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Hi all, I've posted about Brunhilde my Calder ranger previously and tried all the suggestions on how to restart her laying. She will be 2 years old in June. She started laying Oct 2022 at around 17 weeks old and laid an egg every single day, with the occasional holiday until Dec 2023 when she...

Hi, please help if you can, I read in the article about abnormal eggs, that calcium deposits on eggs is likely to be caused by too much calcium in diet. Only 2 of my 3 hens are laying, one ( ginger the warren) lays lovely normal eggs, the other (rocky the black rock has recently started laying...

Hi all in UK, did you know the government is changing the bird registration policy? If the current plan goes ahead from 1st October anyone with any number of birds (fowl of any description) will have to register. There was a public consultation with the vast majority wanting to keep the...

Hi all, can anyone offer advice (or reassurance) I only have 3 girls, all around 21 months old. They started laying in November 22, and were pretty consistent up until December 23. The Calder ranger (Brunhilde) hasn't laid since December. The Warren (Ginger) and Black Rock,(Rocky) laid...

Dear Hubbie insists on crushing already crushed oyster shells that we buy from the local agricultural shop, he says they are too big, I think there's no need, anyone else concerned about the size of them, they are hard so he may be right

Rocky my black rock, 19 months old laid a lovely big pinkish brown egg today, usual colour for her, but it has a strange swirly bit on the bottom. Sorry no photo, but has anyone else had this.?

Hi all, happy to belong to such an informative and friendly forum. I live in rural mid Wales in the UK, with my husband, 3 chooks, (Brunhild, a Calder ranger, Rocky, a black rock, and Ginger, a Warren) we get about 10 eggs a week. Planning to get 2 more girls in the spring, but have to extend...

Hi all, I have 3 girls, all 18 months old. They didn't seem to have a signicant moult, the Warren and black rock are back laying, but the Calder ranger hasn't laid now for 2 months. Her comb shrank to almost nothing, but looks as if it's plumping up again. They are all wormed, have ACV and...