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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Ours so the same. Once the chicks are about 5 months old they stop sleeping by choice in their eglu but instead of going into the main coop where all the others are they sleep in the dead plum tree. They do this for a few months and when i think the hens are nearing coming to lay, I have to...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Henry does look very poorly. Very sorry for him and you. Do the hens appear to realise... or behave differently towards him have you observed?
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Not sure if any of you live near here... fascinating history of this chicken roundabout... love imagining the scene when ever we walk past.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    What are the special herbs?
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    That's great. My 2 polish cockerel Brothers were friends until last week, 3mo. They would crow beside each other and take turns tidbitting. Occasional scuffle but didnt last long but then we had a near death situation for one of the cock chicks and they've been separated and sent to their...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    How are all the cockerels behaving with each other... and henry? What age are the chicks now?
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    You knew the night you lifted her up to the egg box she wouldn't make it didn't you? I wonder if Henry and fret knew. Hope the rest keep strong and well and you recover yourself too. And get rid of the mites.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Interesting.... thanks My 2 polish cockerels are crowing now at 11 weeks but no sign of mating interest as yet.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    How old is he? Such a face!!
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Thanks for all the posts about feeding eggshells back to the hens, I'll try this again, used to always do it. And I'll have a look at bettering their calcium intake through feed and possibly a supplement. Tvm
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    She's not egg bound. She lays about 4 eggs a week. The last egg was yesterday. Normal shell but a very skinny oval egg. Her symptoms.. she's just depressed! Sits all hunched up on the perch a lit during the day, much like the images we see of Carbon, she isn't molting. She's not interested in...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Thank you... yes I leave oyster shell out but my hens won't eat it... it stays full in the tub. It's annoying as I think they need it really. I have a copper maran that has lots of issues with eggs, shell less and v soft shell all the time. She seems well in herself. I treated them all with...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Do you have any idea what may be wrong? I have 2 crested cream legbars and one is not well either. Often lays shell less eggs or stays in the egg box a long time but doesn't lay. She sits on the perch a lot during the day and when they have access to our whole garden she rarely goes ar from the...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Wow that's really late to bed... I'm in the uk to although on the east coast and the sun sets earlier here... but my hens have gone into coop by 8.30pm latest. The chicks shortly after by always by 9pm. The hens have the same auto door you have and it's set at 9.30pm. And 5.30am
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    🤣
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Thank you! 😌 Yes I should update my profile page, I'm on the very east coast, just about on the most easterly point of the country🏖
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Thank you, yes the hens are lovely. One of the cream legbars is sick atm.... hopefully she picks up soon. Soft shelled eggs, sitting all hunched up and feeling very down by the looks. I'm treating all the hens with flubenvet feed atm. And given access to more egg boxes in case that's been...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Wow! Having read this whole thread (over the course of a few weeks) rather like one reads a book, from cover to cover but sometimes skipping ahead when the tension is too great but then returning so as not to miss details, I have eventually reached the end! Shed some tears at the sorrows of...
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