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Hi all, I have some gold bearded silkie eggs in my incubator, we have 13 days left! I usually hatch out larger breeds like brahmas, orps so its my first time hatching smaller chicks. I have read a few times on different web sites that silkies like some other smaller breeds can hatch early. Is...

Hi, im just posting about my2 year old orpingtons. They have stopped laying and so I thought id give them a good check over for mites etc. They seem five other than the bit below their vent (their bum) it seems full of fluid and squishy. None of my others have this, I have brahmas and legbars...

This is 'honey bee' our lovely lemon brahma. We thought she was a girl, but lately her face is very red and her tail feathers seem linger, also her feet are huge and she stands very tall. Any ideas?

I have a 5 day old silkie chick that was rejected by my broody hen. I now know why, its way smaller than its sibling and after I seperated it it was eating as if it were starving, then started gasping for air. I could see a lump of food at the back of its throat so I got the tweezers and gently...

Ok....my broody was given 3 day old chicks to raise exactly a week ago. A friend of ours had a young broody that just left her chicks, they are the same age as ours. I suggested using my hen as a surrogate, so yesterday evening we snook them in....great! Everyone's happy, this morning still...

My faverolle,ruby has had a bald tail and back ever since I have had her (approx 8 months) we were told she was a favorite of the roo where she came from. She is adorable, and because of her problem has become very tame. I have tried everything, and still there are just a few (maybe 4) feathers...

My brahma is broody again, and I have 6 chicks that are almost 3 weeks old. She is a fabulous mother and has such a gentle nature, should I give her the chicks to rear? I have given her day old chicks in the past and she reared them but should I chance it with slightly older chicks?

I never thought id say it......but my rooster is fabulous! Today we introduced a new hen, a columbine we called 'rosie' and I am amazed!!! There has been no fighting.....at all!! 'Wizard' the rooster has it all under control....before we had him the hens would fight for a good few days to...

Has anyone else used the electric heat brooder(electric hen)? Two of my chicks have burns on their wings (shoulders) and they are average sized chicks, there are some smaller and some larger although they are all a week old. I have adjusted the broider so that one end is closer to the floor for...

Its sooo sweet to watch....he digs around and pecks in the dirt...then does the coo call thing, they all come running over and the top hen takes a dust bath! Wish my hubby did that for me lol!

I hatched some chicks last week and have decided to keep a few for myself, one of which I think is a roo. The chicks are currently under a heat lamp, I have always had my chicks raised by broodys so when will be the best time to introduce the chicks to the rest of the Flock? my broody was back...

Ok its day 19....my humidity has been running at 50% and I can't get my humidity any higher that 57%!! I have a small plate of water and a wet cloth in there but still 57%! Will the chicks hatch ok at this level of humidity or should i try something else? any advice/reassurance would be greatly...

OK.......so its day 17 and i just candled my eggs, humidity has been 50-55% so far. Chicks are fine, lots of movement but the air cells still seem small. has my humitity been running to high or am i just panicking. from the diagrams i have found on google,they look to be at around day 14 MAX. Am...

Ooooo! And breathe! were on day 16....and im so nervous! Its my first time and I candled earlier....7/7 are alive! (we had 3 unfertile eggs I tossed at day 7)the incubator is in the garage so that I can't keep messing! but will I need to constantly watch once they begin to hatch, or will they be...

Hi,I hope someone can help! I keep a mixed flock of brahmas, faverolles and orpingtons. Recently both my orpingtons have stopped laying a single egg! They are let out at 8am and as its now summer in the UK they don't go to bed until 9pm! They are fed good quality layers pellets and mixed corn in...

Hi, I am hoping someone can help me and stop me from panicking! My incubator has been set up for 3days, all fine, so I decide to try and hatch some of my girls eggs as its my first time! I placed them in the incubator yesterday, this morning the humidity was slightly low so I topped the water...

I just checked on my broody hen and her two chicks before I went to bed, and noticed the hen pecking at one of the chicks underneath her. I moved the hen and the chick was glued to the hens breast feathers by her neck with a tiny bit of poo!! I tried to hold them together and get my husband to...

five week old barnevelder

My hen has looked after 4 chicks that are now coming up to five weeks old, but now seems very fed up and restless. They are in the garage in a small coop with a day light, they are feathering up nicely and quite independent now but mum just wants to get out! They have clean bedding and plenty...

He/she was only 3 days old here but does anyone have any ideas? Or should I get a better pic?