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My hens seem to have sorted themselves out thankfully, it got to the point when the one being bullied wouldn't eat in the presence of the bully which was disturbing, so we would take her aside and make sure she was getting food, but over the last few days they have gone back to normal, getting...

We've had three hens for about 18 months, they've all been together since about two weeks old, and just this past week one of them has started to 'bully' one of the others, she pecks her feathers, jumps up on her back sticking her claws in her. They have ample space, an outdoor run of about 40...

Thanks for the replies, I don't know if I'll actually be able to do it, but have been thinking about eating them!!

Hello! I have three hens, just about a year old, they free range and I've been feeding them layers pellets and keeping them for the eggs, would these hens be ok to have butchered to eat?

We have the same problem, we've only got three hens, two of them lay every day, never miss (even throughout the winter!) but one seems to only lay when she feels like it! They all have the same food, so it's not that there isn't enough grit as the othere two are fine! She's perfectly healthy...

she is still in her first year! i did think it just a glitch like you said,i will keep an eye on her, thank you for your reply.

She's fine now, but for a day was quite lethargic, then didn't lay for a day or two, then yesterday we found a poop that had like an egg yellow (very small) mixed in with it. She went back to laying a normal egg this morning, a bit of a thin shell, but ok. Any ideas why this would be?

Just a quick update, she's fine back to her alert cheery self now, laying an egg a day. Her feathers are just the same, I think they must just have turned curly and it was a coincideence!!!!!

Oh that's good, they really, really enjoyed them, they can have all the shells as a treat next time we treat ourselves!! We always give them the layers mix, whatever we give them as treats is extra.

We were eating prawns in the garden the other day and the hens got hold of the shells and they loved it, all the little leggy things and everything!!!! A - I assume these are ok for them as they haven't been upset. B - Do you think the shell is in any way useful for going towards egg shell...

Thanks English Chick, I'll have a go!

Sorry not been on line for a while. There were no signs of distress, a little bit 'slow' and lethargic. The poop only happened once, it's been ok since, she didn't lay for a few days but she's back to normal now. The hens have mainly layers pellets, there's oyster shell for them in a pot...

I'm a bit of a technophobe and my hsband has filmed the chickies with his phone, he's managed to download (or is it upload?) it onto the computer and it sits there as an icon in the inbox but we are not able to open the file and watch it! It says that the player may not support the codec that...

Found some poop that was the shape and size of a normal poop but seemed to be mixed in with yolk. One of the hens has been laying soft or shell-less eggs for about a week, but not sure which hen passed the poop. Would be greateful for any ideas?

Sorry posted in wrong location,but the reason it was put in this section is because she has also missed laying the last couple of days and wondered if it was linked the hen is 5 months old, we think she is a bovan brown, I am feeding layers, constant access to oyster shell, they also are free...

Hello again, the last two weekends have been fine!! and we've been getting three eggs a day (one from each hen), except the last two days where one of them has missed laying, but I've posted a seprate post about that!

One of my hens tails looks like it's got wet look hair gel on it, it isn't actually wet or damp - it just looks like it is. She's also behaving very slow.....when I feed the three of them treats she never seems to 'get in there' and looses out (though I do separate her and give her her own...

I'll keep you posted! Getting 3 good eggs a day now (one each) except one softie yesterday, cutting back on the fruit now and waiting to see what happens come Saturday morning!!!!

Wynette, I'm glad you said that because when I went out the other day, one hen was in the run singing the 'egg song' and another hen pooped out of the house and there was a lovely warm newly layed egg in there and I wondered what was going on!!! It is exciting isn't it!

Oh aren't the first eggs wonderful.....I was so excited when we got our first one!