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    Winter is fast approaching in the Southern Hemisphere. Time for my girls to rest from laying...

    Winter is fast approaching in the Southern Hemisphere. Time for my girls to rest from laying their lovely eggs.
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    What do id do with the shells after the chicks have hatched

    Do I remove them from the nest or leave them for mum to deal with Also 3 have hatched the 4th one not yet, how long do I leave it before I remove it?
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    Light- artificial or natural

    The brood plate is 12 x 12 inch and the cage is 30 x 60 inch and 18 inch high. It is really only for if the chicks are abandoned like the little one I have now was. At most we would get 4 chicks I suspect as mist of my girls are too old to sky and the rooster can only mate with the smaller hens...
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    Light- artificial or natural

    Having had the first chick under a brooder light just wondered what the thoughts were for next year. Have a brooder plate coming that fits into the cage I have, but is natural light enough or should I invest in an additional source of artificial light.
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    Greetings from the Falkland islands

    Thank you, yes am surprised to be honest as being so tiny was told he was unlikely to survive on his own. Rock bantams parents, mum incredibly tiny
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    Adding new birds to an existing flock...

    I have a flock of 8 hens and one rooster at the moment, adding another pulley and a newly hatched rooster this year. In the past we have just added them a couple at a time, had them in a cage in the run during the day for about a week, then in the nightime just popped them in the henhouse with...
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    Greetings from the Falkland islands

    Have had chickens for a few years, but this is the first year we have had a rooster, it adopted us from a garden a few doors away. I guess he fell in love, anyway his lady love hatched one single chick, a gorgeous little boy who is now 5 weeks old and weighs 100g, having started out at 19g. Mum...
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