Recent content by welshterrier

how many years does the average hen lay for please? we have kampung chickens which are the foundation of your rhode island red. they are all free range with three roosters. My maid gleefully announced that they have stopped laying...forever. They are one to two years old. I think this is just...

Hi All, I didn't see these posts, I don't know where it went to but I had some on line chats and ppl were chuckling saying they would like some of those cold eggs that the maid says are going t hatch. Your comments were really helpful but I exited the site after the mocking ones, so apologies...

and here's the terrier trying to get a peep

hmmm the last post with pic worked so bear with whilst I experiment. This is kinda like getting lost. You can't find you way again because you got lost so there is no replicable route. These cuties hatch with mummy sitting on btw. I don't understand the incubators. If you have a chicken why...

Hmmmph still can't send photo

DSC01726.JPG Still haven't quite got the hang of this posting pictures I see. I browsed and then tried to post the same picture again just to check and it said the picture was already in my file, copy the file number and paste in my .... so there it is folks ... hope you like the DSCO1726...

Brattish Tazz: I'm logging out now ... have to go into town hopefully I'll be able to find you later and I sent your suggestion not to lick the chickens' bums to the chinese friend but no reply, not good at self-deprecation I presume

I joined almost 6 months ago when the hen laid her first two eggs and I thought she had to sit on them and keep them warm. Haha just ignore them and the hen sits when she is ready, I am a klutz with websites. There must be an upload place for pics but it si not jumping out at me. The two...

Thank you! I'll have to tell my paranoid friend that. I think they all got freaked out by that bird flu thing. The poultry farms here (Malaysia) as well as the poor pigs are totally filthy usually run by Chinese farmers. can't figure out how to post pictures, but I would love to post the...

can anyone tell me about mites and if they jump to humans or are specie specific please? also worms.

can they and how? ppl here telling me beware. had 14 chicks for about a year incl roosters and new batch of 7 just arrived

What do I do about the eggs that are being laid please anyone? New young hen just laid her second egg. She did the same as yesterday. Laid the egg. She and the roosters told everyone. Then she just got up and left it. Yesterday's egg went cold. Do I trust nature and if the egg is fertile...

Hen laid first egg today. Got one hen three roosters. Don’t ask. Hen dumped egg in the basket under an awning. Happy hen. However she left it and ran off with the roosters. I thought she was supposed to sit on the thing until a chick emerged like penguins or other normal birds. Maid from...

Hey sorry for the intrusion into a conversation but I have no idea how post ... tries many times. I have a hen who just laid an egg. She left it and has been running around for the whole day. My maid keeps telling me in the Philippines they do that, they don't need a hatcher and after she has...

Does anyone know if sexing a Kampung hen/rooster follows the guidelines of other domesticated chickens and if there are any telltale signs about the sex other than finding an egg. It is supposed to be the ancestor to the Rhode Island Red. I saw a picture on Wiki of an RIR hen and it had a big...