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Okay, basically I'm fed up with not being able to find the words in my dictionaries, so I thought I'd start a thread where people who speak other languages can put up useful chicken-related words. This really started when I was letting the chooks out this morning. You see, I talk to my pets in...

A few days ago, I noticed that one of my chicks, about 6 or 7 weeks old, was dragging one foot behind and not putting any weight on it. I separated from the others and put it in a bird cage by the house for a few days, and during that time, it always had one foot curled up in a ball and limped...

I guess this isn't a problem a lot of people are having, especially at this time of the year as it's winter in the Northern Hemisphere. However, it is the middle of summer here in Australia and it was forty-three degrees today for me. I rather quickly discovered this isn't a good temperature...

I went out this morning. I was out about 3 hours, and my stupid father thought it would be a BRILLIANT idea to move TWO WHOLE BROODERS of chicks outside INTO DIRECT SUNLIGHT and WITHOUT WATER. And it's about 30* Celsius today - in the shade! I don't like to think how hot it is in direct...

Today I noticed one of my hens, Suzy, had a rather odd-looking foot. Upon closer inspection, it looks like this: Obviously this isn't good. She doesn't seem to be having any trouble walking and to be honest I would have missed it if she hadn't been quite close to me (I dread to think how...

I'm not sure where to put this thread, but here goes: Well, as you may surmise, I hatch chicks. A lot. Over the past two months I have hatched about 100 chicks. Today, I got a bit of a surprise. Well, apart from waking up this morning to find ten little chicks wandering around the incubator...

I have a broody Leghorn bantam at the moment, under whom I would like to set some eggs. But I've never incubated 'naturally' before (I have an incubator), and the only fertile eggs I have at the moment, however, are regular-sized ones - the mothers are a mix of Sussex cross, Ancona, ISA Brown...

I am sad to report the loss of three birds last night due to a fox attack - the first in over a year. The fox broke in to the rooster's yard. Bard (light barred Plymouth Rock), Domino (black and white Frizzle), and Wimpy (buff Frizzle) were lost. Forensics (aka my mother and I), determined...

... Except I can't call it a 'chook run' because that would be politically incorrect. My sister's ducks are going to live there, too. This is been a long, long process. The actual building started three weekends ago, on the coop (a 1.5m x 1.5m fowl shed from Bunnings... those instructions are...

Just wanting some opinions on two of my mystery chicks, now 6 weeks old. They're pictured at two weeks and at six weeks. Here is Big Bird: Some random facts about him: - clean legs (no feathering on legs) - 4 toes on each foot (3 toes and a 'thumb') - strawberry combe - combe is very big and...

I'm a little worried about something I've noticed with my littlest chicks. It started with one of them dying last Sunday. Well, maybe it started a little before then. Wriggle had clubfeet but they were actually getting a little better - they may have healed completely but she died at four days...

One of my chicks is very small. Maybe you've read me talking about Nemo somewhere else. I don't think I've ever said the whole story so I'll start at the beginning. About three weeks ago, I finally purchased the Welsummer chick(s) I had been searching for for ages (rediculously hard to find...

So, I was just sitting and watching television with my mother and sister, one tiny Welsummer chick in my hand. Nemo was the victim of a harsh pecking order about a week ago and has an injured wing which is healing nicely but I have my doubts as to whether she'll ever have full mobility of it...

Hi! I set 48 chicken eggs this morning. Anyone else setting eggs today? I got a new incubator a few weeks ago so this is just a trial run to see how well it works - hopefully something will hatch! I'm pretty excited as I haven't hatched chickens since I was seven years old (admittedly about...

Reading through the "Chickenstocks, Shows, and Meet-Ups" forum, I noticed that a lot of the notices about poultry shows are for America. This makes the information somewhat redundant for me, even though I love going to poultry shows, because I live in Australia. So I'm starting this thread for...

The flyer reads: Lobethal Poultry Club's POULTRY SALE Sunday, 6th May 2012 Mt Pleasant Show Grounds Poultry Pavilion WIDE VARIETY OF BREEDS: (Please Note: Poultry Only) * Back Yard Egg Layers * Bantams & Waterfowl * Meat Lines * Exhibition Birds * Breeding Pens Sale Commences at 8.30am-1pm...

Okay, I have six SilkieXFrizzles, about seven weeks of age. I have my suspicions about one of them being a rooster, but they others I don't know and to be honest I'm not sure about any of them. I'd like to know or at least have a better idea of what sex they are, if anyone can help. First up...

I feel a bit like a dumb newby to chickens when I ask this, and I guess I am. I originally posted this question on the "Dumb Question Central" but was encouraged to ask it here. So, here goes: Is it possible to sex chickens for sure before they start crowing/laying? I don't know how to...

Originally entitled, "L'histoire d'une caille". I had to write this in French class but I thought I'd post it because it's talking about MY quail (okay, it could be any quail). The word limit was 80 (just a short exercise in tenses, apparently). The word count in my French version is about 106...

My female quail is looking pretty poorly. I noticed it at lunch time, but as I was out all morning she could have been like this for a while. She seemed fine when I fed her this morning though. Symptoms/signs: - panting & quaking, like her entire body is shaking and her beak is open. - head...