Would worms affect chicken eggs?
Question Hope you can help me! Today when going to feed my chickens (I have four) I found one chicken with something hanging from its bottom and then it passed a load of worms I quickly got rid of them...
View ArticleHow do I get yellower yolk?
Question My Mum has kept hens for years and recently purchased 4 new hens. They are on good green grass all day and have hen food, lettuce, cabbage etc, but one of the yolks is very light yellow. We...
View ArticlePoint of lays start laying!
25/06/2009 Our new Black Rhode hens all seem to be well into the swing of laying now, after a few false starts from one particular chicken who was laying “jelly” eggs with shells so thin they were...
View ArticleWhy aren’t my young hens laying?
Question I was wondering if you’d have any idea why the hen has stopped laying eggs. Have bout 10 hens and have them bout 8months or so but only 1 chicken was laying eggs but now she has stopped. The...
View ArticleRats!
20/02/2010 The extended period of freezing weather that we experienced during a lot of January presented us with some problems that we had not encountered before, as the last few winters have been...
View ArticleWhy is my chicken waddling?
Question I have four chickens which I purchased just over a year ago. One of the black chickens (sorry do not know the bred), has never laid since I have had her. I was told they were approximately 1...
View ArticleMy hen is bleeding from its vent
Question One of my beloved chickens has laid eggs over the last few days, that have had blood smeared on the outside of the shell. Yesterday, she laid and I noticed quite a lot of blood from her vent....
View ArticleDuramycin 10 and eggs
04/05/2010 Ever since we received a question about the use of Duramycin 10 to treat chickens we have received a steady stream of visits and questions related to Duramycin 10 despite the answer we gave...
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