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    Cockerel alert call when hens laying

    My 10 month old Brahma cockerel does his alert call whenever a Brahma hen goes to lay in any nest box. That is, he will stand about half a metre away, face the hen / nest box after she's gone in, then shout at her. He was hatched (incubator) alongside these x3 girls, but does not behave like...
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    Brahma cockerel / pullets and hybrid hens - flock integration behaviour

    Words of wisdom and mainly observed behaviours wanted on our 8 bird flock! I think we have quite typical behaviour, but interested to know if anything is unusual. The flock consists of 4 x hybrid Lohmann Brown hens (bought at POL, now ~70 weeks) and 4 x Gold Partridge Brahmas (incubator hatch...
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    Temporary incubator power loss after lockdown - opinions on moving eggs?

    Thanks for your input - we went with your 'option 3' of leaving the incubator in situ. The four viable eggs have resulted in four healthy chicks. On top of everything, they actually hatched 24 hours earlier than expected. Now the joy of raising lockdown babies!!
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    Temporary incubator power loss after lockdown - opinions on moving eggs?

    Hello all - we're 7 months new to owning hens and have taken the dive into hatching our own. Our Brahma chicks are expected to hatch from 30 October 2020. They are currently in a Brinsea Mini Eco II Advance incubator with automatic turning (hourly) and we thought we'd try a cooling cycle of 60...
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