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Ah thank you, I guess that makes sense of her behaviour. I thought that may be the case 😔 but I guess I can’t let him make the booted bantam’s life miserable!

I wondered if anyone had any other suggestions on this topic? My same booted bantam hen still seems stressed at times. The dynamic has changed again slightly now that the broody has 3 chicks. They are 3 weeks old now so spending most of their days In the outside run. This leaves the booted...

Thanks for the reply. We’ve got a separate run now, so at least that will be good for the chicks when they emerge with the broody. The coop is split for them, so they will be seen but separate - and this way they can have their own seen but separate space when they’re ready for outside.

Thanks for your help. Those feed proportions sound about right for what we do. I can’t find any signs of external parasites and have brought a ‘wormwood’ natural de-wormer, which I will give to them in their water. I guess I can put it down to the cockerel and/or top hen then. I’ll finish the...

Not intentionally. They have layers pellets for feed, then cracked corn and sunflower seed kernels for scratch, plus occasional treats (various including mealworms, cheese, yoghurt, grapes, meat scraps). We always have a separate bowl of crushed egg shell and oyster shell available as the...

Sorry I edited as forgot to add the egg photos. Thanks for the info. It sounds like over mating may just be a general “thing” with roosters. If it comes to it, we may have to find him a new home. He’s generally a good boy - finds food and nesting places for the girls - very good around us -...

I’ve attached photos of the egg, with the sand-like addition on one end. I think I read somewhere that it can indicate stress. Yes I agree and don’t intend to remove the hen who might be getting bullied. But don’t know if I should remove the cockerel or potential bully hen. The chickens have a...

I currently have two hens and a cockerel who free range in our garden. They are all the same age at just a year old. We also have another hen who is broody at the moment, so she only comes out for 10 minutes per day. Earlier this month we lost another hen to unknown causes. So basically, the...