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    My "dirty stop out" hen!!!

    Hmmm I will give that some thought - thank you! There is only a plastic netting above the fence at the moment but that is secured with batons.......... Thanks
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    My "dirty stop out" hen!!!

    Thanks for your replies. Well, the saga continues. We did clip her wings, but she still managed to get over the fence. We tried the evening feed in the run.....didn't work. So, we increased the height of the area of fence she was getting over by putting wire up. But she just found a way...
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    My "dirty stop out" hen!!!

    Hi all We have kept and raised bantams in a free range, good sized area of our garden for just over a year. We have three new additions this year which we raised using fertilised eggs from a breeder, with our broody hens. These three are now approximately 15 weeks old and one of them has...
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    Genders and Breeds please!

    Thanks for the replies! xx
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    silkie sexing

    I thought so....thank you!
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    silkie sexing

    Our 15 week old silkie - please can you tell us what gender?? Thanks!!
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    Genders and Breeds please!

    Hi - we have three 15 week old bantams - one is a definite pure breed white silkie but we are not sure if it is male/female. Apparently, silkies are quite difficult to sex...... The other two are most likely to be cross breeds, and we think there is some barred rock in them? Any help with...
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    Death of bantam

    Hi - we have (had) 10 bantam hens. We are relatively new to this - only started keeping hens in April. We have had one or two cass of red mite which we sorted quickly. Sadly, without any warning, we found one of the hens dead today in the nest box, clearly not attacked by anything, and I...
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    Additional Housing....will the hens use it?

    We currently have 10 bantams hens who are free range by day and share a large coop together at night. We would like to raise more hens from fertilised eggs next year using our broodiest hens. We are happy to buy another coop but think that once the chicks are old enough to join the others...
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    What breeds and gender please?

    Fantastic! I hadn't even heard of black sex-link but have just read up on them. She certainly fits the description. She was totally black at birth and then started to show the brown flecks a few weeks after. Thanks for your help.
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    What breeds and gender please?

    As for Custard, she is definitely cute and we wondered if she was part polish with that Mohican!
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    What breeds and gender please?

    Thanks for the replies. Will have a closer look at Shadow's ears. She seems a big breed, large for 9 weeks. And black legs if that helps. Thanks again.
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    What breeds and gender please?

    Hi, I'm new to the site and wondered if anyone can help with gender and breed of our two 9 week old bantams? They may well be cross breeds. Thanks in advance for any information!!
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