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    Companihen hatches again

    13 out of 14 chicks hatched. One of the last 3 was a bit weak and had slightly splayed legs. I treated it with a hobble for 2 days and it seems corrected for now. The oldest chicks are 1 week old now and the last 3 to hatch are 4 days old. They all seem healthy and active and i may move them to...
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    Splay leg, day old chick

    After 2 days of hobble chick is pretty much corrected. I've removed the plasters as it did seem to be so distressed by them although they were not tight, I could easily slip small scissors up inside to snip them. Will keep an eye but so far all looks good 👍
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    Splay leg, day old chick

    Thank you for the picture and response. Yes the chick can walk ok... although it seems so frustrated all the time it more flies head first whoever it wants to go but that's really not safe. I'm leaving it hobbled today too and we'll see how it is tmw I think I've left it in with the other...
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    Splay leg, day old chick

    Oh thank you for changing this to a thread not an article. My mistake, sorry 🤦‍♀️ Little chick still spends forever trying to peck the plaster off. Really is mad at me
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    Splay leg, day old chick

    Tried to make my first hobble! Chick had quite splayed legs although not as bad as some of the images I've seen... does this hobble look ok! Or too close together. Chick is mad and very angrily trying to peck the plaster off... what else can I do?
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    Companihen hatches again

    Humidity fluctuated a lot throughout lockdown days, from 45 through to 80s. Out of 14 fertile eggs we've had 11 hatch so far and another with a pip this morning and 2 unpipped as yet. The pips/hatches spread from day 18 through to day 22 which is today and they're still hatching. The...
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    Eglu with heat lamp as a brooder?

    Thanks for your responses. To my shock and horror I've just taken my heat plate out to set it up in the box brooder I was going to use for the first few days and it is CRAWLING with what I assume to be red mites, they are grey ish though. The last time this heat plate was near a chicken was...
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    Eglu with heat lamp as a brooder?

    I have a question, has anyone put a heat plate (We have the yellow mama hen one) into an eglu house? I'm hoping to move my chicks from this hatch outside sooner this time round, and set up an outdoor brooder for them. My idea is to put the eglu on our patio with slabs under and slabs on the...
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    Topic of the Week - Moving Chicks Outside

    Me again, my second batch is on day 18 and I can hear tiny cheeps when I'm next to the incubator... I have a question, has anyone put a heat plate (We have the yellow mama hen one) into an eglu house? I'm hoping to move my chicks from this hatch outside sooner this time round, and set up an...
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    Companihen hatches again

    Moved my eggs into lockdown position today. Day 17 actually, but with my previous hatch which was with a different incubator my chicks started hatching on day 19. So I though I'd go to lockdown a day earlier 🤞 The incubator I'm using this time is a cheap one my husband bought me for my...
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    New here. Introducing Bocboc my new house chicken

    Thanks for the pictures, looks like a great setup! It had never occurred to me before that chickens could and would be happy to live inside all the time! So I was very intrigued by your post. I mean I've had sick chickens indoors temporarily and my hatchlings stay inside for a few weeks etc...
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    Disabled House Chicken

    Beaut. How is she now?
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    New here. Introducing Bocboc my new house chicken

    Are they going to always be house chickens?
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    Opinions on cheap incubator with water bottle attachment

    Interested yours ran at high humidity. I have a cheap incubator too that uses the bottle attachment to add water... mine sits around 40 to 50% which is fairly low I think... I do try and mist and increase humidity as and when I can. But worried how hatching will go as I never got it anywhere...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Henry does look very poorly. Very sorry for him and you. Do the hens appear to realise... or behave differently towards him have you observed?
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