Hi :) we have recently collected a Lavender Pekin who was found with her 3 chicks thrown over a fence in a farmers field, he didnt want her but was happy to keep the chicks (dont worry they were old enough to be ok without her) so we decided to take her. Shes lovely and has settled in well with...
We tried day olds once in the past with a different hen and she killed them :( i sure she had accepted them but she hadn't so after that nasty experience i don't want to do that again
we had one very stubborn hen last year who wouldnt stop being broody no matter what we did - we put her belly in a little cool water, we removed her eggs, we kept takeing her off the nest but she always went back. Is there anything i can do for this girl if she starts showing signs of being weak...
its the 22day of our 7 pekin hen eggs being sat on by my lovely chicken Nero. Its her first time and clearly she wants to be a mum badly so we got her these firtile eggs. Its day 22 and still nothing, i candleed them on day 19 and some of them had chicks in them so whats going on? is there a...
i am confused now as we have a booted bantam and she does not have fluffy cheeks :s this is her :
so they can have fluffy cheeks or non fluffy cheeks?????
well when i went to pick up the eggs (of which she was one) there were only booted bantams in there so im thinking now that one of their aurcanas snook in with them. Its not exactly the breed i wanted but no one can deny that shes a cutie pie :) Thanks :)
Thanks so much :) my dad was trying to convince me it wouldnt work so i was getting a little confused to replace the eggs or not.
THANKS FOR THAT
I think the two of them combined would make lovely babys haha looking forward to it now :)
We have a lovely Wyandotte cockerel (Tigger) and a lovely little booted bantam (Leo) and shes gone off and sat on a secret nest we knew nothing about, shes broody so i either want to leave her or get her some different eggs but i need to know first if those eggs will hatch? they have mated so...
This is our new baby called Zazu :) shes just perfect but she isnt what i thought she was going to be. Of course i wont love her any less but im just interested in what breed she really is as she was meant to be a booted bantam but our other booted bantam does not have the fluffy cheeks that she...
Soon i will be collecting some lavender pekins :) i am so excited!
could anyone give me any info on them, share any pics you may have of pekins and also answer a small argument me and my father are haveing - i know its a true bantam but is this breed a rare breed?
Our cockerel doesnt seem very happy to see the new chicks - they are currently in a run with their mum so that the chickens can get used to haveing her back with her new additions to the family. The cockerel (Tigger) got all angry and tried to scare her and the chicks for about an hour and has...
Hi there :) i have just got 3 baby turkeys and have had them about 2 weeks now (they are now 8 weeks old) they are all girls and are currently in a rabbit run in the garden so they can get used to the chickens and vice-verca. I know all about the risk of blackhead and not to keep rabbits with...
oh dont worry we only use the rabbit run for introducing birds to eachother to try and avoid too much fighting. The run is massive so its perfect for that but the rabbits we have live indoors so no risk of that :)
So they should sleep where there is food? thats handy of them :) thank you :)
We have a hut for our 3 new baby girl turkeys but im not sure how to convince them to sleep in there as they are currently in a large rabbit run (so they can be introduced to the chickens so theres less fighting later). The chickens also share the hut so i dont really want to keep them locked in...
I have a wonderfull chicken called Kiwi who is very loved by my family but she has not been well lately - sitting down more, eating less. but yesterday i had to help her drink as she couldnt manage it and today i found her and shes panting and cant stand :'( ive made her comfey and put her out...