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Could anyone confirm my suspicions please In 2020 I took delivery of 7 chickens They are a mixed flock and have laid prolifically up until Jan/ feb this year Now I have approx 2 eggs each week from a flock of 7 hens!! We have scoured our land. No eggs anywhere. Was a i sold hens that are much...

please advise I bought 6 hens 3 years ago, 4 ‘rhose island reds’ 2 ‘white tail’ hens I was told they were all 6 months old and they are a great little flock Approx 3 months ago ( i live in the uk) eggs slowly teduced from 5 per day, approx 20-25 per week approx, I now get approx 2 eggs per...

Hi, my 5 girls are Rhose Island Reds and are just 30 months old They have virtually stopped laying eggs ,just one or two every 2nd 3rd day! ive checked for hidden nests and kept them in their pen for a week to be sure of this . They have no mites or worms and usually free range for minimum 5...

My 6 Rhose island red hens are remaining perched in their pen in the evenings. They are not going into their coop to sleep. They go into their coop to lay their eggs but sleep in their pen on shelves or perches even though nights are much colder now from 5 to -5 here in the uk Should I put my...

Hi, I wonder if anyone can advise please I have a small flock of 6 those island red hens Cracker( one of our funnier ladies) was injured in a fox attack 10 weeks ago, a swift intervention by hubby saved our girls but Cracker was injured and we kept her in our conservatory for two weeks to heal...

Hi, my flock of 7 girls are now 14 months old and are a joy Unfortunately not everything in the chookies garden is rosy☹️ The girls are free range but one of them is now mounting and pecking one of the more timid in the group Constant pecking and feathers flying are spoiling our happy home and I...

Hiya from chilly uk🥶 Bit of advice needed ! I read repeatedly that allowing our ‘girlies’ access to the compost pile is a worthwhile thought especially during these ‘ chillier’ winter days My concern is egg shells and teabags, gfirstly eggs? there are always bits of ‘boiled egg’ still inside the...

Hi, I have a small flock of 7 hens and they are now 11 months old This is their first winter and their feathers are looking pretty tatty, is this normal? Should I add a supplement to their layer pellets? I’m providing daily green leave veg and they have a small amount of scratch to keep them...

It’s nearly Christmas and my 7 chookies continue to lay eggs everyday I expected their egg laying to tail off, should I supplement their diet to keep them in good health?

I live in the uk and am hoping someone could recommend a single camera system so I could watch ‘my girls’ in the garden now the weather is colder and I am busier indoors, I’m still in the garden quite a lot but am concerned I can’t watch them from indoors, a live feed on my iPad would be ideal

Can anyone help, two of my hens (I have a flock of 7) are VERY noisy, they are definitely hens and lay most days, they are low to middle in pecking order and are a typical ‘red hen’ The issue I have is their constant screeching, hollering and being loud, any time they are in the pen they are so...

I have a cute flick of 7 chickens They are nearly 11 months old and are still laying most days I have only one issue I cannot solve They will NOT eat. Fruit or vegetables, even strawberries, squash fruits,leafy greens, apples pears etc you name it it will be rotting away for days until I compost...

I have a small flock (7) of chickens here in the uk They were 4 months old when I got them in March so are now 10 months + and are generally happy and healthy, that is except one ! She’s called Cracker and has been a regular mischief maker, her latest activity is confusing me however The wood...

Can anyone help, I have a flock of 7 those island reds and they are now about 9 months old Over the last few weeks I’ve noticed that a couple are really bad tempered, pecking others even chasing them to peck them and one has taken to jumping on the backs of other members of the flock It’s...

Hi, I have 7 chickens aged 9 months now, there are 4 black tailed columbians and 3 Warrens, quite large chickens but they have been quite a ‘happy’little flock with occasional squabbles Over the last two days I have noticed a change in the behaviour of a couple of ‘my girls’ they quite...

Of my 7 girlies only one causes me worry! Well lots of worry really!! Her name is Cracker and she’s now five months old, our garden is secure so my chuckles are free range when we are home and penned when we are out, Cracker has become an escapologist, she climbs and flies over gates and...

Hi, we have 7 larger breed chickens which joined us about 6 weeks ago The girls are free range in our garden when we are there but also have a pen for when we’re not watching them Just a question really, despite lots of digging we cannot find any earthworms up to at least a 12-18 inch down There...

Looked out the window and saw Daphne haring round the garden with something dangling from her beak, she was being hotly persued by the other 6 girls I went to check and too my horror discovered it was a baby pheasant! Very dead by now The girls all legged it behind trees and when they appeared...

Hi, I’m hoping someone can advise me I have 7 black tail Colombian chicken and they are wonderful, the only issue is they will not eat vegetables I’ve tried to add stimulating foods in their pen for when we may be out for the day and they need to be penned They have ignored the heads of green...

Okay so I’ve had my 7 girlie hens for 3 weeks and they are a delight , however they are fussy when it comes to additional veg/ greens, they’ve turned their noses up at sweet corn, peas, white cabbage and carrots, any ideas , I’m in the uk so some seasonal veg is very xpensive at the moment, they...