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Hi, I didn’t read every reply so not sure if someone already suggested this.. I had this same problem last year with several different breeds at different times of year, different hens. 70-80% cockerels in every batch! I was also venting this frustration to a lady who bred RIR as I was buying...

Hi all, I hatched out a batch of eggs from a Sussex rooster and Australorp and Sussex hens. They’re at 3weeks now, and half the batch look like little Sussex and half look like little Australorp. Am I right to guess the Sussex looking chicks would be pure bred, or could some still be half...

Great, thanks. I'll see how they do. Would love for red to raise the babies as she's such a friendly chilled out chook. Let's me pat her and check the eggs while she's on the nest. She's my favourite!

Thanks sumi. My ducks sleep on the floor of the coop and chooks sleep on the perches. Mum is in a nesting box off the ground right now. Do you think if I move her and the ducklings to the ground for the ducklings safety that the other ducks might bother them?

Hi all, I have a RIR sitting on some of my Indian runner x duck eggs. They are 1 week off hatching (I've candled and they are in there). My question is- do I leave the ducklings with the chook to be raised or do I take them away from chook to a brooding box once fully hatched? If I take them...