Recent content by RochfoKev

Hi, i have 2 broody Silkies at the moment and 13 hens altogether, i have been taking the eggs from under the broody hens daily as they are not fertile and using them to eat. Will this effect the hens at all and is it ok to take the eggs off them? Thanks

Thanks casportpony for the fast replies, i'll go and check the oyster shell now, thanks for your help

Ok, done that, i removed the brown scab/poo and there was just more redness but no liquid blood, i put my fingers inside and felt a whole egg and squeezes it out, its a little lighter in colour than usual, inside seems normal I think i am more concerned that it could have been...

ok will do, she laid an egg yesterday and the day before so maybe not an egg mass problem?

Hi, today i found my first dead chicken from my flock, last night she seemed fine but this morning was dead :( No obvious signs of death, no bite marks, i checked for broken bones, could not see diorhea or blood in the fesis The only thing that looked slightly out of place was her vent hole that...

I had a chick like that, she always run over to see what im doing, first to do everything. Pity she is a roo :( i liked that chick

4 out of 4 again, well done girls keep up the good work

not really it's full, i'll have to wait a few more weeks

OMG, out of 8 chicks i could have 7 roo's.

Heres some more picks of chick 2 Also have 3 black minorca's all 3 have large combs, could they be roo's also or is it just the breed? Ckick 4 Chick 5 Chick 6

Ok will do, its the only one that won't stay still :)

My neighbours are ok with the chickens, both neighbours have noisy dogs so they can't complain. The 4 chickens i have are fairly quite but the next door neighbour also has 4 and one of them is very noisy in the morning.

Anyone think number 2 is a roo or should i get some better photo's? Chick 1 was the first i ever hatched call Olive soon to be renamed Oliver Also the third photo from the bottom has a black minorca in it, i have 3 and all of them have a comb similar, could they be roo's to or is it to early to...

Number 2 does have a smaller comb and is paler in colour so hoping for a hen, number 1 and 3 where the ones i thought were roo's due to the early redness of the combs. Out of the 3 i was hoping 1 would be female i'm still in denial about number 2

Hi, i hatched my chicks and have what i think are 3 Light Sussex, could you look at the photo's and see if you think roo or pullet, i think maybe 2 are roos but hoping not, and also the last chick is that also a Light Sussex or could it be a White Maran, i thought none of the Marans hatched so...