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Just a little update on my chicken babies! It seems I was lucky enough to get 10 hens out of the 13 chicks!

Looks like mites to me... When I checked her over quickly this morning, I couldn't see any on her, but I could only check her quickly cause she's not very quiet and doesn't like being held. There were heaps in the cat carrier (where she sleeps at night) though. I read somewhere that some mites...

Need help!! What's the best thing to use to treat for lice/mites? Just noticed that one of my little hens has tiny crawlies! None of my chickens have ever had them, but a few years ago, the chickens we had at work did, and they were treated with the wrong stuff and it ended up killing them! I...

So I noticed this morning that one of my Mumma Hens is squeaking when she breathes! She's wondering around, pecking and eating normally though. Her chickies seem okay as do all the other chickens... Anyone have any idea what it might be? I'm thinking I should seperate her from her babies but I...

Glad your hubby is well up his way @Teila! It's been raining at our place pretty much all day. Part of our yard has flooded. I ended up with one drenched rooster and one drenched little henny! The ducks are in heaven though!

I have stray cats at my place and they've never attempted anything with my chickens, even though they'll try to catch the wild birds that hang around the yard. I don't trust them with my baby chicks though, they're a little too little yet! Hopefully you don't have any problems

Interesting guesses! I have been thinking for a while that Silver is a boy but hoping desperately not! We've also been hoping that Squirt would be a girl but that comb is getting quite red! I'm quite certain that Storm is a boy as 'his' comb is red and he's got a habit of jumping on his mum and...

Lettie's full name is Chickaletta (my niece named her after the chicken on her favourite tv show at the time!) I like the name Lettie so much more! It sounds like Lettie and Beatrice have very similar personalities! I often call Lettie 'Little Queen'. She's a very spoiled little chicken who sort...

Beatrice is gorgeous!! She looks a bit like my Lettie =)

Sorry, I'm gonna overwhelm you all with pictures of my wee chickies... I know they're a bit young to tell for sure yet, but I'm curious to hear thoughts on which might be little ladies and which might be little men. They're currently/almost 6 weeks old (hatching between 4 - 8 Feb) except for...

@satay Sounds horrible!! I'm in Laidley and we were expecting some craziness but ended up with very little at all

That's horrible =(

@Teila Just realised that one of your black hens is named Cilla, like Cilla Black! Then realised that all your hens have names of singers! Only one I'm stumped on is Crystal...

Your hens are gorgeous! I'm fast becoming a crazy chicken lady!! My little chicks are the first I have ever hatched. I have 13 with 2 Mumma hens. I'm so in love with them at the moment!

Just wanted to update everyone on my little one... I ended up leaving the egg with the Mumma of the younger chicks and she accepted it fine. The wee bubba, who we've currently named Squirt, had hatched by Monday morning. We kept a very close eye on her during the first day, sometimes removing...

I put the wee one with the hen who's chicks hatched later. At the moment, she seems content to sit with it while the bigger chicks scratch and peck around her. I'm hoping it stays that way! Keeping a very close eye on it though

I found this https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/941138/grass-seed-in-bantams-eye on this site, though it doesn't offer too much. My bantam had a sore eye once. I just kept it clean (with warm salt water) and it healed up fine

How's your hen doing?

I've posted this in the main thread, but I think a lot of people on this site are from America so I thought I'd see if I can find some help here. I have a hen who's eggs weren't due to hatch until the Wednesday/Thursday that's just past (she started sitting 19 January). Instead the eggs have...