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My hen keeps sneezing and not eating very much- I have started to use new bedding could my hen be allergic to this or not?

My hen keeps sneezing and not eating very much- I have started to use new bedding could my hen be allergic to this or not?

Thank you Sumi- i will see how she gets on tomorrow. I dont want to be too hasty but worried that if she has no maternal instinct will she show the chicks how to feed n find water. My last broody dorking hen which has hatched 8 chicks 3wks ago is such a fantastic mum, i was even thinking of...

Thanks. Will set up the brooder now.

Hi, I have a (first time mum) broody Dorking hen which has been sitting on eggs for the full 21 days. The first chick hatched earlier today, but my broody doesnt seem to have any maternal instincts. If the chick pops her head out from beneath the hen, mum pecks at it ( and this hurts as i have...

Hi, I have a (first time mum) broody Dorking hen which has been sitting on eggs for the full 21 days. The first chick hatched earlier today, but my broody doesnt seem to have any maternal instincts. If the chick pops her head out from beneath the hen, mum pecks at it ( and this hurts as i have...

Hi, I have a (first time mum) broody Dorking hen which has been sitting on eggs for the full 21 days. The first chick hatched earlier today, but my broody doesnt seem to have any maternal instincts. If the chick pops her head out from beneath the hen, mum pecks at it ( and this hurts as i have...

hi looking at your photos i think the chick is a cockerel as i hatched maran chicks and the pullets came out with tail feathers and i notice that at 2 weeks

thanks redsoxs

thanks

Hi i have 2 dorking which have both gone broody the 1st has just hatched her 2ND sitting of 8 french maran chicks this year and last year she hatched 5 welsummers chicks she is a good mum and the other dorking is sitting on her 1st nest of eggs (welsummers) dorking with her 8 french maran...

Hi I was wondering if i could feed brewers grain to my hens as I can get it free

Hi, we bought the eggs at a farmers market for our broody Dorking to sit on. They were all from 1 batch bought which were described as French Maran eggs- was wondering if this was a type of Maran chick or not???

Any ideas how to tell the sex of my week old chicks??? Does anyone know why 1 chick is yellow compared to the other 7??? ( it hasnt got feathery legs either unlike the others) Many thanks.

hi looking at your photo it looks like a cockerel to me as long in the leg

many thanks redsoxs, will try posting some pics now.

Hi, i am new to this site but i have been keeping chickens for the last 5 years. I currently have 2 broody hens and 1 that has just hatched out a clutch of 8 french maran chicks. I would like to know if anyone has any ideas how to sex the chicks????

hi looking at your photos i would say from the 1st photo, the chick on the right is a male.