One my ex-bat hens has runny poop on and off. So I thought as a precaution I would treat them all - 2 hens and 2 pullets - with Harker 3 in 1 for Canker, Coccidiocis and worms. Will I still be able to eat their (occasional) eggs or should I feed them back to them or discard them altogether? Can...
Some time ago I read an item in a National Newspaper about a child who hatched a supermarket egg in the airing cupboard ( where we in the UK often keep spare bed linen and towels by the central heating boiler) Hard to believe but what do I know about it?
Thinking about that again I wondered if...
I'm not sure which of my 4 hens layed this. Not the Sussex Star as she layed earlier today. Not found any eggs yet from the 5 month old Bluebell. The two warrens lay on and off but I know their eggs usually. The 'thing' had some yolk and white which could have been partly eaten as there was not...
It's 50 years since I last kept chickens. A lot has changed since then. I was a young Mom with two little ones just moved from the big city to a rural Community. I went shopping and saw 2 tiny little yellow fluffy chicks for sale and brought them home on a whim. I called hubby at work as I knew...