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[Yorkshire Coop]

It's great to have an acre to play with, but it is really more the side of a steep mountain ferns, gorse and sooo many anthills included chickens don't seem to mind too much luckily

How about some goats to help the chickens?
I wouldn't be able to help myself with the goats if I had an acre!

 

[GarwKatie]

How about some goats to help the chickens?
I wouldn't be able to help myself with the goats if I had an acre!

Goats are right at the top of my wish list. I'd REALLY like a milking goat. We've kept some pigs for meat for the last two years which helped a lot.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Goats are right at the top of my wish list. I'd REALLY like a milking goat. We've kept some pigs for meat for the last two years which helped a lot.

I bet those pigs were tasty being home grown! I love a roast pork and of course crackling!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Another one last night!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

I went to see the goslings that I hatched earlier in the summer, can't really call them goslings now as they have grown so much! They look fab and are very happy at the farm, even the runt that I had to help out of the egg made it!

 

[timon]

Hi, i've just joined today, i'm from Leicestershire in the uk.

I'm from Leicestershire too !!
Just outside Melton Mowbray.

I went to see the goslings that I hatched earlier in the summer, can't really call them goslings now as they have grown so much! They look fab and are very happy at the farm, even the runt that I had to help out of the egg made it!

Did they recognise you?

 

[newchickmama91]

I went to see the goslings that I hatched earlier in the summer, can't really call them goslings now as they have grown so much! They look fab and are very happy at the farm, even the runt that I had to help out of the egg made it!

Aww I remember them! They are so big now

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Did they recognise you?

Sort of, they were quite standoffish when we first went in with them but they eventually came closer.

Aww I remember them! They are so big now

Yeah I was shocked at how much they had grown!

 

[timon]

Hello & Help !

I have a lethargic chick that I've seen being slow for a couple of days.
She's 12 weeks old and has been running with all the other girls (11 chicks & 6 adults) the past week.

I brought her into the house today as she looked like she needed some support.

When I picked her up she vomited. I read a bit on here, and crop issues seem to be many and varied. I have tried 'emptying' her crop and successfully got her to regurgitate / vomit a yellowy green thick slime without her choking.

Her crop didn't feel or look full, so I had tried to help her eat and Earlier this evening I hand-fed (she's never let me that close before without running away) some boiled egg and water-soaked porridge mixed together. It wasn't that being brought up-just a slimy goo.

I'm not sure she's been eating or drinking today.

Should I let her eat and drink by herself? Should I be syringing water into her? How can I make sure she has food inside to keep her going if she's not eating ?

What would you do to help?

 

[LindyMandyMoo]

I'm from Leicestershire too !!
Just outside Melton Mowbray.



Did they recognise you?

Hi Timon, i'm not far from you at all, i'm from Burbage, is that a cream legbar cockerel i spy on your profile pic? He's a beaut.