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Hi, We have three 12 week old roos which our broody hen hatched - she only hatched three - all boys! Anyhow, I can pretty much catch my four adult girls - they do the freeze and crouch thing. Although the baby roos have been with us since birth I cant pick them up! All the birds free range and I...

thank you for taking the time to reply. I dont think there is room in the original coop for another perch. What I find baffaling is that the chicks are pretty much the same size as the adults now and if they are boys then shouldnt they be asserting themselves? I guess it would help if I knew...

Please bear with me - this takes some explaining! I have seven chickens. Four are my original hens. One of the four was always bullied and so when she went broody and was impossible to break I have her some eggs from my friends hens (they have a rooster). She hatched three chicks which are...

Aw bless them. If they are all boys, what age would they need to be seperated. They all seem to get on fine right now, they huddle etc but every now and again two of them seem to have a bit of a stand off. Thank you for your answers.....

I have three 11 week old chicks which were hatched by a broody hen. Can anyone tell me their sex?

Hi, thanks for your reply. (I am in Ireland - so different time zone!!). I dont know if its cancker. I looks like a small abscess on the side of her mouth. It is swollen. She isnt showing any other signs of sickness - bright as a button. Beautiful bright red comb - I may ring the lady I...

Hi I am new to hens and have only had my two girls a couple of months. They have been totally free-ranging around the garden/driveway all day for the last week. Today I noticed that one of them had what looked like a stone in the corner of her beak. I picked her up and my husband gently...

Thanks I will do as you suggest, sorry for another question though. I only want to have three hens and I already have two. Should I get another two so that the new one doesnt have to stay alone for a month? Would she not be very lonely for a month on her own?

I do. I will have to work out how to up load them from my complicated camera! I was just worried that a third large hen would upset the two girls I already have.....

Thank you for your reply. This sounds really ignorant of me but I have on RIR and a similar sized white girl. She is pure white, I have forgotten her breed in the excitment of getting them - I got a bit carried away. I had waited a long time to get them! I was thinking of a Jersey Giant?? But...

Hi am am new to all this. I said hello as a new member on the 6th June and got a lovely welcome. Before I got my two hens I ordered a flat packed coop and run and put it up and was so distressed to see it was tiny (it was advertised as suitable for 6 hens, it barely fitted my two!) so have...

No, but I am from Co Wicklow!

Thank you for all your welcomes! You are a really friendly bunch. I am based in Co Wicklow, Ireland (hence the time lag in replying! )

Hello all, We are new! We just got our first two hens yesterday. (Tallulah and Ethel!) I have read bits here and there but really am totally in the dark about what I am doing. We have a large area of green field to the front of our house along the side of the drive way (1/3 acre) and I...