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    CHICKENS RETURN HOME AFTER BEING GONE FOR OVER ONE MONTH....????

    I am always fascinated by chicken behaviour. They are no way the stupid birds a lot of people think they are. They are actually very clever, complex and resilient. I heard of a place near me here in the UK. They lost one for a few weeks and feared the worst - place surrounded by foxes...and lo...
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    New kid on the block

    All wise comments, thanks. I dont have a coop as such - just a big yard (garden) and their hen house (which is inside a shed, so secure). Right now the old one has sneaked off into her usual den for a mid day nap, and the young one is enjoying herself. Its only the hen house at night that may be...
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    New kid on the block

    Hi and thanks for your interest. Yard is about 25 x 40 feet, with loads of grass, big bushes, nooks and crannies, the coop, an inside store room, gravel paths. The new young hen is getting badly pecked on the back of her neck this morning but youth is on her side - she can run away quicker than...
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    New kid on the block

    I mean 'no blood or feathers' just to make clear, sorry.
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    New kid on the block

    Hi all, Having lost one of only two girls last week I have introduced another. They are of course squabbling - the older hen is chasing the new one (now and then, not all the time) and being aggressive, although nothing major, blood or feathers. I am guessing she is freaking out cos someone new...
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    Fancified pellets

    You are quite right Rosemarythyme. Sadly one of my two lovely girls passed away this afternoon. I am so upset....have not stopped crying. Its crazy isnt it? Just hens.... She had a god life though and is now resting in peace under our cherry tree. RIP dear little Tracey, I will never forget you!
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    Fancified pellets

    Thanks everyone. One of the two clearly has gapeworm (again) and is really suffering. Not surprising she doesnt want to eat. Have started her off this morning on wormer (tiny piece of bread with a few tiny specs of Flubenvet) which she has taken. Had this once before but what I didnt do was...
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    Fancified pellets

    Hi all My two girls stopped eating layers 18 months ago and stopped laying 9 months ago. They are 3 and a half years old. One was poorly recently but seems to have recovered - but they will STILL not touch layers. They like seeds (eg Dari and sunflower) but I've been told they can only be a very...
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    Cooking for chickens

    And thanks Perris. Arent the sardines really salty?Or do I rinse them? Have tried banana and yoghurt in the past and they are not that crazy about them. I think I have the fussiest pair in the world.:idunno
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    Cooking for chickens

    Thanks Chaos Mum, Thats good, I can get chickpea flour here. But I am now thinking...if I get this amazing recipe - cakes based on chickpea flour and some other bits they might like inside rolled out to my two girls will that be OK? Or will too much flour make them obese? One of my two got very...
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    Cooking for chickens

    I did wet them down...and they turned their noses up (or should I say beaks?!!!)
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    Cooking for chickens

    i am interested in these recipes. My two girls will not touch layers. On another forum there was chat about what chickens got fed before layers came along and people were saying corn, veg, that sort of thing - but they were free ranging. My two have access to grass which is healthy right now but...
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    How quickly do chickens age?

    I think I've found out the problem.The well-meaning friend used a wrong bag of food - one that I give a tiny bit of to them both during the winter and which is packed with suet. Tracey, gannet that she is, has obviously been gobbling it up to her hearts content while I wasnt there, even though...
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    How quickly do chickens age?

    Hi Sorry, it has been a while because I have been away. Left my two girls in the capable hands of a friend for three weeks and came back a few days back. Not good, but I dont think my friend has done anything wrong. One of the girls is fine, but the other has got really fat and is waddling like...
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    What special care do you give your flock?

    Here in UK we are not supposed to give kitchen waste...something about contamination (?). I do sometimes though, but its usually cabbage, courgettes and a bit of potato. But my girls do love sunflower seeds, so most days I will give them a very small amount hand fed. They actually like me...
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    How quickly do chickens age?

    Hi NatJ, Thanks for reply. I am away 3 weeks and wont give my neighbour the hassle of wetting their food, simply give them pellets with a tiny amount of treats so as not to shock them too much. Pellets have been here since September, trouble here in UK is you usually have to buy a 20Kg bag and I...
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    How quickly do chickens age?

    Thanks guys. So far today have not touched their pellets. They do forage though (large back yard with gravel, soil, shrubs, trees etc) and are feeding on short cut grass. I will try wetting the pellets but I did before and they turned up their noses then...but will give it another go. Othewise...
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    How quickly do chickens age?

    Hi everyone I have started the campaign to increase their layers and cut back on treats cos I am sure you're right, they are slowing down because they are lacking in the right food. Put down a bowl of really scrummy pellets (!) just now and they just looked up at me as if to say 'what the....?'...
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    How quickly do chickens age?

    Hi everyone, started to reply and hit the wrong button, oops, sorry! Thanks so much for your help and you are quite right..they ate layers for a year and a half but kept pestering me for treats and ended up playing me to the point where the layers just sat in the feeder and yep, the egg-laying...
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    How quickly do chickens age?

    Hi. I have two chickens two and a half years old. I got them at 16 weeks and for two years they ran about and had loads of energy. Over the past say three months they have become a bit more lethargic - both will take dust baths and then nod off to sleep for a while, this, once or twice a day. Is...
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