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I bought a old English game bantam 5 weeks ago. She seemed healthy when I bought her but after a week or so she started to sneeze very occasionally. Over the past week she has started sneezing more and her eyes are a bit watery. She seems to be limping a bit spending time sat down. Does this...

I've got 7 12 week old growers that my broody hatched out in January. At the moment they are in a separate coop and run to my 3 adult girls. I would like to put them all together as the growers really want to get out of the run. I've just finished a 1000sqft enclosure for them all and the adult...

I have 7 chicks that are 3 weeks old between today and Saturday. One of them has a much bigger comb than the others. Is this likely to be a boy? They are a farmyard mix from unknown parents. The one with the big comb is the only speckled one. What chance that the others are girls or is it too...

My chicks are nearly 2 weeks old. They have only had chick starter so far. They are in with my broody and she really seems to want to show them how to eat other things. When I go out to feed the others she wants to come out and tries to call the chicks to follow to eat the food. My big girls get...

What age will chicks be OK climbing up a ramp to the coop. Coop is 3' high and the ramp at a 46deg angle. They are currently shut in the coop with mama hen, but she wants to take them out and about. Also, what do I do about food if they do go out with the others. The big girls have layers...

My broody hatched a load of chicks last week. 2 came from blue eggs, 4 from brown eggs and one from a bantam. I know which chick is the bantam, but have no idea which of the other chicks came from the blue eggs. I can't even tell the other chicks apart as they all look similar. Is there anything...

I've read that some broodys can be a bit aggressive and not let people near their chicks resulting in chicks that aren't very tame. My broody however seems to be happy for me to be near her chicks and lets me handfeed them chick crumb. Is it OK to do this if she is happy? I hold my hand in front...

I'm looking for ideas on how to stop things digging into a chicken tractor. I built one last year with a wire mesh skirt to prevent digging, but its not very practical. Its hard to move it as I keep catching the wire and bending it. Also it takes a long time to unpeg it and then peg it all...

Hi, I'm living in the West of Ireland. I got 3 chickens in July this year. 2 have yet to start laying and the 3rd has gone broody. I'm currently trying to modify my set up for the broody to sit.