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The nasty death of a naughty chicken

July 4, 2011
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If you ever thought keeping chickens was an idyllic life of waking to their gently clucking and collecting fresh eggs for breakfast – and nothing more – then think again. Chickens are well-known cannibals. If any other bird in the flock has a prolapse and you don’t get to it quick enough they’ll peck at [...]

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We return from holiday to find Hitler Hen has died

February 27, 2011

We return from a week away to discover that one of our favourite chickens has died and another has a prolapse. It’s been a tough few months for our flock.

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Gabby the chicken heads for the coop in the clouds

January 23, 2011

Our favourite chicken was puffed up and sleepy, so we were pretty sure she didn’t have much longer to live, but her death was still cause for sadness in the coop.

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Another chicken pops out… from behind

January 8, 2011

No sooner had we cured one chicken of its prolapsed bum and felt rather proud of ourselves for reintroducing her to the flock than another one succumbed to the same fate. This one wasn’t so easy to deal with.

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The prolapsed chicken is getting better

December 28, 2010

Our hen with the prolapsed vent is making good progress after four days of TLC and regular applications of Germoloids.

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One chicken, one prolapse, one tube of Germoloids… ugh.

December 24, 2010
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One of our chickens has had a prolapse after becoming egg-bound. We’ve had to push her insides back in the vent and apply Germoloids. Fingers crossed.

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The new feeder and drinker are saving both waste and time

November 2, 2010
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Since putting the new feeder and drinker into the chicken compound we have cut down on waste and the amount of time we have to spend looking after them.

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Our chickens are moulting heavily

October 31, 2010
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Two of our chickens are losing their feathers as they moult, while the other chickens help by plucking them out and eating them. The poor things are really feeling the cold.

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Mucking out the chickens

October 6, 2010

The chickens’ compound was starting to smell – it was time to dig out two years’-worth of droppings and use them to fertilise the plot. It was a smelly, messy job.

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The chickens go back undercover

September 28, 2010
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Three weeks of bad weather have left the chicken run rather waterlogged, so reluctantly we’ve put the tarpaulin over their compound again.

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