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    When do you start adding to your flock- contingency plan

    We need 4 eggs a day so we have 5 hens, allowing for one extra to play hookey. Although they are kept near the house, they are allowed to roam freely within some boundaries. That means that the occasional straying bird does get nabbed by the odd fox or marten, but that seems to always be the...
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    Seramas laid first two eggs help please!

    Oh how lovely! We've always eaten our 'virgin' serama eggs, but if in doubt, you could crack them open before frying them. Sometimes first eggs can have a little bit of blood on them.
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    Friendly wave from the Netherlands

    Haha, they are nimble enough for clog people like me! Their eggs might be small but so are their droppings, so the garden and the patio are open to them. I only have four at the moment but I will let them brood and multiply next spring. Their names are Daantje het Haantje (Dutch for Dan the...
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    Friendly wave from the Netherlands

    My favourite breed is the Serama. They're so cute, but I could do with some good advice every now and then. Glad to have found this forum!
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    My Chicken's foot is black

    My little serama hen's feet have turned black as well,on the soles, but it's summer here. I have treated it with castor oil and with Lugol but it keeps getting worse. If it isn't frost bite or bumblefoot then what could it be??
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