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My peahen is currently sitting on 5 eggs and we already have 2 hens (One hasn't reached sexual maturity yet so she won't be laying this year) and one peacock. We don't have the resources to manage many more than this so on top of selling the peafowl that are hatched this year we plan to eat one...

I just saw my peahen put her tail feathers up and court my peacock as he normally does with her. She was shaking them slightly like a dance as was chasing him around in a playful way (Not scaring him it was like playing). Ive never heard of females courting males before so I'm just curious if...

My hen is on about 15 eggs which are due to hatch within the next week and im in Australia, thankfully i am safe from the fires but the air is extremely smokes (500m-1k visibility) and im just worried about the chicks with the smoke. Is this something i need to worry about or will they be ok in...

I have a GLW hen who has been laying for about 3 months, at first we took the eggs from her to eat as the first clutch usually isn't fertile and we didn't want her to waste her time going broody but after a while, we started letting her collect eggs to sit on and by the time she reached 17 eggs...

3 weeks ago today my hen started sitting on 14 eggs, so they were due to hatch today but when i went down and felt under her when i saw that there was no chicks i noticed there wasnt many eggs there i pulled her off them for a moment and i noticed there was only 5 eggs left. I've got no idea...

So about 5 months ago my GLW hen hatched her first full clutch of eggs with 11 hatching , we took 4 into hand raise and left the rest with her, everything went fine and i've sold most by now but a few weeks ago in Australia we had a very cold week with temperatures down to -4C at night, and this...

My GLW hen hatched 11 chicks about 2 months ago, about a month ago 2 died from a predator (I'm not sure what took them they just disappeared and the dog when spastic like she does when something is bothering the flock) so he has 9 left and today i was doing a check up on all of them and i...

I've killed quite a few birds before and i did one yesterday (for eating) and the cleaver i was using had usually been fine, but i was doing bantams before and this was a full sized rooster, the blade wasn't strong enough to get through so unfortunately he had a bit of painful death but it was...

My golden laced wyandotte recently went broody on 7 eggs but about 2 weeks into incubation a hawk attacked the coop next to hers and killed 2 chickens this scared her off her eggs and died, after this i broke her in a wire bottom cage and it worked she went back to normal but then a couple days...

My family and i have just eaten 3 bantam roosters and there wasnt much on them, and im planning to eat the other 3 as well seeing as they are crossbreeds and unwanted so im just wondering whats the best food to fatten chooks on. Thanks in advance.

I recently got a glw hen for my rooster and she has gone through quite a change in climate with a average temperature of about 40c (105f) at her hold home and about a average of 30c (85f) where she is now. the location is also extremely different being about 300m higher than what she was before...

i've just a new glw hen and by the look of the back of her head the rooster she was previously with tried to mate with her quite a bit and he was a slw so i'm just wondering how long i need to collect eggs from her so when she goes broody and hatchers a clutch none wil be slw glw

I have 9 frizzle pekin chicks about 3 months old and i'm wondering if their face colour corresponds with their sexes. For example 4 have dark/purple faces like their dad and they tend to fight with each other and 5 have red faces and show more hen like qualities then the dark faced ones. SO does...

I have a golden laced wyandotte rooster who is extremely aggressive and in the 2 months i've had him the only progress i've been able to make with his aggression is that he is now afraid of ski poles. I have tried every method i can find on the internet, i've moved my most passive and tame hen...

I started incubating 12 cochin bantam eggs 3 weeks ago on day 19 1 hatched and died shortly after due to getting is head stuck in a small hole in the tray that the eggs were sitting on. later that night 2 more hatched and another 3 in the day. 3 eggs were not fertile so i was expecting 9 chicks...

My cochin bantam just hatched 10 cochin frizzle crosses and can someone please tell me how 2 completely white parents got yellow chicks with some black dots, and black and brown stripes. Sorry the photos aren't very good quality

My cochin bantam just hatched 10 cochin frizzle crosses and i noticed 2 or 3 have purple beaks while the other have normal coloured beaks. Is this normal for cochin frizzle crosses, does this mean they are unhealthy or are they like budgies and can be sexed by beak colour Thanks in advance

My Cochin bantam hatched 10 chicks yesterday and i noticed they are to small to reach the automatic waterer so i've dug a hole in the ground and placed a dog bowl in it then filled in the area around the bowl so its even with the ground the problem is the mother doesn't know where the water is...

My pekin bantam is on 10 eggs which are due to hatch on tuesday and 3 times now i have seen her off the nest having a dirt bath. This has just got me wondering if its safe to leave the chicks with her and if she'll protect them or if she'll just abandon them and i need to take the chicks off her...

Mu silkie who is the smallest in the flock is being bullied by my other chooks any way i can help stop this?