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I hope someone can help. I have imported hatching eggs last year and this year from France of a breed of chicken called Gournay. This breed is a dual purpose chicken but renowned for its meat particularly. I’m very keen to develop this breed and to spool out stock to a small select few of rare...

She’s not eating or drinking - I shall keep a close eye on her all day and hope as time progresses she may start to recover. She’s got her beak half open and is closing her eyes a fair bit but is standing not lying or squatting

Number of birds = 12

Hi. The run is large - 10m x 10m with woodchip base. Hen houses also large.

Sorry about the tardy reply but our time difference is a few hours and while I'm up and about I suspect you guys in the USA are in bed! Ok so here are 3 pics of our girl. I checked last night and she went to bed with the others. This morning she had hidden under the nesting boxes and didn’t...

She's in exactly the same environment as she has always been with the same chickens and bantam rooster. But we do have a Lakenvelder cockerel I bred about 4 months old who appears to be at the bottom of the pecking order. I think I will isolate her and see if she recovers

Hi. I hope you can help My favourite old hen (she's about 7) has become unwell and I think I need to make a decision but wonder if her symptoms are normal end-of-life symptoms. She is standing separately from the other hens, is making the occasional loud squawk, her beak is mostly open and...

Thanks heaps for this - I feel better now as chick number 2 has just hatched

Oh dear! I didn't know you shouldn't open the incubator whilst the chicks are hatching - I've opened it a lot in the past 24 hours since the first one hatched. Number 2 is hatching but I will now leave well alone. The 21 days is up tomorrow so hopefully I won't have damaged the remainder. I...

Hi everyone. Great to have joined this group. I'm from a place called Three Legged Cross in Dorset UK. I've had chickens for years but am about to start breeding bantams in an incubator. We have decided on Frizzle Pekins and Frizzle Silkies. The one thing we would like advice on is sexing the...