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    Quick Advice Please

    Quick update. Daisy stayed on over night, and this morning I have 2 more chicks and another has pipped. So it looks like I will end up with 8 chicks and 4 smelly eggs. Thanks so much for all the advice, it certainly saved my last 3 chicks.
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    Quick Advice Please

    Other posts while I was writing! Thanks everyone. She went broody in the old chook house, so it's pretty big. She is back on now, but I've got a box ready to put her, the eggs & the chicks in if she hops off again. She was probably only off for 20 mins, is that long enough to do damage to...
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    Quick Advice Please

    Thanks for the quick reply. I don't have an incubator. I think I've got her back on. Luckily she is the placid one, so I moved her back on the eggs. Once I had moved all her chicks around her, she fluffed up & settled back down. Hopefully she will stay there. Thanks again.
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    Quick Advice Please

    I'm just after a bit of advice. My broody girl, Daisy, is on her (and mine) first lot of eggs. She was on 12 eggs, this morning, 5 have hatched. When I just checked her she has moved off the eggs, and is sitting with her chicks. Of the remaining eggs, one is almost out, one has pipped, and I...
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    Greetings to you all.

    Hi Chook Daddy!!!
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    Time between killing & processing.

    Well we did it. We decided to just to it all in one go after he had roosted for the night. It took us just over 2 hrs, please tell me it gets quicker with practise! It wasn't as bad as I expected, the kill was quick, he certainly didn't get distressed. The plucking took more effort than I...
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    just ordered from 3 different hatcheries husband doesn't know

    So sorry for your loss. It's devastating when you loose an old favorite. Good luck with the 57 babies! I wish we had room for that many.
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    Just some pics of my latest chicks....

    Georgeous! Beautiful colouring.
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    Time between killing & processing.

    Thanks for the quick replies. The only problem I had with doing it all in the morning is that is his most aggressive time. He literally flies out of the hen house, legs up & spurs aimed at me. He really is a nasty rooster. But the idea of binding his feet at night never occurred to me. Sounds...
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    So I asked my DH,"When you put the lights on the trees outside can you

    Oh, at least he tried! I have learnt that my husband needs constant, step by step instructions!
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    Time between killing & processing.

    We've got a really nasty rooster that needs to go. We're going to kill him on the weekend, but because he is so nasty, we can only catch him when he has gone in to roost at night. What I'd like to know is, if we kill him at night, can we let him bleed out & hang over night & pluck & clean in...
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    New from Australia

    Hi I'm Sarah & I live in the hills in Victoria, Ausralia, with my husband & our 4 children. I've been reading BackYard Chickens for a while & have finally decided to join. We have a small flock of a Light Sussex Rooster, 3 Light Suxxex hens, 3 Isa Brown hens & four mixed breed hens. We also...
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