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We had a lovely wake up this morning, bless him he crowed!

Thanks again for help.

Hi Thank you for the repies, we have a large roaming area with a hen house that can fit 6 birds - only have 4 including cockeral. We keep him seperate, I hand reared him so I think this didn't help. I'll try introducing him to one hen at a time shortly and see how we go.

Hi I have a 25 week old cockral, he won't integrate with my 3 hens who vary from 2 years to 1 year in age. Everytime we try to put him in he looses his tail feathers, they gang up on him and relentlessly peck him till he bleeds. Any way I'm happy to keep him seperate but he has stopped making...

Hi Can I just ask if a cockeral stops his daily song because he was hen pecked, is he likely to start again?

No, not at all. This chicken was unwell a few weeks ago, I thought I'd lost her but she picked up. But now she's doing this.

Morning, I have a chicken red domestic hen who's had very watery poo, this morning she hasn't moved from water, keeps drinking and then falls asleep. She's got a lovely red head and tails up but there's def something up. Any ideas?

Just an update; We've started getting eggs again, only a couple but so glad they're coming through the stress they've been going through.

Thank you for the responses! I wouldn't mind if they'd stopped, I'd love them just the same.

Only just started adding it when laying stopped, thought it would help. I'll stop it then. I thought it might be stress, they look as healthy as ever. Lovely and red.

They have layers pellets and get to forage in the garden a few times a week, normally in a large run as we have foxes in our area. I fortify their water with calcium and use a herbal wormer.

Hi Can any one help, I've introduced 18 week chicks to a coop where there was two chickens aged 2 years. They had laid eggs until the new additions, now we haven't had eggs for two weeks - could this be down to stress?

I have one remaining chick out of three, two had to be put to sleep by my vet due to ill formed legs! The one left is nearly three weeks old and a joy. I'd love to post photos not sure how.

Hi Thats just terrible news, I'm in London e4, we have foxes too. They're an awful nuisance. Keep us posted on the eggs.

Well done!

Two out of three chicks now hatched, thanks to the advice of this forum, I've had a text book 21 day incubation and hatch. Third chick is coming along and should hopefully be hatched by morning.

A break in the egg shell!! I'm trying to get home from work to see it!

Morning, One eggs chirping, not very often but def heard chirping. It's day 21 today so far text book signs that it's coming along!

2nd attempt at incubating, day 19 tonight and just saw my 1st egg wobble. This new hobby is very addictive!

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