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    Hatching with 2 broodies

    Last chick seen in the above pics has now joined its mum and dad, all 5 babies doing well I now have 5 pure serama and 3 serama with a bit of Dutch in them.. probably keep them all, and divided the males I don't want to breed pure amongst my pekin and Japanese young hens. I love little chickens...
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    Hatching with 2 broodies

    I also have two broody serama x dutch hens living with a serama cockerel and bringing up their 3 chicks
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    Hatching with 2 broodies

    some clearer pics All serama but ages are days apart due to the staggered hatch
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    Hatching with 2 broodies

    Yay !!! successful fostering, she took the 24 hr olds last night. Sorry some pics are blurred but she began to fuss and I wanted to get her settled again quickly Hello, what's going on in here then, are you getting up ? Daddy where's mummy !!! Parental duties, here they are...
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    Hatching with 2 broodies

    Hi, I have a broody serama and her serama boyfriend successfully hatch and care for 2 tiny serama chicks.2 days ago. When the chicks hatched she left the nest which had 7 eggs left. one of which had piped. I took the eggs and a day later two hatched in my incubator yesterday, 24hrs later...
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    Dosage for coxoid in drinking water

    Sorry I should say am in the Uk need uk dosages please
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    Dosage for coxoid in drinking water

    Hi guys need some help doing the maths to treat my 9 week old chicks who have coccidiosis' Their drinker holds 50 fluid ounces of water, I cant work out the dilution rate and don't want to overdose as instructions on bottle said 26ml per 4.5 lt ( 1fluid ounce per gallon). What's the dilution...
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    Boys or girls

    Can anyone help sex my chicks Japanese bantams Pekin frizzle Sultan Silkie
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    3 month old white frizzle - rooster?

    Wow what a stunning looking bird. It has the look of a cockerel, the way it stands and red comb. Think he's a boy
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    crippled silkie chick in a sling

    Sorry hit the submit button twice on the above post, didn't think it had posted.. sorry for that
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    crippled silkie chick in a sling

    There was to many things wrong with her, she never grew like her siblings, never really raised her head, and hardly ever opened her eyes. Shame really as I was so pleased I had hatched silkies, and delighted to find her freshly hatched. Very obvious something was wrong right from the start. It...
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    crippled silkie chick in a sling

    There was to many things wrong with her, she never grew like her siblings, never really raised her head, and hardly ever opened her eyes. Shame really as I was so pleased I had hatched silkies, and delighted to find her freshly hatched. Very obvious something was wrong right from the start. It...
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    crippled silkie chick in a sling

    Update on chick.. The chick passed away today. think there was neurological damage as although it hatched fine it would not open its eyes and was very lethargic. Was fed water in a syringe as would not drink or eat, appeared unable to raise its head and constantly cried.. The chair was the last...
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    crippled silkie chick in a sling

    My 5 day old silkie chick has a dislocated hip and displaced tendon, + splay legs. She gets around only by rocking her body backwards and forwards and propelling herself on her wings. treated her for splayed leg but she cant stand up as leg sticks out into the air over her back. , I have...
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    Broody hens with bad track record, to use or not

    I settled one of them in her own coop with unfertile eggs last night, this morning she is squat down over nothing with the eggs in their nest totally ignored. she bristles and bites if I move her. She wont sit on the eggs and gets up if I shove them under her. The other one is still in her coop...
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