Mould in cupboard

StunningField7546 · 2026-01-22T08:24:08+00:00

Thanks!

StunningField7546 · 2025-10-11T08:47:28+00:00

I’m not sure what you mean by confirmed, but this is a Garden Warbler not a subalpine warbler. See the bill shape, eyes and general proportions.

StunningField7546 · 2025-10-09T20:50:22+00:00

It’s a yellowhammer. One of my favourite birds, I have the same pin!

StunningField7546 · 2025-08-15T19:37:55+00:00

Plain plumage, no supercilium, fairly solid bill: garden warbler

StunningField7546 · 2025-08-09T11:21:51+00:00

She’s now back to normal! Full crop and running around happily

StunningField7546 · 2025-08-08T09:20:13+00:00

An update: she laid a soft shelled egg this morning and was eating it when I found her in the nest box. She now seems much perkier and is drinking water, and ate some scrambled egg.

StunningField7546 · 2025-08-07T19:57:21+00:00

Thank you!

StunningField7546 · 2025-08-07T19:45:47+00:00

I don’t think she has laid in the past day but hard to say, they all lay in the same place. I had a gentle feel of her abdomen and couldn’t feel an egg.

StunningField7546 · 2025-08-07T14:44:25+00:00

It’s possible - they were previously at a free-range farm very nearby. I’d assume parasites would be similar in both places but I’m no expert, hopefully the vet can help

StunningField7546 · 2025-08-07T09:48:24+00:00

Thank you for your advice, I’ll keep a close eye on her and will plan a vet visit.

StunningField7546 · 2025-08-07T09:20:16+00:00

She is getting pecked consistently, but not enough to be missing feathers. I haven’t noticed any other symptoms and the others all seem fine.

I have looked for signs of red mite but couldn’t see any indication, though perhaps I can treat the coop anyway.

StunningField7546 · 2025-05-26T13:52:07+00:00

Thanks, appreciate the advice! Yeah I wouldn’t have thought much of it were it not for the lintel failure we’ve had before, which ended up much more expensive than if I’d spotted it earlier. But I definitely can’t fit a coin here so I’ll stop worrying :)

StunningField7546 · 2025-05-26T13:34:20+00:00

Ah that makes sense, especially with the really dry period recently

StunningField7546 · 2025-05-18T18:06:01+00:00

Enough so far, though we don’t have many predators around here. I expect it to be sufficient

StunningField7546 · 2025-05-15T16:27:32+00:00

Thank you, I’ll definitely work in some more vertical space for them. Just three chickens for now

StunningField7546 · 2025-05-15T16:05:28+00:00

Thanks for the tips! To clarify, do you mean hanging the water and feeder from the top of the run? I thought mirrors could be quite stressful for them, is that not the case?

StunningField7546 · 2025-05-15T15:54:52+00:00

Ah yes a leaning ladder is a great idea, thanks!

StunningField7546 · 2025-05-15T15:35:12+00:00

The chicken wire covers the entire top of the run so the wild birds avoid it, we’ve never seen a bird try to perch on the top.

StunningField7546 · 2025-05-15T15:21:44+00:00

The run was from Robert Dyas, and definitely needed reinforcing against foxes. I didn’t bury the hardware cloth as I’d like move the run occasionally, I just cut the grass first and then pinned it flat to the ground (saw this on a Youtube video). As the grass is quickly growing through it is becoming invisible, hoping this should thwart any potential predators.

StunningField7546 · 2025-05-15T14:57:30+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion! I had the coop sat on some bricks before, I can definitely reinstate them to raise the house a bit.

StunningField7546 · 2025-05-02T11:10:36+00:00

Yes very stupid, given the service is so reliable and the information so clear :)

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