Yeah I think she did squash it, Its her first hatch so isn't too surprising. The two that hatched out first are doing great! I put the one that was having trouble back straight away, Just went out now and she's now given up and left the nest. The one I put back died, Looks like it couldn't move...
Long story short.. We set some Orpington eggs under our Orpy hen on the 21st of October, Ended up with only 4 viable eggs by day 13 when I last candled them, Which was a bit guttering, We thought they had all hatched yesterday, Which was the 21st here. I just went out to tidy up her nest and...
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Yes as in my hens, I don't have kids and thankfully he seems to leave strangers alone but I do worry about family members visiting with their children.
Thanks everyone for the quick replies, I'll try holding him down and if he doesn't improve anytime soon I guess he will have to make a...
Long story short, I got my blue orp roo when he was 5 weeks old and raised him myself at the start of this year, I thought I was doing everything right, I didn't plan on keeping him but we ended up falling inlove with him so we couldn't let him go, We brought him 3 girlfriends and they all live...
None of mine, Including my roo, Care at all but my eldest gives me puppy dog eyes (Or should it be chicky chicken eyes?) if she sees me carrying her eggs, Makes me feel guilty! But she still doesn't really care
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Totally! Did you add that to the thread about "What smart things have you seen your chicken do"?
Didn't think of that, Will do that now! Thanks
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She sure is! She's always the one getting up to mischief. Thank you She was sold to us as a splash, I'm not sure if there is a proper name for her colouring or not. We also have two black pullets and a blue rooster, I am looking forward to getting some chicks from them and seeing what...
Yesterday I put in a third nesting box because three girls sharing one nesting box is difficult (They won't use any of the others ), Two of them squeezed in together yesterday to lay at the same time so I thought I would put in another to see if they would use it. Then I put the eggs that were...
I'm new to Orpingtons and my cockerel Pete was my first addition, He was given to me at 5 weeks old once they realized he was a roo, Hes now 6 months. Today I decided to see what poultry shows were coming up and found there is an A&P just up the road from me in October with dirt cheap entry fees...
Thank you so much everyone! I have printed out all the info I can find about noise, nuisance and animals in my area. About dogs barking it basically just says do what you can to keep it from barking persistently and states that neighbours need to understand a dog barks when its excited, scared...
Thank you Sonoran Silkies! There may be hope then, I would do anything to be able to keep him
I'll be doing some research about nuisance, It doesn't make too much sense to me but I'll discuss it with Mom tomorrow. I can't find anything about barking dogs but will have a dig around.
Will have a...