hard for their dust bathing, so i have noticed that they rolling around in their sawdust inside the ( very large ) coop, they seem happy doing this but i was...

hi everyone, one of my hens still had a full crop this morning, it felt quite hard, shouldnt she have digested everything over night ?, she's still eating ok today , they have plenty of grit and oyster shell, she dosnt look in distress, but it had me a little worried:th

i,ve read a lot about DE on these boards , so i bought some from a well known bid site, i sprinkled it libberally around my coop, nest box's and run, but it was a week later when i found the leaflet inside the box and it said it contained silicon dioxide 83% , my birds are ok, but should i have...

i am always amazed at how chickens go into a sort of hynotised state when settling down for the night, and i was wondering what if anything would disturb their slumber, for instance a loud thunder storm, or perhaps a mouse or rat running into the coop, or even me going in the coop with a flash...

not a very savoury question i know but there is so much of it !, i know some people put it on there shrubs and plants but i dont really relish the thought of chucking poo around, i put newspaper under their roost perch then in the morning just scoop it all up and bag it up, then double bag it...

hi everyone, love reading these posts, so many people with a love for chickens, i have a specklety, a rhode rock, a black sussex, and a red sussex, all about 21weeks old and all laying, always get 3 a day, its like they take it in turns to have a day off !

hi all, your expert advice needed once again, earlier on as i went into the run one of my birds had just popped out a soft egg, membrain but no shell, she looked a bit bewildered, anyway i grabbed it as i didnt want her to have a peck at it, she was looking really droopy and miserable with...

Hi everyone, i have four ' girls ' all about 21 weeks, one ( blackie ) is very stand offish ( as mentioned in a previous post ), all the others come to me for cuddles and treats, but this one dosnt and keeps her distance, when i go into the coop or run she squats and stamps her feet, is this...

hi everyone, sometimes i get a bit stuck as to what i can get my birds to enjoy as treats , at present they love meal worms, sweetcorn ( tinned !), grass, plums, cooked rice ( sometimes !), they seem to turn their beaks up at lettuce, carrot, tomatoes , and all the other stuff that i'm told they...

hi everyone, i have been reading this forum for sometime now and thought i would join in, you all sound like lovley people so i hope you dont mind a brit joining in. i have had my four chooks now for about a month and like a lot of peeps on here i,m eagerly waiting for some regular eggs, i had...