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It's very strange! Like you guys said I might up their protein a bit. I think they're getting around 13-15% at the moment so I'll see how they go with something a little higher. I noticed today that one of the girls missing feather has very bendy pin feathers coming through. Or perhaps I ought...

Hi all! I have about 20 or so chickens (Australorps, Barnevelders, Isa Reds and one lovely Wyandotte) and I'm noticing that about six of them that were all hatched out in the same batch are plucking their lower back feathers out and eating them (I'm assuming). We have one large Australorp...

What a fantastic website, it has just about everything in it! Thank you so much :)

Thank you so much sawilliams! Once I can get my chicks out of the incubator I will be sure to start practising your methods and hopefully my chick will recover like yours!

It is very hard to try to figure out what has been going wrong with so many different variables. I think your right though, I will have to try to improve the turning cabilities of my incubator as I think it may be the leading factor. Do you mind me asking how you treated the slipped tendon? I...

Hello Everyone, I'm just after some advice for my new chickens. I've hatched only two batches of chicks, one about 8 weeks ago and another as of today. My first hatch gave me 8/12 chicks, two of which had a wonky leg. One chick unfortunately had to be put down as one of his legs pretty much...

Oh my goodness! That certainly is a cover all bases kit - fantastic! I will use it for inspiration and slowly start to build mine. My little chicken seems to be doing a lot better after adding some sugar to the water. I also moved them all into a larger brooder and ditched the pine shavings I...

Sugar it is! It's the middle of winter where I am at the moment so the ants have gone into hiding, or at least I'll find out soon enough if they haven't! :p I would love to know what you keep on hand for your flocks! Being my first hatch, I stupidly didn't even consider having options for them...

Thank you both so much for your suggestions! I will order the Electrolyte, Probiotic and the VetRx today and in the mean time, perhaps try some of the herbal remedies in the link that dfalco mentioned. The chick seems happy today but is still showing the same symptoms. Even if it does turn out...

Hello all! I am extremely proud to say that I have successfully hatched out 8 of 12 eggs in my first attempt at incubating chicken eggs! Postal eggs and all! I had assumed that the hardest part was over but after losing one of my darlings to what I suspect was a slipped tendon; I am now faced...