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Thank you - I didn't realise the wing sexing was for very young chicks, but here are mine at 3 weeks anyway! I am aware of how slow the development is.. There is a picture of each chicks combe and wing. The last chick has developed a lot more tail feathers, which I have been told is a sign of a...

I'll just take some photos, thank you for your response 😊

Nothing came of the egg:(

Thanks for your response, it dried and fell off by itself!

Hi I hatched out some chicks 3 weeks ago, I got 3 Lavendar Araucana and 4 Black Copper Marans. I was looking to just take a peek at their wing feathers, as they have grown quite a lot of wing feathers and starting to grow in other places. I have seen that an M shaped wing, or 2 steps, indicates...

Thank you for your quick response! I grabbed it out of the incubator and quickly decided to put it in my tiny Brinsea incubator by itself in case it wasn't a bad egg, will keep you updated!

Hi I have a chick that hatched and was initially attached to the shell with a cord and some clumps of what I initially thought were its insides. Since then it has broken off from the shell but still attachef to a lump of flesh, I think it's just membrane and plan to cut the cord once it's dried...

Hi It's hatch day and I have a mix of eggs in the incubator, but noticed one of my maran eggs has these shiny spots on it, is this a bad egg oozing? Can't remember if there's more than before but to me it looks like dried egg on the outside.. There's quail eggs that have pipped, if I have to...

Hello Everyone I was wondering if any other UK chick owners have used Plevin Snowflake bedding for their chicks? They're now just over a week old and I'd like to house them on wood shavings, the packet says it's suitable for poultry but does not specify which wood it is made from, only stating...

Thank you! Do you have any recommended products available in the UK because I'm only finding game feeds that are medicated or not the right protein level?

Thank you for all of your help, weeks later she is very lively and healthy. She has a growth on her leg but I think that is just scar tissue and she can still run and fly. Thank you so much for your swift responses!

Hi, I've got 8 female quail and 2 male quail and I am needing to buy more food for them.. Is there any product in the UK that I can feed to both sexes? All the ones I find are either for layers or breeders and I am aware that too much calcium from layer feed can be bad for males. Therefore is...

Hi, thank you.. I have separated it, it’s in a cardboard box in a warm place with food and water, it has been for a day now. I’ve been picking it up to massage the leg to make sure there’s blood flow and it seems to walk better on it now, there’s just scabbing around it’s leg. However i am...

thank you - I think we will keep it in the box under observation.Not interferingmore for now as we don’t know how to do it without hurting her more, as you said. Thank you very much for your help and quick response.

thank you - it has cut into the skin all around and we are having difficulty seeing the hair that caused it. We cut off as much as we could see but fear that there is still more tied around the leg. We used some antibacterial cream and have put it in a small box on top of a warm hot water bottle...