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I love this idea! I have frozen a watermelon quarter for the same reason, but even though they love watermelon they won't eat it frozen. Because of this, I haven't tried any other frozen fruits or veges. Is it because it's hard and perhaps too hard to peck at or too cold for their beaks? Any...

I'm here! My name's Bron and I live just south of Perth. I have had chooks for about 9 years but by no means know it all! I'd be lost without all the good advice and articles I find on this site. Welcome and enjoy!

Soo glad I found this wonderful forum! It is like having a hen-owning friend with much more experience! Thank you all so much for your kind support and advice 😘

My Australorp x Rhode Island Red always lays eggs with thin shells. Once or twice a year she starts laying soft shelled ones for days at a time. I was advised to give her calcium tablets for a week. Whenever ever she lays soft eggs I have found this treatment to be very successful (many thanks...

I would take her to the vet if you have a chicken experienced one nearby. Good luck, I know you couldn't bear to see her suffer and possibly die. It's very hard and I understand x

I look forward to them experiencing grass under their feet! Keep us up-to-date on their progress :D:love

My husband built a lovely big coop for our 5 hens which we call the "Taj Mahal" and most of the time it has been ideal despite being made of galvanised iron. However, we discovered over this last summer which was uncharacteristically hot that it had maintained the daytime heat and the poor...

They've been laying for at least 3 years. Nothing new in their diet either. Also, the other two hens don't get dirty bottoms. Those two are a bit younger though.

Thanks for your advice x

My friend has just rescued two hens from a neglectful owner. They both have the most severe cases of scaley leg mite I have ever seen (for which I am treating them), and are absolutely terrified of being handled. When he picked them up, there was a dead chicken in the chook house and there was...

Thanks for your reply Chicken Juggler. Your idea makes sense however, my other hens have fluffy butts but don't seem to have the same problem. Also, it's just started happening over the last couple of months, they were always clean before.

Two out of my four hens continue to develop dirty bottoms. I have wormed all of them and cleaned the two with grubby backsides, but it seems to keep happening. These two are eating, drinking and laying as normal, they just don't seem to be keeping themselves clean for some reason. Their poos are...

Thanks Howdydoodylady, I'll check it on Google :thumbsup

My Australorp Gertie pecks me every morning if I don't get the half cup of scratch I give them for breakfast onto the ground quickly enough!!! :lau

Scrambled eggs with sardines mixed in then topped with live mealworms!!!

If you give the girls oats, they're more nutritious and easier to digest if they're cooked 😄

I need some advice. Thanking all of you in advance for your help xxx

My beautiful Golden Laced Wyandotte seems to have a multiple bumblefoot, if that is a thing.

So sad for you and your beautiful rooster :hit Very mad though for your pathetic excuse for a vet :rant Change vets! :love