Lewis Dr Chicken

I still have spaces on my Getting More from Keeping Chickens course at @denmarkfarm this month Come along to learn about anatomy and physiology and how it relates to chickens health, parasites and preventing disease 🐓 denmarkfarm.org.uk/events/keeping…

Update from Animal and Plant Health Agency this afternoon 🐔 Avian Influenza housing measures for poultry in England and Wales will be lifted from 9th April 2026. Mandatory biosecurity measures will remain in place See gov.uk/birdflu for info

We freerange our breeding group of Orpingtons in our orchard. We go out of our way to provide things to keep the chickens interested. These ladders leaning against one of the cherry trees provides the perfect "Jungle Gym" for the chicks. It's also fun to watch them.

It’s a new chicken day 🐔 These are 3 Cream Legbar x Orpington’s so I’m looking forward to seeing how they grow - should be chonky blue egg layers

Alien egg alert! One of our girls laid this bumpy egg today, the tiny dots are calcium deposits which can happen as they start laying for the season Have you had any alien eggs recently?

@JenniferLaChap6 omg! Is that an eglu hiding under that snow?

@DrChicken I’m getting about one a week. I have 3 hens. It’s been a hard winter here.

Spring has sprung 🥚🌻 Now the days are getting longer our girls have started laying today - have you had eggs yet?

Another 168 hens rehomed in Sutton Coldfield with @BHWTOfficial this afternoon 🐔

Don’t forget from 1st Oct all bird keepers in England/Wales must register their flock with APHA 🐔🐔 This has been in place if you have 50+ birds for years & is being done to help manage any diseases including bird flu & limit spread in case of outbreaks gov.uk/guidance/regis…

We lost Audrey our 12 year old Cream Legbar a couple of years ago and I miss blue eggs. Think we need a blue egg layer and a really dark brown from a Marans It’s been so long that I’ve bought pullets - where have you bought birds from recently?

I was today years old when I found out owls could swim 😳

Oh no…Daphne’s spotted the cakes!

Productive day at @BHWTOfficial Sutton Coldfield building our new shed for rehoming days 🐔

Spring has sprung and the chickens have started laying this weekend 🥚🐣🥚 Happy Easter

We have a last minute rehoming date with 100 ex commercial hens from @BHWTOfficial looking for homes in Sutton Coldfield on Sunday 14th Jan 🐓 For info and to rehome hens see bhwt.org.uk/volunteer-team…

@oldmommatajuri I’ll message you 😊

@DrChicken I very much believe in learning so you can do it alone so I'm thankful for the help or advice of others. Guess I need a poultry vet guide 😁 will post any issues but for now he's deflated and quiet. Hope he can go to momma tomorrow.

@hensforhire @TheFloofLady any chicken person. One of my month old chicks has ballooned up this morning and ive never seen this..like air pocket on one side..my birds freerange but at night I put momma and babies to a room for safety from rogue cats. I thought it was just

@oldmommatajuri If you have no vet I would try and see you can use a needle to see if it is air

@DrChicken Yes thank you..it's very airy like a taunt balloon but I don't think I have any large gauge needles. Lots of needles due to T1D daughter..

@oldmommatajuri If you touch it does it feel like fluid or air inside a balloon? Could be a ruptured air sac if it feels like air

Eating well and growing till I got a closer look. I hand feed them so momma and babies come to me.

I’ve not worked in a poultry shop for a few years so not sure what’s around now Looking for a new drinker, large volume that you fill with a watering can from the top - not a twist off and flip upside down job - any recommendations please?

@HenCorner This is amazing Sara 😍

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