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I was wondering if anyone has ever tried installing a door that is always locked, but that the chickens can still pass through. For example those cat doors that only open for a cat with a magnetic 'key' on its collar. I like the idea as I like to let my chickens free range but their time is...

My hen is 4-5yrs old, an RIR bantam, still lays almost every day unless moulting. She's always been a skinny bird, but recently I noticed she's extra thin even for her. She still acts normally and is top of the pecking order. They are regularly wormed (half the reason why I noticed she was thin...

The other day my mum boiled some of my 3yr old RIR's eggs and when we cut them in half, the yolks were all swirly, the colours were yolk colour, but light yellow and her normal orange yolk colour swirled together. Mum didn't trust them and fed them to the dogs. The RIR is the only one laying at...

Here's the story. I have a first time broody hen with three chicks, one is bold, one is crazy-flighty, one is mellow. They are four weeks old, and living in a large rabbit cage as their 'broody coop', it has a wire floor but sits on the ground. My mum decided to move the broody coop today, by...

I have been with my partner for 7 1/2 years. He's was my first boyfriend, first kiss. We starting dating when we were 16yrs old, three days after we met (had mutual friends). Obviously we get along well, he proposed two years ago, so we are engaged. People will probably say I have 7yr itch but...

I welcome any ideas from anyone who has had a bird with a yeast infection in their crop. Or helped a severely malnourished bird gain weight. I have a cockatiel who was treated with antibiotics for two months for a respiratory infection. He has recovered from that now but about a month into the...

I've just realised how cheap second hand cubby's are. Look at this! www.ebay.com.au/itm/TIMBER-CUBBY-HOUSE-/170724744319?pt=AU_Toys_Hobbies_Outdoor_Toys_Structures&hash=item27bffcdc7f Only $100! I'd just have to build a run and install a chook door. Maybe replace a few windows with wire for...

I've read on here about people 'spicing up' their chicken feed to stop mice and rats eating it. I'm sick of hauling in the feeders every night, so how much of what spice should I put in a 20kg bag? Or should I just dose it out as I fill up the feeder?

Not sure if this belongs here, but... I am frEAK'n angry! Our property is on a slope, and last year the people who live behind us decided it was a good idea to empty their ENTIRE pool 'out the back' of their yard... right next the fence. Our yard is on the other side, so our backyard got...

I have 1/4 d'uccle, 3/4 ameraucana chicks. Both parents were completely black All three chicks came out with white and black fuzz, (one has a beak beak, one pink, the last pink rimmed) I figure the 'real' feathers would grow in black. Now they're a week old and sprouting WHITE 'grown up'...

I found a chick in my coop cold and not moving, heated him up to peeping/running around. I thought it was just because his mum is a first timer that he got left out so slipped him back under her (after dark) hoping all would be ok. I went back two hours later to here LOUD peeping, looked in and...

Update PG3, PG4 with photos! Got a message while at work today that my third chick had hatched. YAY I thought. Until two hours later when I got a message that mumma hen had decided it was chick moving time! The other chicks were born yesterday and the day before, so they'd be ok, but little...

Will a chick with white/yellow patches grow up all black? I assumed it would be like its mum and dad who were both black. He is 1/4 D'uccle 3/4 Ameraucana so Could this be a d'uccle colour showing up? Any predictions welcome! Here is chick here is (a bad pic of) bio-mummy The dad was also...

I have two pure bred hens that have been vaccinated with TRIPLEVAC (against Newcastle - Bronchitis B1 Type, B1 Strain, Mass and Conn Types Live Virus) and one EE mutt I'm not sure about. I will never have a flock bigger than 6 hens (except when growing out babies when it could get to 10) I...

I lost one hen to dogs, another to prolapse, which broke my heart Then bought a new hen who had been kept with a rooster and though "what the hey!" and put her first eggs laid here under my first time broody girl. I assumed she wouldn't last the distance but gave it a shot anyway..... Turns...

I've seen people with shallow water dishes with marbles in them so the chicks don't down. I don't know if my broody could drink from/get enough water from one. What do you use to water chicks AND their mother?

First the info: I have a first time PR broody with eggs due to hatch this weekend, the chicks will be EE's, almost definately black. I have a wonderful breeder who I have got perfectly healthy chicks from before who is hatching at the moment too. And the Question: The day the eggs hatch, if...

I have my first broody on eggs and she's got quite a pale comb. I found mites and treated her for them, so no sign of them anymore, I will be re-treating a day or two before the eggs are due to hatch. So my questions: Can a slightly paler comb be normal while brooding due to eating less...

I've heard of eggs hatching earlier than 21 days and later. I would like to know what is the earliest they will hatch. My broody mumma is in the main coop but it has two sections so I would like to lock her off during the "hatching days" so no one else attacks the babies. Then if everything...

I'm planning on renting soon and figure a raised coop and run would be the most appealing to a landlord as it won't damage any grass and hopefully stay more contained etc I'd like to see some of you picks for ideas on how I can build mine!