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  1. LayALilEgg 4Me

    heat lamps

    Its a good little set up you havethere! Good idea with the dresser! Just use all the advice given and you will be fine. When its your first time its easy to worry and panic! It seems like your good job so relax and enjoy your chicks!! I was exactly the same when i got my chicks (only 3 wish i...
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    heat lamps

    Hey, the heat lamp should have a gaurd on so the chicks cant burn themselves. Its not so much height, its more temperature! Place the lamp at a height were the temp in the brooder is at 95 degrees. (Im presuming they are young chicks) Then reduce the heat by five degrees every week (usually...
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    gender??... I'm sure one tried crow this mornin at 6am!!

    Oh thats such a good idea! And oooh we love rare breeds!! Thats the thing with chickens they have this effect on you were you just want to get more and more!! We have just found out we own some land at the back of our house, not a huge amount but it will be a significant extention to the garden...
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    The 2nd cool chicken contest (restarted)

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    gender??... I'm sure one tried crow this mornin at 6am!!

    Hey, i never heard from the breeder so i was a bit gutted!! Hopefully my pullets with start laying at end of august!! Plus all my veg will be ready for harvest then so hopefully august will be a good month!! Its lovely when you get enough eggs to share with family and neighbours. I hope to do...
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    gender??... I'm sure one tried crow this mornin at 6am!!

    Thats fantastic news!! Well done you! And im not supprised they are beautiful chickens!! Thats good going with the taming cos i spend loads of time with hazel hen and she is only just now starting to tameca little and trust me! Not sure weather its her age and lack of handling in the past, or...
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    gender??... I'm sure one tried crow this mornin at 6am!!

    Hey how are you? Sorry i havnt posted for a while either! Hope your girls are doing good and you found names for them!! They were both cockerels unfortunately, but i found them a lovely home on a small holding were they will be used for breeding! So a lovely 5 acres for them which is great!! The...
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    Red Mites!

    Hello, sorry to hear about the mite infestation they are a pain!! First things first... check, check, and double check that you have disinfected every nook and crannie in the coop. Under roost bars and in corners of nest boxes are the worst for red mite! NET-TEX is really good for mite...
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    gender??... I'm sure one tried crow this mornin at 6am!!

    Hey thank you for sharing your story!! Its such a shame when you cant keep them! All your chickens are beautiful! Its good to chat to people who have been in the same or similar situations you dont feel as though your alone. I guess i was disapointed cos id done loads of reasearch and read...
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    gender??... I'm sure one tried crow this mornin at 6am!!

    That sounds like a brilliant flock! Iv been looking at getting some quail.. iv got a shed that would be ideal to make into an avery! Id love to have a big flock like that! Im gonna keep looking for allotments, smallholdings to rent/buy and have a decent sized flock and polytunnel for fruit n veg!
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    gender??... I'm sure one tried crow this mornin at 6am!!

    I totally agree BYC has really helped unload all my flocklust too!! Plus its really nice to know and talk to other people who share the same interests. Most people think im nuts because of my young age and that i own chickens and grow my own fruit and veg and make jams etc from them. Its a...
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    gender??... I'm sure one tried crow this mornin at 6am!!

    ...chicks, (iv got three 7week old) atm. BUT at the end of the day im in a built up area getting carried away with wanting a country life... its a **** shame its too expensive to buy a house in the countryside! Its been fab to have young chickens and raise chicks but the upset of rehoming my...
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    gender??... I'm sure one tried crow this mornin at 6am!!

    Hey they are definately crowing the both of them! We have found them a nice a nice home. Im sad to see them go as i do love them but unfortunately my location isnt ideal for cockerels!!
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    The 2nd cool chicken contest (restarted)

    Here is my chicken!! One of my chicks!!
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    Is This POO Normal??....

    Thanks for posting!! Hazel is going great! She has a massive appetite shes looking good, still bright red comb. Iv seen very very few poos like the one pictured. I think she may have just shed some intestinal lining. Which is what i origionally thought but as im new i feel its safer to ask...
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    gender??... I'm sure one tried crow this mornin at 6am!!

    Thank you for you help, i heard speckle cluck this morning? Can baby cocks cluck? And there was no attempt crowing this morning? Am i just in denial?
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    learnt a new lesson today ........ my flock loves the rain! does your? POLL

    Aww i know i though we had a big garden when we bought this house, it is a good size but i want a bigger one! Preferably a farm lol!! Im gutted about speckle being a cockrel. Were gonna try find him a nice home! Good luvk with the molt!
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    gender??... I'm sure one tried crow this mornin at 6am!!

    Thank you everyone for your help and advice! Im hoping a farm down the road will take him on so i can go visit him! Im devastated! :hit
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    gender??... I'm sure one tried crow this mornin at 6am!!

    Yeah i will, my only other concern is that freckle n speckle are with an older chicken, a standard size chicken that get along fine, but freckle n speckle were close... you still thinkbit wud be ok to add other pullets?
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    gender??... I'm sure one tried crow this mornin at 6am!!

    Oh no!! I was hoping by some miracle he wud be a pullet! Im worried how freckle will react to speckles rehoming! Its gonna kill me having to do this! They were the first two chickens i bought so they mean a lot to me! :( do i rehome them together so they are not split up or do i keep freckle?
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