Recent content by calum678
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When do i start candling the eggs and when will i see results?
when using a broody hen youshould leave her, she has natural instinct and will kick out any unfertile eggs, only need to candle when using an incubator- calum678
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- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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What Gender is this Marans?
if you card her kneck feathers you will be able to check wether it is a hen or a cock?- calum678
- Post #33
- Forum: What Breed Or Gender is This?
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hen or rooster?
A way to check between hen or rooster is carding, get a card and place it underneath the kneck feathers, if the feather are pointed at the ends it is a rooster, if the feathers are rounded it is a hen. The pointed feathers are defence feathers for when the rooster flares out his kneck feathers...- calum678
- Post #3
- Forum: What Breed Or Gender is This?
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Do geese break / eat eggs?
Geese do eat chicken eggs, it is quite clear to them that the egg is not their own, i have even witnessed my geese clamber through the small hole on my chicken shed and raid the nest boxes! i researched into it to see if it could be due tothem being hungry, but i was told that they find an egg...