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A long story short! (well shorter). On the 25th of July last year I went to a little village country show and saw a hen WITH SIX DAY OLD CHICKS!! But I managed to walk away saying to myself that if they were still there in the cold and wet tomorrow I would take them home! The next day came and...

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I don't really know where to start... Well I woke up a bit late so didn't open the shed where the brooder is so as its such a hot day it was unbearably hot in there so I thought I would put them on the grass in a guinea pig run (obviously not with the guinea pigs aha) well I sat with them and...

Wonderful byc people I have 5 chicks, 3 rhode island reds and 2 mixed breeds, that I am going to be naming! I don't know what gender they are but I would love to hear your chickens names and some suggestions as to what I should call my chicks but I must confess I love the idea of old lady names...

I've recently been reading about fertile eggs that people in the us buy from the 'grocery store' and was wondering if there are eggs in the uk that are fertile that you can buy from the shop! :) thanks in advance

Hi guys you've been so helpful so far, so I've got a question! This chicken coop (pic below) says online that it can house from 5 to 8 chickens I was just wondering how many it can really house, Thanks in advance Jack

What should the temperature of my brooder be with just hatched chicks as is and 30 degrees celsius and the chicks aren't huddling and they chirping away so as far as i am aware nothing wrong, but i thought theres no harm in double checking, thanks in advance Jack

Is there anybody that knows there stuff about Rhode Island Reds will to help me if so, I recently bought some Rhode Island Red hatching eggs off of ebay and I am now on day 19 so the time is getting near to having little fluff balls, today after reading about PR and HR variations of the breed i...

I was wondering what heat lamp people use whether you have expensive wire covered metal ones or just a cheap plastic bulb holder kind of thing as i'm just wondering if the expensive metal ones are really worth the money you pay for them and do you use the red bulbs or ceramic bulbs? Also what...

Hi, I'm going to be buying a incubator in the next few days and was wondering what would be best with a small budget. I'm thinking of buying a cheap Chinese janoel 12 off of eBay and am wondering what peoples experiences and hatch rates have been like with the cheap janoel incubators thanks in...

I'm planning on starting a flock though incubating shipped eggs so I was just wondering if anybody had any experience with shipped eggs and offering some tips! :) also wondering how many buff orpingtons is good amount to start with if I want about two dozen eggs a week and do buff orpingtons...