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Good new! The 2 newbies have gone into the coop themselves Theyre all getting on better now, and their tarp blew away in the wind last night so with the weather getting colder all of a sudden they've obviously decided it'll be warmer indoors! Just need some eggs now

I did think about putting a fake egg in there but was a bit worried it might encourage somebody to go broody, which I dont want (been there before!). The coop is plenty big enough for 4 chickens, I've had 4 before and they've been comfortable enough. There are 2 perches, long enough for 4...

Last week I introduced 2 POLs to our existing flock of 2. There is quite a bit of bullying going on, but no blood drawn thankfully. I introduced them into the coop at night, but every evening since the newbies have slept outside - even when its raining! I go out every evening once its dark and...

I have the same problem with one of mine - Beyonce. No sign of mites, laying well, lovely red comb & wattles. My other two are fine and I really couldnt say who is top or bottom of the pecking order - I've never noticed any pecking problems. Maybe she's just a bit OCD with her cleaning? The...

Here are my 4 1/2 week old chicks. 5 out of 6 hatched under their adopted mum. She's a really good mum! Any suggestions of their breed or gender will be welcome, this is the description from the ad; "6 Mixed Hatching Eggs for sale. These are from my own hens. I have 2 cockerels running with 20...

Thats a relief! I saw 4 of my 5 4 week olds doing this the other day - I was thinking "NO! Not 4 cockerels please!!!" But now I have hope!

Hi, I have 5 3 week old chicks. I think they've got quite a lot of light sussex in them, but open to any other suggestions, it doesn't really matter what breed they are, although it would be nice to know. Any idea if they're hens or cockerels though? 4 of them have a thin bumpy ridge going up...

Peri keeping a close watch on Rita with 4 of her new babies. All 5 hatched out on Friday, exactly on time on day 21! No idea what they are, I bought them as a mix. The cockerels are either Indian game or Light Sussex. The hens are Light Sussex, Marans, Warrens, Rhode crosses or bantam...

I currently have 5 fertile eggs under my broody, due to hatch on around Friday. I left her in the coop with the others and so far so good. At first the other 2 girlies would squeeze into the same nest to lay, but they soon got fed up and started using the other one. I intend to keep the chicks...

I have 5 mixed eggs under my broody due 21st. This is my first time too and I'm very excited but also getting nervous! I just hope they dont all turn out to be cockerels!

Hi All, can anybody give me a bit of advice please? I have 5 eggs under my broody which should be due to hatch later this week. I plan to put barriers to stop the chicks from getting out of the run but to allow the chickens (mum plus 2 others) to get in and out as they please, plus an area that...

Ok, thanks for that. Six it is then.

Thanks for all your replies. We're off on our holidays in a week so I think I'll see how she is when we come back, and if she's still broody I'll go for it. Ideally I only want to add a couple of hens, so if I put 6 fertile (collected not posted) and 6 non fertile under her, hopefully about 4...

What should I do? I'm quite new to chicken keeping. We got 3 @ POL just after easter. My Cuckoo Maran seems to have gone broody. She's only about 7 months old and so far has been our best layer - one practically every day, has a day off about once every 3 weeks! The week before last she spent a...