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I’m thinking of planting a couple of cherimoya trees in my poultry pasture. Does anyone know if they’re ok for chickens to eat? Will they eat the seeds? I’ve heard they’re poisonous…

Am looking for help because I need some outside opinion here. I have cochin hens, a cochin cockbird, buff orpington hens, a buff orpington cockbird, and a selection of pedresa hens and pita pinta hens. They are all in the same run together. I keep them for their gardening skills (earth tilling...

My 5 month old Pedresa (very similar to barred rock) has become very attached to my 8 month old Cochin rooster and they are pretty much always together. She started laying 2 weeks ago and hasn't missed a day. Yesterday I noticed she was waddling with her tail down and legs more open than usual...

I have an 8 month old cochin rooster who has started squatting when I approach him. He is the lowest rooster in the pecking order, and he's crazy about mounting the ladies. He used to tidbit to me too, but I just shouted at him to stop and walked straight 'through' him and he doesn't do it so...

This morning, while watering my veggies, I noticed a hedgehog carrying dry leaves in it's mouth and disappearing under a pile of wood pallets in the paddock next to my coop. What sort of experiences, if any, have chicken keepers had with hedgehogs?

My 8 month old cochin pullet has globs of poop stuck on her butt feathers. I'm going to try to catch her and wash it off this afternoon when I've got someone here to help me. Is this normal for the poop to get stuck on fluffy chickens butts? My Orpingtons of the same age have a little, but the...

My 8 month old cochin pullet has globs of poo stuck on her butt feathers. I'm going to try to catch her and wash it off this afternoon when I've got someone here to help me. Is this normal for the poop to get stuck on fluffy chickens butts? My Orpingtons of the same age have a little, but the...

Is there any way to age a black australorp? (or any chicken, come to think of it?) I have just bought 2 hens. They are in quarantine, as I only bought them 5 days ago. I was told they are a year old. They haven't laid, but I reckon that's due to the stress of the journey and being cooped up in a...

Yesterday I bought 2 australorp hens,both approx one year old and put them immediately into quarantine in a large dog crate (106cm x 70cm) I put vitamins in their water because of the stress of a new home. Shortly after putting them in their quarantine crate I noticed they are both wheezing and...

anyone here from south east Spain? I'm in Dolores, Alicante, Comunidad Valencia

I am at the beginning of realising my dream of having a small flock (4 birds) to share my life with and my garden. Am toying with the idea of getting Cochin chickens. I've found a breeder who will sell me 4 birds, 6 weeks old, vaccinated, but he will not guarantee that the 4 birds are all...

I got four 3 day old chicks last Sunday (5 days ago) They are in a brooder with an ecoglow 20 heater. The brooder is a dog crate, inside the house in a room 66ºF. They have free choice of normal chick starter and fermented chick starter. The water is changed 3 times a day and has a drop of raw...

one of my four chicks died yesterday. The chicks are 6 days old today. I've had them since they were 3 days old. They are in a brooder with a brinsea ecoglow heater. I was wondering about calling the breeder to ask him if he has another from the same hatch (so same age) that I can replace the...