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Hi all, I wondered if anyone with experience of Polish Hens could share some insight for me please. I've had chickens a few years, mainly Buff Orpington but I recently got 2 Polish Hens. Thing is, one of them has slightly strange behaviour and I can't figure out what's causing it. I know that...

Thanks for replying, yes I wondered that too or whether it could be the start of Mareks. I’ve ordered some Vit E and Selenium so will see if that helps. I’d rather it was that than something else lol!! Assuming that doesn’t work has anyone got any other ideas what it could be?

Hi, I was wondering if anyone had an idea what is wrong with my bantam. She’s probably only eight months old. she started doing this a couple of weeks ago but only did it in the morning for a bit and then was back to normal after an hour or so. Today she got worse and actually fell over a...

Thank you so much for posting such a detailed post and yes I am in the UK. That's great to hear about the mobile testing service, I will look it up and get a sample set off asap. That's a very reasonable cost for doing it too. That's very insteresting about the seed/mix, they don't get a lot...

Thanks for all the welcome messages folks, it seems a great community and I'm looking forward to getting involved. :celebrate:celebrate

Yes I fed the feed as the sole source of food for actually 10 days to make sure. I have to say that it was after this feed that she perked up a lot and stopped hanging out on her own which is good but the loose stools continues. I have checked her crop as far as I can tell it looks like it is...

. Hey thanks for your reply, I'll try to give you as much info as possible. They're all on Small Holder Range Natural Free Range Layers Pellets and they also get a seedy/corn mix which isn't a particular brand as it's mixed up by my local chicken feed stockist. I used I think Heygates Layers...

Hey Everybody, I thought I would introduce myself. It's great though having a community of people to be able to share experiences with and enjoy keeping chickens together. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes very new, I've only had chickens for a few months...

Hey everyone, This is my first post on here and I am completely new to chicken keeping although I've had my hens for a few months now. I have 5 Buff Orpingtons, three reds and two black and there's one that has had a problem with her stools since the beginning. I have been trying to get her...