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    Comment by 'Hedgewitch' in item 'Leghorn'

    In the picture with this article, of juveniles, am I right in thinking that the one with the small pink comb is a hen and the one with the bigger, redder comb a young cockerel. I've 9 juveniles, about 3 months old now and have some of both but would like to sort the males out before they start...
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    Goose Incubation & Hatching Guide - Completed!!!!

    Thank you so much for this, it's been really helpful and the reason I have two beautiful Goslings - not entirely sure what breed yet as they were 'mixed' eggs but 1 is absolutely enormous! I've also managed to hatch some Shetland Ducklings, apparently the rarest of the domestic duck breeds in...
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    Heading for the Hills; I hope.

    (1)Great Grandad had chickens, ducks and turkeys, so did my Grandmother and I always wanted to be a farmer; still do. (2) I have 1 Coronation Sussex, 9 White Leghorns, 2 Geese & 2 ducks; all hatched since February. there are 10 Pekins too, that my son bought at a local smallholders auction and...
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    Looking for Icelandic chickens or hatching eggs in the UK

    Hi, Ive been after some for years, my brother lived in Iceland for 8 years and I saw them there. Moving back up North from Dover soon and would really like some cold hardy birds. Will you let me know if and when you have some eggs for sale please? thanks, Sue
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    Do hens "crow" like roosters?

    I have three hens, they all lay eggs anyway, but one has started to crow. Bit muffled I'll admit but a definite crow. She doesn't do it every day, or at all once they're let out and she lays stonkin great eggs. She is also not the dominant one, that's Attilla the Hen who chases the terriers...
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    Hen continues to lay soft shelled eggs

    One of my young hens is doing the same. I was worried but then, as I have 8 hens and got 9 eggs, decided it might be that I am OVER feeding and the poor things are therefore, over producing. I have cut back on the layers pellets and increased the amount of greenstuff/moved them onto a new...
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