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My dominant hen has lots of bald patches, above and below her tail all round her bum and belly. The skin looks perfectly normal and new feathers are starting to come through, its just the amount of feathers she's lost I'm worried about. Her...

i have 3 lohmann hybrids that are a year old, i've recently added 6 chicks (14 weeks old) to my flock which seem to be getting on ok. one of my adults doesn't seem to like the chicks but now i think she's gone broody. she normally lays within 10 minutes then goes out with the rest of them, but...

I have 7 3 1/2 week old chicks, not sure what breeds they are but two seem to have more of a comb than the others, i will try to upload photos. Any ideas????

I started off incubating 18 eggs, threw 10 away that weren't fertile or died before day 18, and was left with 8. Out of the 8 that were ok I put them into lockdown, I am now on day 23 so I decided to candle them. Out of the 8 that I candled only 3 were moving and chirping so I opened the 5 that...

I am on day 21 of incubation, one of my chicks started pipping yesterday and by last night had zipped the whole shell. but this morning nothing had changed so I checked on her and she had died. She had zipped all the shell but she was facing downwards towards the bottom of the incubator, this...

this is my first time incubating eggs and they are on lockdown, it is day 20 and one of them has pipped. How long do I leave it until intervening? She pipped about 6 hours ago then made the hole a bit bigger about 3 hours ago, just wanted some advice as I'm really excited and don't want her...

My eggs are currently in lockdown, but I've had to open the incubator as the water had all gone. Please help, have I ruined them? Will they still hatch? I opened it really quickly and the humidity went down to 51%

I have 3 lohmann hybrid females, I have noticed in the past couple of days that their bums are looking a bit yucky, their vents are clear but the feathers are all manky. They do not perch when they sleep, they have always slept on the straw huddled together (out of choice, there are perches...

I am currently on day 13 incubating 11 eggs, I cannot put them in with my chickens as mine are rather territorial and don't take well to newbies. I have 3 lohmann hybrids that are 9 months old, when I bought them they had been vaccinated. I am unsure as to whether I need to have the chicks...

How often should i worm my chickens? I live in england so the weather isn't the warmest and I clean out their droppings everyday and have never seen anything in their pooh, I have 3 lohmann hybrid hens, they are 9 months old. Their pen is covered so no other birds can get to them. They lay...

I've just got back from getting my kids from school to find the temperature in my incubator had risen to 101.8*F, have a killed my developing chicks? I'm on day 13, but was only out for about 1/2 an hour. Please help, really worried now!!!

I started off incubating 18 eggs 12 days ago, I candled them at a week and threw 7 away as they weren't fertile. Out of the 11 I have left 9 seem to be growing well, when I candled them today I couldn't see much in the 9 (about 3/4's inside is dark with good veining) but the other 2 seem to be...

I am getting my brooder ready for my chicks but am not sure about the light needed, I am using a 20w energy efficient bulb in my incubator, 1 - Will I need a higher watt bulb for the brooder? 2 - Will straw or hay be ok or should i use wood shavings? 3 - Do I need to put a lid on the...

I am currently incubating 18 eggs, I am on day 11 of incubation and am pretty sure 7 are infertile, when should I remove these? When I've candled them I can't see any growth only a slightly darker circle that I'm positive is the yolk. Please help, this is my first try at hatching chicks!!!!!

Hi all, I'm on day 7 of incubation, I'm incubating 18 eggs and can see growth in 11 of them. How long should I leave the others before removing? I don't want them going rotten and exploding and ruining the live ones. A couple of them are quite dark and have speckled shells and I've read that...

I've recently decided to incubate some eggs, they've been in my home-made incubator for 4 days now, but on the second night while i was asleep the light bulb blew and the temperature dropped to 74*f. I had to get up at 5 for work, so the light had not been off for long, will this have affected...