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As you all know, I am Pekin Hen( Annette Minny). I just wanted to post a topic for all my BYC friends so that all of you can know me and my chickens better! We are in South Africa, Free-state, Harrismith. My family is my mom, dad, 2 uncle's, 1 aunt, 2 grandma's, 1 grandpa, me( turning 14 in...

I am sick and tired of trespasing pets and wild predators! Some of my beautiful chocins had to sacrafice their tiny lives to predators and pets, and this won't be going on any more! My dad had a great idea! He spun electrical wires around the coop and chicken run( on the outside of the fence)...

Many people on this forum i see live in America, not in many other places. Well i live in SA (South-Africa)- Freestate-Harrismith. Is there anyone on this forum who lives in South-Africa, mabe in the Freestate, or may i be the only one??? 0 0...

My one Chocin started to lay, but there is a tiny problem. She is laying realy tiny eggs! The eggs are about 1.5cm tall! About 1/6 of a normal Chocin egg!!!!!! She lays about 1-2 eggs a week. At first i thought it was normal, because i know some hens lay tiny eggs if they start to lay for...

I am realy in need of advice , please!!!!! My one Chochin hen just last weekend , had 2 chicks (that is very healthy). Yesterday i saw that two of her toes (on both feet) were bleeding , i just thought that she brused them. But today i saw that she was PEKING HER FEET , RAW!!! She is literary...

I really need some advice!!! My one hen has 5 chicks and they are about 8 - 9 weeks old. Now one of my other hens started to lay her first eggs. I worked out that they( the chicks i already have) will be about 13 - 14 weeks old when the new chicks hatch. Do you think the hens will fight and...

I have a Pekin hen that's 8 months old and not a single egg!!! I saw my rooster mate with her 3-4 times and still no eggs have been layed. Does anyone have advice or an explanation to this??? Annette.

When do Pekins start to lay eggs? My 2 hens are almost 8 months old and they are still half of their mom's size! Need advise please! Annette.

This is such wonderfull news you wouldn't believe me! The other night i was watching "How it's made" on Discovery channel , when they showed how to hatch chicks. When they are hatched they must be separated , male and female , and how to separate them they look at their wings. If the little...

Hello , i am new here my name is Annette . I just love reading your posts and messages , they give me so much ideas for my pekins! We were just finished building our coop when my one hen started to incubate on 9 eggs! Three weeks later the eggs started to hatch. 8 came out , 3 died and 5 are...

I am sooo excited, my pekin bantam hen's egg's started to hatch! You can hear the babies chirping! And i am new here and i just love this place! Annette.