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    run out of wormer pellets what should i do

    hi i recently got a 10kg of marrages pellets with wormer in for 6 large fowl and 5 bantams. i thort it would easily be enough the to last the week but its only lasted to day 5. we have rats in the garden and have bait down in a bait station to try and get rid of the horribe scavengers so i...
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    how long can a broody hen be off her eggs?

    aw bless what a little cutie! x
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    how long can a broody hen be off her eggs?

    this is a great thread thanks. i put eggs under a first time broody and ive noticed some of them have been cold when shes been of them, and have been worried. its pretty chilly in the uk esp this last three days but have some hope now all will be ok. theyve been in a week tomorrow x
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    getting eggs for first time broody advise greatly appreciated x

    took her off the eggs she was sitting on put the fertilized ones under then she whent out had a drink then when in again. left her in peace but will check again later so got my fingers xd all will be well, i got 2 peking eggs 2 silkie eggs and 2 large fowl wellsummers x
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    PLEASE help, my chick just ate a hair tie.

    gees animals dont half eat some weird things keep a eye on it and keep it on your own so you can watch if it comes out in the poo if poss. hopefully it will if not depending how much money you have it may be a vet job but i think it will pass kids and animals of all species eat daft things but...
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    getting eggs for first time broody advise greatly appreciated x

    thanks i will be xtra carefull and hold them on my knee with a jumper under them x
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    getting eggs for first time broody advise greatly appreciated x

    hi ive a lovely silkie xs wynadotte hen i hatched myself in jan and shes gone broody and made a nest. i won some eggs off ebay and they are only about 7 miles if that away from me. would i be able to put them in with her strait away or do i have to leave the eggs for a day or so.been reading up...
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    Help! Noisy hen!?

    ive got the same ive got 2 wynadotte batams as well as other hens, theyve been quiet for a few days then one starts again!!. she makes the most awfull noise. the other one does it but not as bad. they stared laying about 3 weeks ago and one just walks round on and off moaning and making a din...
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    grr one of my hens is pulling out tail and bum feathers on two of the others

    is there anyone there
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    grr one of my hens is pulling out tail and bum feathers on two of the others

    hi i have 4 large foul living in the same pen and coup. i have 3 copper, marans they have been together since hatching i bought them in sept at 15 weeks old, and another one which turned up in my garden and they have all been together since the sept time last yr. the biggers to the marans is...
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    never see anything like it was really sweet!

    aw thats lovely. chickens def have more about them that we give them credit for what a star for defending her shes, a big bird but v soft and was making crying type noises when she pecked her shes already almost as big as the orpingtons but soft as butter x
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    never see anything like it was really sweet!

    i let my 7 week old chicks i hatched myself out into the main enclosure to mix with the older bantam orpington all was ok and after a hr or so i sat in there with them for a bit. ive a large fowl light sussex and a small bantam wynadotte cross hen that i hatched, both v gentle and quiet. one of...
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    Baby chick almost Drowned Will it make it?

    make sure you put some pebbles in the water so they cant get in there xx
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    worried is this normal

    no red youve not offended me at all! was just worried about them they wouldnt stand up then remembered i had my young one i hatched on old newspaper as i didnt want them to eat the shavings, was watching them before and they were scared to stand up so i put shavings on top of the paper and...
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    Chicks and Mice?

    mice are mainly veggie and grain eaters . i have rats in my garden and going to get some bait etc i have netherland dwarf rabbits plus 2 french lop crosses and the cheeky devils will go in with them and eat there food but they havent harmed the rabbits even the tiny ones. theve never harmed any...
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