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    Help! Is this fowl pox?

    Thank goodness. Of course she did! Sassiest hen in the flock. Will probs just treat with a saline solution but if it’s scabbed over hopefully it will heal fine
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    Help! Is this fowl pox?

    I recently discovered my hen looking like this. She’s been broody so every day ive just been coming to collect eggs and chuck her off the nest but haven’t had a chance to get a good look at her until now. I’ve discovered a black growth in the eye, dry and scab like. Aside from this she’s...
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    Our Easter egger bantam hybrid - 4.5 weeks old (with family tree!) male or female?

    Yep, still early stages! I’ve had my reckonings that it’s a pullet, here’s hoping …. I’ll update this thread once it’s got some more adult plumage.
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    Our Easter egger bantam hybrid - 4.5 weeks old (with family tree!) male or female?

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    This chick has two nails on one toe. How!??? (+ general breeding discussion)

    Update on the wee chick - now beginning to consider what sex it is. 4 going on 5 weeks old. Thoughts??
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    Beautiful polish cockerel RESCUED after being dumped outside Cupar, Fife, now looking for a new home (Scotland)

    This beautiful polish cockerel was dumped outside of Cupar, Fife (Scotland) and was rescued by the animal charity I work for. He’s now looking for a home and will be for the next week, but afterwards will unfortunately have to be culled. Please reach out to me if you are interested! I really...
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    My mother hen has abandoned her chick at only a little over two weeks old. What can I do?

    I can definitely try that. I put mum in the coop with the chick and she sat on it just fine, and also gestured for it to eat as well. The two of them have been escaping and spending time with the main flock anyways so it could be exaclty what you said. Thank you!
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    My mother hen has abandoned her chick at only a little over two weeks old. What can I do?

    Up until the last few days my hen has been acting a little more aloof with her chick as it’s growing more independent, but today she set the mark by leaving the nursery coop and roosting with all the adult chickens, (which the chick cannot get to because it is up a ladder) and left it by itself...
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    Beautiful polish cockerel DUMPED in Cupar, Fife, has been rescued and is now looking for a happy home.

    This beautiful polish cockerel was dumped outside of Cupar, Fife (Scotland) and was rescued by the animal charity I work for. He’s now looking for a home and will be for the next week, but afterwards will unfortunately have to be culled. Please reach out to me if you are interested!
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    This chick has two nails on one toe. How!??? (+ general breeding discussion)

    Underneath the feathers there is pink skin and there’s some yellow colouring coming in on the beak, but now you have me thinking…. We also bred a silkie with the lavender auracana (first rooster) and she and the black hen lay similar eggs. (Pictured hen lays blue and silkie lays green) perhaps...
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    This chick has two nails on one toe. How!??? (+ general breeding discussion)

    Hi all, I own chickens for enjoyment and over the years have had a couple roosters (seen in the image below) whom I’ve hatched chicks from. I recently bred the grand-chick of one of my favourite hens who passed away. The chick is happy and healthy but I’ve noticed this little imperfection on...
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    Auracana bantam cross - is this a little hen?

    Got it. Might just be a waiting game then ….
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    Auracana bantam cross - is this a little hen?

    I’ve attached a picture of our day old chick that hatched yesterday. I’d vent sex but I’m no professional so I’m just going off of the more ambiguous methods for now. According to typical wing sexing methods this wee chick is a hen. Any help?
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    Can a bantam silkie rooster rate with a medium sized hen?

    update!!! Saw him getting some action today - fine with the smaller hens, slipped right off of our buff Orpington 😂 oh well
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    Bantam Silkied Cochins, anyone else have one?

    I recently got a cockerel that I believe could be a silkied Cochin - I’ve posted pictures!
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