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    Brooders

    Sorry, been offline for a while, school work and drumroll please, chick raising I, now have 4 10 week old JG chicks which are a real rarity in the uk, the population being so small no one has even thought to create a breed club for them :(. The egg in my profile pic was my first egg from my...
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    my poor rose bush

    Ha, gotta love chicks, mine often savage my dressing gown
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    Sexing jersey giants?

    Hi, i have 4 almost 2 week old jersey giant chicks. Their wing feathers will soon be all through (the main flight feathers with the fluffy bit at the top of the wing) and i have noticed a significant difference between one chicks wing feathers and the feathers of the rest. The 3 other chicks...
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    Single comb brown leghorn

    By this do you mean its comb? If so i do not recommend it, this would be rather like cutting into you ear lobe, putting Vaseline or petroleum jelly on will stop any damage from the cold. Check out http://www.wikihow.com/Protect-Chicken-Combs-from-Winter-Cold
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    Let's guess the sex!

    Last one really looks like a rooster, first one pullet, i cant really see the second and thats all i can offer really.
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    Black Cochin chicks *PICS*

    These are so sweet! Im in love!
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    Constant Supervision?

    Ta, just checking it would be fine as im at school 6 hours a day, not to mention 1 the sometimes 1 hour+ bus rides there and back. I just dont want to be a bad chick mummy thats all. :)
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    Constant Supervision?

    I'm seriously considering getting some jersey giant chicks and need to know whether they need supervision throughout the day? If it is absolutely necessary i would have to delay my plans till the summer holiday. Is there an age where you can start leaving them as it may be possible that i can...
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    Brooders

    Just a bump up by me, would like some more info!
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    Brooders

    Hi, I'm very curious on how a chick brooder would progress in size and facilities, e.g. perches, as the chicks got older and what age they should be moved outside. How would you go about the transition from in to out? Basically a guide to the housing until there considered adults. I'm in the...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    My first egg, it was either Doris or Maggie I think! Its much darker brown in real life, and speckled .
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    Hello from the UK!

    Thank you! I got my first egg today, quite small but its perfectly formed.
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