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    At what age can I kill my roosters for the pot?

    I have an 8 month old austalorp rooster is it to old to kill for meat
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    Cutting Wings

    Lance to Thnx for that I have read the thread shall check in the morning but thatsxwhen it seems like it's plum size
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    Cutting Wings

    Hi I have 6 week old baby chicks and look perfectly healthy they have been running free range since 4 weeks old I have been feeding them chick fred but as they free range they been eating g what else they can. Today I noticed that one of them has a large lump on its right side of its neck I have...
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    Baby Chick Pictures!!!!! POST!

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    Baby Chick Pictures!!!!! POST!

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    From 14 to 2 :-/

    Gosh that's sad, we have had bad weather we wontvketvthem out no matter what untill the bad wind has passed they have about 3x2 covered meters to move around in but we go down to the three times a day at least and hand feed them and hold them then put them back but no way are they coming out...
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    My rooster is solid black austalorp. But I know the hen sat on her own eggs which is brown the chicks are black with light marking and one light brown. She hatched 13 out of 16, will the chicks change colour?
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    Ok I thinks it's about 19 days but, as she had been off and on before I noticed I'm not exactly sure, I think I'll leave her another week and see now I know they are fertile or at least some may be Thnx
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    I feel bad my hen was sitting on 17 eggs but I locked the hens up for a couple of days before I realised she was missing then found her sitting on them I decided to leave her that was almost 3 weeks ago I tried to see if they were fertile but couldn't tell so I took the maybe wrong decision to...
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    Thank you for that, every so often she makes notices her body blows out and twice I heard the cracks of an egg her head goes under her and she relaxes back after a very short time, I think she will be a good mom she taking water from me and I gave her the pulp off my juice drink she lived it,
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    Broody Hen Thread!

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    Broody Hen Thread!

    I got my first chick today exactly 21 days she has now got 4 as far as I can tell, I know that there was 9 she was sitting on and still there yesterday shall I lift her to take a look or just leave her??
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    Thank you for that she has been sitting ever since ce not moved off them I have put fresh food and water by her, she did settle right next to my outdoor hot water tank I have touched the eggs and they are very very warm they all seem tp be solid at this time so I shall check again if she moves...
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    I think the eggs will develop if fertile.  A hen can spend up to two weeks gathering the clutch, during the process she will spend some time on the nest but usually returns to the flock each day/evening and roosts with the flock until she has enough eggs in her 'clutch' to satisfy her.... at...
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    We lock our hens up. Every evening they take themselves in to. The coop, however we noticed one was missing so we searched all over and nothing, we were worried as there has been possums hanging round lately so we do doing 2 hour possum searches lol, the next day about 12 she appeared from...
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