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A couple of 'extras' have moved in with my chickens - I haven't found their owner, so I'm thinking of giving them to a friend. Before I do, I wondered if anyone can identify the breed, and reassure me that they are girls. I've only got a decent photo of one of them - this is the more...

I've just bought an incubator and have set it up to make sure all is working correctly. The temperature seems stable between 37.5 and 38 but I can't get the humidity higher than 48%. The instructions aren't very clear - they imply that by filling all the water troughs the humidity should rise...

One of our chickens went broody last year and successfully sat on 6 eggs, hatched 4 chicks and we now have 3 beautiful 15 week old Silver Laced Wyandotte pullets and one stunning SLW roo. She went broody again a couple of weeks ago so I bought her 12 fertile eggs this time as she did such a...

I've been reading BYC forums for a while now and have decided now is the time to join. I've kept chickens for about 10 years and have recently progressed to buying fertile eggs for my broody chook which has been a lot of fun and a lot of learning! I currently have 7 grown ups (2 light sussex...