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Hi there i have a speckled sussex making a very funny noise it is a kind of croak sound like she has something caught in her throat i am very worried and dont know what to do!! Please help!!

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Note that the second egg has dates written on it so don't confuse that for veining.

Hello everyone I have a broody sitting on 6 eggs at the moment they are due to hatch this upcoming weekend and 3 are fertile (veining exetera exetera. ) so I bought the other 3 up to the house and candled them and did the float test 2 failed in the float test as they sunk but the other one...

just letting everyone know the chick hatched yesterday morning and is doing well.

Chick has pippef the egg so I left it I come back the next morning to find ants attaking it in the egg.

Thank you everyone for replying and giving all the good info. I will keep u posted

Thanks for your reply. I'm worried about making a small hole because it hasn't internally pipped yet. I'm also scared to help it out because this is my first time and I don't want to make the situation worse. Here is a photo of me candling the egg does anything look abnormal

Hi I'm not an expert on sexing but with silkies it is usually the comb that gives there gender away so keep and eye on that as they grow older. Here is a picture of my silkie roo at 4 weeks so you can compare

Hey guys I have a broody baby who is sitting on 1 precious egg but it is day 26 and it still hasn't hatched. I did the float test and candled it today everything was good and the chick was moving it the egg so it's not dead. This is my babies first time going broody and in the beginning she was...

is it best to separate a broody chicken if you want her to raise chicks because i have a silkie rooster and i'm not sure if he would get aggressive.