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    please please help

    yes it was a lesson learnt, only problem this time was we didnt realise she was sat on eggs until it was too late,as my hens are free range we just pressumed that she had wondered off or been attacked as we hadnt seen her for 10 days, then we found her under a wooden pallet sat on the clutch of...
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    please please help

    she is still sat on three ,i was going to give it a few more days because they were laid about the 30 th dec so still a chance they may hatch
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    please please help

    oj so the other one fully hatched yesterday afternoon and by about 6oclock it was fluffy and alert so got the other 2 chicks away from mum and put all 3 together for about 15 mins,then showed them to mum ,who looked a bit confused,ps dont know if chickens can count ?? put the 3 chicks back on...
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    please please help

    they other one that is hatching now seems to be doing ok i was thinking that maybe tomorrow night at dusk to reintroduce it then ,when she has settled for the night .what do you think i have a large white plastic container with a warm towel in whit the unhatched eggs in should i leave it in the...
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    please please help

    put mum and 2 chicks back on the nest,reintroduced one of the newly hatching chicks,blocked off her escape route went back 5 mins later and she has killed it what now ??
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    please please help

    they started to chip through at half seven this morning,and by half nine the eggs were really cold,even when i went over to the nest she didnt come running over or seem bothered or protective atall, the other 2 are now 3 days old
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    please please help

    one of my hens has been sitting on eggs for weeks 2 have hatched fine 2 have died whilst hatching and she has now abandoned the nest so i have 7 eggs starting to hatch with no mum, i have bought them inside and i am trying to keep them warm i have warmed up tea towels in the oven so warm but not...
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    new chooks

    i have 8 chicks that are now just over 3 months old,i have definately one rooster as he is trying to crow which is really cute my 2 questions are 1 do i need to rehome him ie will he be attacked by my big rooster or is it ok to have 2 roosters will he look after his girls and the big rooster...
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    snails

    they are empty snail shells about 1-2cm,i am worried as she doesnt crush them or digest them they just seem to sit in her lower throat so shall i just leave alone ie will they break down in her stomach naturally
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    snails

    hi i have a big problem harriet my muskovy has started eating snail shells,yesterday i got 32 from her ,today another 20 , i started to feel them just below her neck so i used my fingers to push them back up and got her to spit them out ,i dont want to cause her any harm by doung this but when...
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    OMG

    hi miss lydia thank god she is fine kept a close eye on her all yesterday and went through the shed and cleared out anything that could be dangerous ,so i think i had a warning there and it wont happen again
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    OMG

    so sorry your buggy died i would not of forgiven myself if something had happened to her that i could of prevented, we had friends round the other day and we were up at the girls and someone put the beer plastic into the bin and some how she managed to get it out of the bin and round her neck...
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    OMG

    have just been up to the shed to give girls a treat and henrietta had a plastic beer ring round her neck thank god shes ok i got it off fine and she is a bit quiet but no damage done so just a scare for me but what a scare,
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    me again

    hi its me AGAIN i have a couple of question me girls nails seem really sharp so is it ok to just trim the tips off with clippers also the top of their beaks are longer than the bottom....is this normal thanks
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    bread ?

    as you know i am a newbie to keeping ducks, mine are doing really well but a friend of mine has said that i should NOT give them bread is this true and if so why thanks tracy
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