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Hi guys, I’ve never raised a polish frizzle from a chick before so am second guessing the gender of this little one. She’s bigger and sassier than my other polish chick and I’ve not ever seen one with her weird colouring. I haven’t been able to find much from searching about what a cockerel...

Hi all, Got this little chick as a sexed female but those little pink wattles have got me questioning her gender. I’ve never had wyandottes before, and she’s my only one being raised with two polishes so I have nothing to compare her with. I’ve read that with the pencilled wyandottes the males...

Hi all, I have an old girl (not sure of age but at least 5yo+ ) who has been really off balance the last few days. It’s been getting progressively worse and she’s started falling over and can’t get herself back up without help. She’s still interest in food and water and when I help her up she...

Hi all, I have a very old girl that I rescued two or so months ago and have been nursing back to health. She’s been going really well until maybe two weeks ago when she started coughing. The coughing seem to happen most when she’s eating too quickly or if she over exerts herself. She also...

Hi all, I got these tiny little Belgian d’Uccles as day olds and was told they were mottled (so would be black and white). They are now somewhere between 3-4 months old and are still all black. Will they get their spots as they get older/moult? Or will they stay black? I don’t mind either way...

Hi all, I recently had dinner at my parents house and noticed one of their hens wasn’t looking well. I ended up taking her home with me as I couldn’t leave her like this, as my dad doesn’t care that much about them (not neglected or anything, he just has them for eggs not pets). She’s an older...

Hi All, My sweet little polish hen is having trouble laying. She didn’t lay until around a year old (honestly I thought she would never lay as I suspect she’s not 100% all there haha). She’s been laying since September, and was completely fine and consistent the first few months. Over the last...

Hi all, Okay so I know it’s too early to know for sure buuuut I have a couple of Belgian D’uccle chicks that my broody hen has been raising . I bought them as day old sexed chicks from a very reputable breeder that I’ve purchased multiple chicks from in the past and the sexing had been 100%...

Hi all, I know it’s too early to tell for sure but was hoping someone might at least have more of an idea then I do! I got this little sexed female Pekin (or Cochin bantam I believe they are also called??) at a week old to put under a broody mamma, and “she” is now almost 4 weeks. She was...

Hi all, got given this little hen, Sally, after she was the lone survivor of a fox attack that took out her whole flock. Would love to know what she might be, mostly just put of curiosity as her previous owner had no idea! I had thought maybe a leghorn but she lays beautiful chocolate speckled...

Hi all, I got given a little cross beak chick for free about 6 months ago. The breeder initially wasn’t sure what she was as she was in the pekin pen, but suspected she may actually be a marans. Fast forward to now and she’s definitely a marans, I just would love to know what her colour is...

Hi all, I’ve noticed my handsome roos comb is purplish in colour at the back. Sometimes it looks more purple then others. He does have a huge comb and it only seems to be the pointy tip, so could it just be poor circulation? Or could it be an underlying heart problem or something.. he’s very...

Hi All, My ´araucana’ pullet laid her first egg yesterday and i am confused! She’s always looked different to my Araucana roo who is the same age (doesn’t have the puffy feathers, the white roo in pic) but assumed she had a different parent/parents however wondered if she maybe wasn’t pure...

Hi all, Needing advice on my two handsome young roos. Out of a recent lot of unsexed chicks, two ended up being Roos. We originally were not going to keep any but have ended up falling in love as are both very sweet boys 🙄 They are around 6ish months and hormones have kicked in a few weeks ago...

Hi all, My sweet little polish chick is having a rough time and I need help! Her hair, if that’s what you call it haha, is huge and has been since she was a few weeks old but recently I’ve noticed she’s having trouble seeing. She can spot food but gets really skittish if anything touches her as...

Wondering if anyone could help me identify my little day old chick. I went to pick up my little day old polishes and RIR bantam and when I was there the breeder told me she had a little Pekin with a wonky beak that looked as though she may develop scissor beak and would give her to me with the...

I bought home 4 day old chicks today, and noticed after our car journey one of my little polishes seems to have a sore eye that I didn’t notice before when I picked them up.. I’m wondering if it happened on the drive home or something.. is there anything I can do to help her??? It seems to be...

Hi, I’m needing advice on what to do next! A bit of background: My flock currently has 2 point of lay hens (around 18 weeks??) an australorp and an olive egger who haven’t laid yet but will any day. We got 3 day old chicks who are around 7 weeks now to add to the flock, however it’s looking...

Hi all, I did post a few weeks ago but would love to know any opinions/ideas on sex now that my chicks are older as the suspense is killing me! They’re almost 6 weeks now. I know they’re probably too young to tell still but I’ve seen people make pretty accurate guesses around this age so...

Hi, I just got this beautiful girl yesterday as my other hen lost her buddy suddenly. We were told she is an olive egger but has the chance to lay colourful eggs sometimes. Would love to know if anyone has any ideas about what breeds her parents are :) Thanks!