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OK, a bit of a delay in replying... The only sign that anything was/could be wrong is a slight droop to the left wing. There is no loss of balance anymore, no head-shaking. He continues to be very alert: eyes are bright, plumage is very clean, he has an appetite; he pays attention to the hens...

Thanks for your suggestions, I'll follow them up and post later.

Speckled Sussex, approx 1 year old. Symptoms: Head-shaking, loss of balance, sitting back on "haunches"; after handling, unable to get up for a while, lies on side but head up and looking around. Bird is clear-eyed, alert and eating well; comb and wattles red and undamaged. No discharges...

Haven't really got the grassland for a donk, much to my step-daughter's chagrin. There are a few around the village but birds are still going. Since the goats became adults there hasn't been even the whiff of a fox so I hope they're going to be effective. Plus the hunting season starts later...

Hi Welcome. That's a nice looking bird in your picture. I'm in the Correze (19), in the north-east bit, the "haute." Breeding turkeys at the moment but recently bought five Speckled Sussex.

After laying my three girls stand in the duck pond for a few minutes - this happens regardless of temperature or weather. They're not brooding the eggs just laying and leaving them; they don't drink the water nor bathe in it. They'll go in as far as the knee joint and don't get their plumage...

Hi all After laying our Norfolks stand in the duck pond for a few minutes. The water comes halfway up their legs but there's no attempt to bathe. They very rarely drink from this either, preferring proper water bowls. Anyone else seen this behaviour?

Hi aart The attacks have been at night. Now the coops have a wire floor, planking round the insides up to about three feet. Outside there is chicken wire to the height of three feet; there is chicken wire covering the roof and down to the walls to prevent access under the eaves. At ground level...

Yeah, curry.

It's a tight coop now, so tight I need to be double-jointed to clean it. On the upside, as evidenced by frustrated digging, it's pretty much bomb-proof. A couple of Sundays ago, after I'd spoken to the mayoress, I saw the chasse (the hunt) up in the copse where we think the fox lives. I don't...

Since December last a fox has decimated our chickens, royally screwed this year's breeding program and generally made our lives miserable. I've spoken to the mayoress and she has called in the local hunt and a trapper. In pursuit of other advice I have pee'd myself into near-dessication around...

I live in the Correze in central France, which is relevant to this story. Going out out at dusk the other day to chivvy slackers to their roost I spotted something by the fence separating the field from the vegetable garden. This is a favourite haunt for the girls to stare longingly at all the...

Hi I'm English but live in central France. We keep Light Sussex and Houdans for breeding and a mixed flock of RIRs, Coucou de France and Barred Rocks for eggs. We've four turkeys, four guinea fowl, four Indian Runners and six Barbary ducks as well. Saw this on HuffPostUK this morning...

Adults: 6 Houdans, 6 Light Sussex, 2 Bleu de France, 3 Coucou de France, 3 RIRs, 1 Cuckoo Maran, 1 Welsummer, 1 Orpington, 2 Barred Rocks, 7 hybrids. Youths: 47 assorted Houdans, Sussex and hybrids. If we add Mitfordsmum's 12 to the grand total we have 5747, then add the above 74 it makes: 5821

A bit of advice, please, for a novice...we've two females sharing nesting duties on a clutch of eggs. We've candled the eggs and seven are fertile. Firstly, assuming they hatch, could there be trouble as there are two females, both of whom are claiming the eggs? Secondly, will the male respond...

I have a problem with at least two of my Indian runners in that they can not swim. Of the six, a drake and a duck are unable to stay afloat - I've not tried the other four as yet. The drake I was able to reach but the duck needed full immersion on my part to rescue. Before coming to us they had...

I found a broken-necked Coucou de France hen in the same nest-box as a RIR. This bird has no eggs of her own but she's been broody for days and covering eggs laid by other birds. I've been taking them off her as the box is not in a good position for brooding. I've tried moving her with the eggs...