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I have two 4 month old bantam Cockerells (pekin mix) who are currently living separately from the rest of the flock where they can't see the hens. I will be looking at introducing them within the next few weeks and the goal is to keep both of them so long as we have no major problems. My...

Hi, We have just collected some hens from a charity. They were caged and are in pretty shoddy condition. This one has a growth on her head and just want to get some opinions. Thanks 😊

Rocky (black and white) is safe to say a roo! I'm not sure about Tumble (Gold), though. They are the same age but Tumble's legs and stature are much shorter. Any thoughts would be really appreciated!

I have a flock of Khaki Campbells and most of them are around 6 or 7 years old. Today I got home from work to find two dead on the ground in different parts of the garden. One was on its back under a shrub and the other was face down in the grass. No mark on them or any feathers around so I'm...

Hi, We have 3 indian runner ducklings that are from hatching eggs purchased locally. I'm just curious what colours they may turn out to be?

Hi, I have a single peachick due to hatch (long story) next month and wanted to get some advice I know to keep it in a brooder for 6-8 weeks and what to feed it but I'm in two minds whether to rehome it. If I did keep it I would try my best to find another peachick of a similar age. We have...

Long story short, I went to collect some Indian runner hatching eggs today to put under my broody muscovy hen. We were also given a peafowl egg for free (I said no but was outvoted 😂 ). The plan is to put them all in the nest at the same time but I'm not sure what the best thing to do is once...

I've got a broody muscovy 2 weeks from hatch day and I'm planning to take the ducklings and put them in a brooder. She hatched some last year and is a great mum (aggressive, though) but in order to keep them safe from rats and buzzards I had to keep them in a shed. Mum duck lost weight and...

I have 3 Khaki Campbells, 1 Indian runner and 3 Muscovy ducks and all came into lay for the first time this spring. For a while we were getting 4-7 eggs each day but recently we only get 3 at the most (sometimes none). I know it's mainly the Muscovies and the occasional Khaki who are laying...

I hatched 1 khaki out of 6 shipped eggs a couple of months ago, 4 of the eggs were deaths with only 2 days to go. I put this down to having damaged air cells. Now I had 6 muscovy eggs from my own flock and it looks like, again, I'm only going to get one hatchling. I did have problems with the...

Do you raise it on day 18 (chickens)/25 (ducks) or do you raise it on the day they're due to hatch/when they internally pip?

I have 4 duck eggs on day 21 in the incubator. They've just been weighed and 3 have lost 8.6%, 9.4% and 9.7% so are on track for next week. However one has lost 13.9%! This is the largest egg which weighed 72g at the start and now weighs 62g. Should I be worried about this?

I have 4 duck eggs in the incubator on day 14. They're shipped eggs and all have saddle shaped air cells but I've noticed one in particular has an air bubble within the air cell. It looks like there's fluid in there. This is a picture of the egg (from day 10) this is the shape of the air...

I got 6 Khaki Campbell duck eggs in the post which, right now, are on day 10 of incubation. They all have saddle-shaped air cells (some worse than others) and 4 are developing. They're being incubated upright and turned 45° 3 times per day. Should I lay them down in the last week (the air...

Hello, I have 4 corturnix quail hens living outside and fed on ad-lib turkey growers. They're less than a year old and haven't started laying coming out of winter, we get around 12 hours of daylight here now. There are a few feathers around and they're looking scruffy but is it usual for them...

I've recently bought a janoel-10 incubator as my trusty broody muscovy passed away a couple of months ago. I've got it set up with a hygrometer and additional thermometer and it's reading 45% humidity and 37.5°c and keeping steady. 6 khaki campbell eggs are arriving in the post tomorrow so...

I've recently bought a janoel-10 incubator as my trusty broody muscovy passed away a couple of months ago. I've got it set up with a hygrometer and additional thermometer and it's reading 45% humidity and 37.8°c and keeping steady. 6 khaki campbell eggs are arriving in the post tomorrow so...

I have a Muscovy duckling on day 35 who pipped externally 2 days ago. It was under my Muscovy hen but she has given up on the eggs (a Khaki egg was snuck into the nest without me realising, it hatched last week and the mum is wandering off with it now that it's older and more active) 2 of the...

Hello, I bought 3 female Corturnix Quails in June and they lived happily together until a couple of months ago. One of the quails attacked another and seriously injured it. It was bald, covered in blood and I thought it had lost an eye as it was so swollen. I moved the injured quail into a...

Hi, Posted a question about quails here, realised afterwards it's the wrong forum. Struggling to find how to post new threads as using the mobile site.