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    Egg color

    That's interesting. I've had a Columbine since autumn which was supposed to be a blue egg layer. However two broken white eggs appeared under the perches and I thought I'd been diddled. A few weeks ago she started laying pale blue eggs and I was puzzled over who actually laid the white eggs. Now...
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    Does "rust" on a black Araucana persist?

    Hi, this is the black araucana I hatched last summer as a chick and half grown. She is now a big black hen with a sprinkling of rusty red feathers on her chest and lays very pretty dark blue eggs. Sorry I haven't got one showing her rump.
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    Not Dust Bathing

    Some of mine don't dust bath either and tend to look a bit scruffier than the others, so I'll try giving them a compulsory bath like you did and see if that helps. I think there might be some chicken politics going on, and perhaps the lower members of the flock are not 'allowed' to use the dust...
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    My hen hasn't laid an egg in over 5 months

    My Hermione is just the same. We gave her some fertile eggs to hatch in May which she looked after devotedly but they have long since merged with the rest of the flock. She has been moulting ever since but has recently started to squat half heartedly so I'm hoping she will start laying again soon.
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    anyone in England ?

    I don't do anything extra to the run but it is in quite a sheltered position in front of the garage wall. The chickens also have access to an unheated polyhouse where their dustbath lives but i haven't noticed them using it for shelter so far. Here's my set up.
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    anyone in England ?

    Hi Toddyboy I always leave my pop hole open whatever the weather. The chickens seem to prefer being out in their covered run as soon as they wake up even in bad weather and put themselves to bed when the light fades. I think they need to eat and drink as soon as they wake.
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    My Chicks will only eat Chick Starter

    Mine are not very interested in other foods either, but quickly learnt to enjoy live mealworms. They also like the tiny white grapes in my greenhouse if they are halved.
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    Homemade killing cone!

    Thanks for your description. I'm about to cull my first birds next week and dreaming about it every night. I want to be pragmatic and when i decided to hatch chicks always intended to eat any surplus but it's still hard to actually go through with it.
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    When can baby chicks eat meal worms and treat block?

    I have mine delivered weekly from eBay. They are mainly sold to feed reptiles.
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    When can baby chicks eat meal worms and treat block?

    I give my chicks live mealworms from about a week old and they quickly become their favourite treat. I make them come onto my lap to get them, and stroke and handle them while they are eating. Mind you that backfired with my previous batch of chicks because they grew very quickly into big birds...
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    UK Members Please Say HI

    Hi everyone I'm in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire and have a smallish flock in my back garden. I'm somewhat addicted and finding it hard not to keep adding to my flock.
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    anyone in England ?

    Hi everyone I'm in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire and have a smallish flock in my back garden. I'm somewhat addicted and finding it hard not to keep adding to my flock.
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    Baby Chick Pictures!!!!! POST!

    3 sleepy chicks
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    INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

    I'm afraid it didn't make it. I think it was just too weak, probably why it was late hatching.
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    Please help a newbie: Chicks in the coop question

    I hatched mine under a broody and they have been out in their own choop with her since birth. It's really comical to watch them trying to copy their mother in digging and dustbathing. My other chickens are fascinated and line up by the fence watching so I'm hoping they will integrate well when...
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