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    PINLESS PEEPERS saves the day (or chicken butts anyway)

    who came up with this idea and were do you get them from? this is brillliant lol so they work by bloking there vision so they cant pick and pull how do they attach to the hen ? could you post a pic of one that isnt on the hen so we could have a better look at one
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    fighting flock boys aginst girls

    i have put my 2 older hens and 2 babys which i think are hens in a pen inside the trailer whilst the roos are in there at night and let the roos out in the morning and let the girls have the run of the trailer im going to build a run area for the girls this week so they can come outside again...
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    fighting flock boys aginst girls

    thats what i have done iv picked a nice big one but no one wants the others and i cant get myself to kill them ill have to find a nice farmer to o it i suppose
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    fighting flock boys aginst girls

    you would think after all the hens they visit during the day they would leave my 4 alone were the hell do they get the energy from i dont see them for hours sometimes and as soon as i think its safe to open the door to let my girls out they appear and the fighting starts i feel so sorry for my...
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    fighting flock boys aginst girls

    i have tried this but the cockreals are still the same i cant really get away from the pullet side of things as my naibours all around me have at least 20 hens each and a rooster. thats usally where mine go in the day they work there way around the village servicing hens. but my naibours dont...
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    fighting flock boys aginst girls

    i brought 5 chickens that were 8 weeks old 3 months ago and now they are all crowing constantly all day from 5am they are free roaming around the fields during the day and kept in a trailer at night which is as dark as i can get it i also have 2, 11weeks old chicks in there which i think are...
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    Not sure where to start!

    mother nature is always best so if you have 11 happily sitting hens let them get on with it. but have a bator on standby incase anything goes wrong ie one of the hens gets killed, starts braking eatings eggs ect incubating well i have found is very heart breaking and hard work you will get much...
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    Building a Candling Mechanism?

    yes you can just hold a bright flash light up to the egg depening on the egg colour white -see lots deep dark brown -nothing it very simple to candle as long as you have a dark room and a light a little smaller then the egg i use a flash light or a spot light with a piece of card over with a...
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    Just set my eggs... UPDATE: They're hatching!

    5 out of 6 have hatched for me they are so funny 4 are in the brooder and one in the bator drying off as she only arrived this morning 2 of them have funny feet i mean the last toe is bent under but they seem to be getting around ok and fast every now and then they flop on there back and kick...
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    fuzzy butts

    went out to find some chick starter in the shops came home to 2 more freshly hatched babies lol the babie with the yolk is fine he walking talking lol a little wobbly but the yolk is drying up and falling off a bit at a time im not going t mess with him he fine one more egg to go i didnt...
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    what does wiggling look like?

    if you have any marks on the eggs you can clearly see movement they can turn themselves or it can be just a wiggle or you might not even see anything but if you think you are seeing movement you probably are they are so quick i put a spot on the top and watch that but becareful iv been sitting...
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    fuzzy butts

    so the 2 that hatched yesterday are now running around in a cardboard box an one of my daughters tedddies as a mum they are very loud very fast the black one which had a bit of blood when he hatched is fine still has a little yolk outside about the size of a pea but its not bothering him/her i...
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    i have two babies so far

    so far i have two babies just pop out one is a little bloody and has it looks like the last of the yolk drying up on the out side is this ok and the other has a very big pop belly which is yellow ish in colour is this normal i still have one that has pipped and nothing yet from the others but...
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    what is a wet bulb

    i have read lots of post contaning the words WET BULB what is a wet bulb? i have never seen them in shops or even heard of them before
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    Just set my eggs... UPDATE: They're hatching!

    i woke up this morning to find egg number 10 has removed some of the shell and keeps sticking his nose out from time to time but taking his time and egg number 8 gave me a shock with a big section of shell flying across the bator he is now sitting with his nose out shouting there is a bit of...
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