Recent content by Jo Lilley

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    New member from the UK

    Great to be part of BYC. Great amount of useful info. Helped a lot on our first attempt of hatching after keeping hybrids for years.
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    New to hatching

    Well almost 6 weeks on. Although two have quite a lot of feathers to come through you can see what they’re going to be like.
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    New to hatching chickens

    All good now it’s a waiting game to see if we have all cockerels or any hens
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    New to hatching chickens

    Well how did you get on ?
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    New to hatching chickens

    Pictures 11 days old- I have videos of anyone wanting to play _ hen or cockerel.!!!!
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    New to hatching

    Oh that is good news. I’ve definitely got two of one breed and one of another. No 1 is quieter had wing feathers twice as long as the other two and had little sprouty tail feathers today.
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    New to hatching

    Yes. Good one didn’t make it. Cannot work out Sexing. That I was positive but now not sure. I’ll up load photos. Are bantams harder to wing sex?
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    UK Member Please Say HI

    There great fun and easy to keep. I’ve just hatched chicks for the first time of keeping chickens for 10 years . So that’s a learning curve. Think the chicks are all cockerels, but hay ho.
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    UK Member Please Say HI

    Sulmtalers .. keep going broody and so not very good Layers so put one of them to use and just hatched three light sussex. So I shall have 4 non laying hens and 3 cockerels probably!!!
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    New to hatching

    Right - progress update we’ve had 4 hatch out of the 6. The two eggs left have not done anything on day 21 so presume were not viable - was going to give till tomorrow and then remove , is that right ? One chicks leg it all bent still and it can’t move about very easily- any suggestions on...
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    UK Member Please Say HI

    Only just joined BYC. Because of the lockdown an d so 8 am at home constantly, we thought we’d put our forever brooded hens to use and needed some advise . So I’m looking forward to the forums Horsham West Sussex
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    New to hatching chickens

    ive just dared have another look and there’s another that has gone far more than the first one I saw this morning. Both cheeping away.
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    New to hatching

    Hi Just trying out hatching chicks as , like many, we’ve been at home LOADS. looking forward to this learning curve and so wanted to get some advise as our first eggs started to hatch today We’ve kept chickens of various types over the last 10 years, so hoping to increase our flock in a fun...
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    New to hatching chickens

    Hi We’ve been keeping chickens in our garden for over 10 years. Because of the unforced lockdown and a broody hen , we decided to have a go at hatching eggs under this broody. Well today I’ve gone to check on her and we have to start of a hatch. Can anyone let me know how long it takes. They are...
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