Recent content by Kim in Spain

I'm looking for answers on this too I have a hen laying on her side - however there are 2 differences: 1. She can kick well enough, and 2. She's about 3 years old. She's also absolutely starving! I noticed that she was struggling to walk more and more over the last day or two and at bedtime...

Just as a point of note, your chickens can die from the airborne dust - and they're used to it - so we humans are far more at risk from "foreign" bugs and germs! I use my coop for composting so it's very deep, but when i clear it for use i ensure my chickens can't access the area, to protect...

Thanks everyone for your warm welcome. 😊 Here are my latest additions, our dog, Brocky, and my beautiful boys: l to r Jack Black, Paxo, Foggy, Speckles, Too Beautiful for Words, Mischief ams Spot!

Muchas gracias (thanks for noticing!) Currently we're having a bit of a heat wave, between 38 and 40C (100F+ for oldies like me and our American friends) so plenty of chilled cucumber and melons for my chooks and well flushed water to get the scalding heat from the water pipes!

Hello all! My husband and I retired to Spain from England and bought an olive farm, acquiring chickens at the same time. Fortunately I'd kept chickens and bantams when starting at home with our 3 babies, the pleasure of which was shared with our neighbours, who'd bring their veggie offcuts and...

One of my boys, Jack Black, started stumbling today - he's OK going forwards - and can run when he sees a bit of "action" going on, but I don't think he's infected with anything, I'm quite confident he's been fighting. One thing cockerels are good at is hitting that 'sweet spot' on the back of...