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    bum shufflers

    Hi, we have hatched 9 bantam chicks who are 2 days old. Two of them can't seem to walk, they bum shuffle around the broader instead, their legs look ok, not splayed out. Are they ok? Are they just slow learners? Any advice gratefully received.
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    Lump between the eye and ear of buff Orpington hen

    Hi, looks like a growth of some sort to me. I would take her to a Vet. Hope you get her sorted and back to her old self :)
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    I think my chicken is dying, please help!!!

    hi, im really sorry you lost your chick, its dreadful especially when they are a pet. you say you are going to get another to keep your remaining one company, which is a great idea, but can I just say that its not always easy to introduce a new chicken to your existing one, from experience, they...
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    Will this be 99% predator proof?

    Hi, I'm from the UK so the only predator we have is the Fox. I love foxes but not enough to let it have one of my girls! When we moved to the smallholding, my first priority was to make the chicken bit safe. We have a 6 ftfence of chicken wire, with an extra ft buried uunderground secured with...
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    hello

    thank you for all your welcomes!! and thank you for the link to incubation, much appreciated. take care x
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    hello

    hi, I'm a free range chicken enthusiast, I have 18 chucks and one cockerel, most of them are rescue, they range in breed from Orpington, welsummer, wyndotte and pekin bantam, also some ex batts. as I have now acquired the cockerel and two pekin bantams that I rescued from a local who was keeping...
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