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    Noisey boy.

    Hi, i hatched a selection of bantams, late last summer and i got 3 cockeral and 9 pullets, 1 of the cockeral, a buff sussex started growing awhile ago and is very noisey, if i,m out in garden he grows about 10 times every hour, unsure of what my neighbour think, he's gone to a farm to live...
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    When are babies mature.??????????? advise please,

    Hi, I have 7 chicks that hatched on the 29th september, so makes about 19 weeks, I've just started them on layers pellets, is this ok or too soon? When should i expect them to start laying? One is a cockeral and he is now crowing, at what age do they start mating? 1 Brown leghorn bantam, 1 Buff...
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    they have out grown their brooder???

    I have 5 silverlaced wyandotte bantams that are now 8 weeks old. They are kept in our garage in a brooder, i usually have a heat light on at night, but have had it off for the last 2 days as i am unsure as to wether to put them outside? They have out grown their brooder. I am worried its too...
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    inside to outside

    Hi, I have a similar situation, i have 5 SLW, that are now 4 weeks old, i really need to move them out of my living room, (its begining to smell quite bad, think they need more space too). Its freezing temps and snowing so i am stuck as what to do, ?? what are you doing. I have 3 7 week chicks...
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    natural light ???????????? advise please

    Hi, I have hatched 5 SLW chicks, they are now 3 weeks old. The brooder is in the living room, its a rabbit hut, with a red bulb in. The chicks are really starting to make the room smell. I have a garage and out building outside , but they only have a small window. Would this be ok or should i...
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    flighty chicks

    I incubated and hatched 5 silver laced wyandotte's they are now just over 3 weeks old. They are so flighty and nervous, they hide and panic when i go near the brooder or change water and add food. Any advise please, will they settle soon???
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    my 3 chicks are now 6 weeks, are they pullets or roos (pics)

    I incubated and hatched 3 chicks, they are now 6 weeks, are you able to tell what sex they are yet. I'm very impatient and would love any advice. 1 is a buff sussex bantam, brown leghorn bantam and the larger one sussex x silkie x brown hen. yardchickens.com/forum/uploads/64823_012.jpg[/img]
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    polish poland ??? PHOTO BEEN ADDED

    Just taken in a beautiful stray poland or polish black, but how do i tell if its a boy or girl. ?? it looks fully grown.I know nothing about it age, breed or gender. any advice thanks
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    mixing chicks??? and are they boys or girls???

    Hi, they are in a small chicken coop that is suitable for 3-4 full grown chicken, at the moment i have taken perches out. these 2 sleep together in a nesting boxes within the hut, then there is an outside run. temp varies from 14 to 4c. The other alternative i have isto put them in the garage...
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    boys or girls ???

    Hi i have 2 10 week old chicks and still unsure of gender.ANY IDEAS???? BUFF SUSSEX AND WELSUMMER BANTAMS
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    mixing chicks??? and are they boys or girls???

    Hi. I have 2 chicks outside 10 weeks old and 3 chicks 4 weeks old that are out growing there brooder can i put them together? and how do i do this? It is quite cold here now are the younger chicks to young to go outside yet? Advise needed please. I also am unsure if the the 2 older ones are boys...
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    chick not growing???

    Hi Thanks for the replies and advise, the little one seems perfectly fine and healthy, they are still in brooder, the light is on at night and off during day, so the little chick lays under other 2 for warmth, but id walking about and eating ok.. Fingers crossed it will be ok.
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    chick not growing???

    They are all still in together, it seems healthy, eating and drinking. It is now keeping warm under the other chicks, which don,t seem to mind.
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    chick not growing???

    Hi, I Hatched 3 chicks in my incubater for the first time, they are now 5 weeks old, 2 are fine but 1 hasn't grown it is almost the same size as when it was born and still fluffy, any advise please, will it be ok? cheers Sam
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    *CHICKS are HERE!!!* Egg Candling Pics: Progression Though Incubation

    Hi I am new to the forum today, if 8 hybrid hens in the garden, that i bought POL, last year. Just got myself an incubator, I have 6 bantam eggs in variuos breeds. They are day 14 now, i have just candled them and looking at your photo,s 5 out of the 6 are developing ok. So fingers crossed...
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