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I CAN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS ON ANIMALS OTHER THAN CHICKENS/DUCKS/GEESE- I WILL TRY BUT THEY ARE NOT MY SPECIALIST SUBJECT- PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT BUDGIES, FINCHES, PARROTS, COCKATIELS OR OTHER 'EXOTIC' BIRDS. I can answer questions on pretty much all CHICKEN breeds, including fancy and bantam birds. I can give advice on how to get the best egg production, brightest yolk colours and darkest egg shell colours, breeding (using broody hens, not incubators), bird problems/illnesses. I can give advice on all aspects of basic chicken care but I breed chickens for my own pleasure only, I do not often show or sell my birds.
Experience in the area
I own and breed a wide range of chickens, but I speciallise in cochins and crevecour bantams; crevecours have a large crest (an afro!) so I can answer questions on problems concerning them; cochins have feathered legs, which leads to no end of problems which I have experienced! I also own a large flock of domestic, rescued 'battery' hens, and a single maran hen, Hilda, who is the matriarch of her flock, so I can give advice on how to get the best colour of maran eggs!
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| Rebecca | 07/02/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | Thank you so much! |
| ada | 05/25/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thanks you for the advice. |
| Benty | 04/13/09 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
Recent Answers from Abi
2009-10-28 Chicken Problem:
Hello Kali, Just have to say- 'Americana' is NOT a breed of chicken. Araucana is. They have a lot of interesting history :) This is something which a vet needs to look at- it will probably need to
2009-10-11 chicken wheezing:
Hello Dean, A couple of battery hens I rescued recently also ended up with this problem, after I had been treating them for coccidiosis. I think it's just a cold brought on by the weakness of their
2009-08-18 birdie pooping live maggots!:
Hi again, have you checked his bottom? Can you see the maggots in there? If you get a vet out they will just euthanise him, I hope. Please sort him out quickly as his quality of life will be so bad. Birds
2009-08-17 birdie pooping live maggots!:
Hi Varasha, This baby bird is going to die- please put him out of his misery as I expect he has had damage to his internal organs or cloaca, and flies have laid eggs on him. Please, please, if he hasn't
2009-08-05 5 WEEK OLD BUFF ORPHINGTON CHICK:
Hello Dena, Do not use anything on the eye which is not specifically for chickens. I suggest simply flushing it with a weak salt water solution. It is also worth getting her to the vets as if the eye
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