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Hi all. Would appreciate some advise, have a hen that has a rather large crop area, have posted pics… is this normal? Or something I should be concerned about. She does seem to be acting normally… but it really is fairly large… I took a pic of her by herself… which you can see it’s quite large...

Great idea! Thabks

That’s a good idea will try that, maybe with a branch or something. Will investigate options. I’m a bit unsure if it was just the one. It seems to be one that is always very inquisitive and she was the one we did see with a dead baby in her beak. Will put her in a crate for a while and see how...

Hi all. Advise appreciated, I have a chicken that successfully hatched and raised 9 chicks that are now almost 4 weeks. We have had them in a run adjacent to the other hens. I now have another hen broody and need to move the mom and babies into the main flock so that the new brooding hen can...

Thanks for the reply Mary, Mmm think I will try keep them separate for a while longer then. Speckles (the mom) was always with the flock .., part of the pack… however I did notice when she was “brooding” and only joining in on occasion to eat … she was being “hen pecked” a bit. She is a bit...

Thanks for the advise. We built a second run for the new babies and mom. They can see eachother through the fence. How long should we keep them separate from the rest of the chickens?

enclosure done. One baby at least survived. Mom still sitting on eggs. So here’s hoping …

I’m new to the chicken game. Have 13 hens and a rooster. One hen been sitting on eggs for almost 3 weeks. We been waiting anxiously for the babies. Obviously one hatched today when we were out and when we went past the run the hens had attached it and killed it. They are in a 10mx10m run with...

Oooh interesting. We live in western Zambia. Any particular breeds know to brood?

I don’t have an incubator… we 10 hours from the shops and on solar power. Was hoping to get the hens to incubate the eggs naturally.

Unsure of breed and they range in age. Some are over 8 months and some a bit younger. Some have definitely not matured enough to lay but some are laying. Very new to this so sorry if I sound a bit ignorant 🫣

Advise appreciated… i have laying hens and a rooster. Some hens laying eggs but none sitting on them to hatch. Is there something I should do? They have brooding hutches where some lay the eggs but none of the hens interested in brooding. Any suggestions??

I was told they were a mix of ages. The breeder we got them from did not say how old they were. He definitely looks like a male. Ringo is the one in the middle.

T Thanks. We really enjoying them