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    Hilda Finally Gets Her Chicks

    Hilda is a large white and black Sussex hen. Last Spring she went broody and was determined not to be put off. However, her eggs were unlikely to be fertile because the cockerels were only just old enough to start crowing. The solution seemed to be to acquire some fertilised eggs but I...
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    First time raising chicks; any suggestions or things I should know?

    It's my first time with chicks too but I have a mother hen who adopted 12 chicks between 1 and 3 days old. They are now almost four weeks old and we had to build their outdoor henhouse and run in a hurry as they are growing very quickly and were getting too big for their cage in the...
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    Hello everyone

    Thank you sumi. It's making me feel feel I'm among friends
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    Hello everyone

    Thanks ghillie!
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    Hello everyone

    Hi there, since retiring to France I've taken up keeping chickens and it's fascinating. When Hilda went broody I bought her some fertilised eggs but (probably due to storms) they all went rotten. She was so miserable when she went back with her mate safter 24 days of carefully sitting on her...
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