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    What gender do you think

    Yeah, give or take 3 days. Betty and Will hatched first, Fred the next day and Bam Bam 2 days later.
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    What gender do you think

    and the last nest mate ‘Betty’
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    What gender do you think

    Bam Bam, pullet?
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    What gender do you think

    This is Will, (was Wilma 😂) no doubt that he’s a cockerel!
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    What gender do you think

    A lady near where I live, in saddleworth, sold me some fertile eggs a barnyard mix from a mixed flock. I think the cockerel (father) is a Brahma.
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    What gender do you think

    Thought so 😆
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    What gender do you think

    1week
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    What gender do you think

    6 week barred rock cross
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    Integrating chicks into flock at 4 weeks old.

    So glad I found this thread. Was just about to build an adjoining run so that I could get my chicks used to being outside and near the adult hens. Thankfully I stumbled into this discussion. What a game changer! Put the chicks inside the main run in the cage we’d been using in the spare room...
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    I noticed you said a while ago in a post that you use bokashi. I wondered if you could tell me...

    I noticed you said a while ago in a post that you use bokashi. I wondered if you could tell me a bit more about it, there seems to be a lot of mixed opinions on here, but I have heard lots of good things about it, particularly for composting, but wondered how it works with hens.
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    swelling around eye

    There is nothing in the eye. No bubbles, no discharge. It’s just the red puffiness around it concerning me. She’s not bothered other than the itching. She’s eating/drinking fine and full of beans. She’s just done so well with recovery I don’t want to miss something small that sets her back.
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    swelling around eye

    One of my chicks was attacked badly by broody when hatched (skin stripped off the whole side of head to her eye, originally thought she had lost it), she has recovered brilliantly and looks to have minimal scarring and the feathers are coming in nicely. However she started scratching around her...
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    Help poorly chick

    I’ve been cleaning with saline and coating with honey. When the scab has been cracking and she’s been shaking her head/scratching excessively at the scab I’ve applied some arnica cream, but only when the scab is covering the wound. It’s healing really well. It was very deep and large covering...
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    Help poorly chick

    Hi again, hoping for a bit of advice this hatch has been a baptism of fire, especially considering its my first one. Had hoped my broody would have taken care of everything for me, but although she liked sitting on the eggs, she wasn't so keen on chicks and scalped the first one and attacked the...
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    Help poorly chick

    Thank you, and I will, been trying today, but everything locally (small village) closed or out of stock and everything online needed a prescription. :-( Don't want to be in the same position again!
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