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    Crazy Chooks Page

    Welcome to 'Blackwood Farm' Home to 2 kids, 1 Dog, 3 Cats, 4 Goats and too many chickens The property (10 acres) was mostly clay with no trees, an unfinished house and shed that looked like it was falling down rather than half way built. That was 8 years ago and it has improved a lot...
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    How young do polish frizzles show frizzling?

    If they have the frizzle gene then they will be frizzled, you will see it by 1-2 weeks of age. If they end up smooth feathered then they do not carry the frizzle gene.
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    5 days incubated & EXPLODED!! PEEEWWW!!

    I am sure the egg was not old, It would have had a hairline crack that I missed when setting them. I know the smell is fading as I am not retching every time I go near the incubator, the rest of the house does not smell anymore.
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    5 days incubated & EXPLODED!! PEEEWWW!!

    I have cleaned the unit, it is an RCOM50. Mostly plastic and easy to clean. I have wiped over the other two eggs affected, it was mostly on the incubator itself. i will candle tonight and see what happens.
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    5 days incubated & EXPLODED!! PEEEWWW!!

    I have just purchased a new incubator 'the RCOM50' I put eggs in it on the 8th and was going to candle tonight. BUT woke up this morning to the most incredibly awful stench through out the whole house! One of the eggs had exploded.....YUK!! There are another 49 eggs in there and its only day...
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    16 weeks old and i still can't tell sex....anyone!!

    Thank you everyone who put there say in. I was hoping the G/L would be girls. Thanks all.
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    16 weeks old and i still can't tell sex....anyone!!

    These 3 are isa brown x gold laced wyandottes and they are 16 weeks old. These ones are a silkie cross and are 16 weeks and wont stay still for a photo These are doing my head in! I just don't know
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    Could this be Gapeworm or Respiratory disease - photos

    Thanks, I hope that is all it is. No discharge at all. I will try in the morning to swab, its too dark now.
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    How long do you reckon before they realise they can jump over this? ;)

    If they are happy enough and have lots to scratch at they may not bother jumping the fence.
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    Could this be Gapeworm or Respiratory disease - photos

    Hi all, please help This chook is roughly 16 weeks old and started gasping for breath late yesterday. I first thought because i had just after I had fed them and it had eaten too much and was being a pig! Still doing it today and I have separated it from the rest of the flock. Could this be...
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    Help with this broody ..

    Hi there, You can either try to separate her and give her her own area or you can just mark her eggs with a pencil and just check them when she hops of her nest every day. Good luck!
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    Coop & Run - Where do I start - HELP

    Ok, so i have a paddock which will eventually house all my chickens. It is about 40 meters x 30 meters and I was going to build a 5m x 5m coop in the middle then divide it all into 4 separate coops with runs so each will ens up as a 20m x 15m run with a 2.5m x 2.5 m coop. hope that makes...
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    Am I the only person...

    I don't have feed out for them all the time as the darn birds come and eat it. I feed them in the morning and then again at about lunchtime, they also get bread and fruit as an afternoon treat. they do free range a fair bit too and i always worry if I am feeding them enough, there is always...
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    Is anyone able to give me advice - New Coop & paddock runs

    This is a pic of my backyard where the mums and babies are. Once the chicks are 2-3 weeks old they are allowed anywhere in the backyard to roam These photos are of the paddock which will eventually be the chook yard. These are of my pekins and the higelty pigelty old setup
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    Is anyone able to give me advice - New Coop & paddock runs

    Quote: MY BANTAM PEKINS (COCHINS) These crazy chickens are my favorite, There are 14 of them and at the moment they all huddle into a 2ft x 4 ft coop NO NEED as they have a larger coop (exactly the same but bigger) in there too and I spend my time moving half of them out of the small en and...
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    Is anyone able to give me advice - New Coop & paddock runs

    Thanks for your reply. What about bantam chickens - does the same apply of 4ft per bird? Their coops are only for seeping in - they are never left in them - They are let out first thing in the morning and locked up at night.
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    Is anyone able to give me advice - New Coop & paddock runs

    Is anyone able to give me advice ??
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    has anyone ever tried to breed a PURPLE chicken

    I purchased some day olds some time ago from a hatchery here in melbourne Australia. I bought Black Australorp cross with New Hamshire chicks and when they feathered in at 6-8 week I noticed some of them had a purple sheen and the rest had green sheen. I was told the ones with the purple sheen...
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    Is anyone able to give me advice - New Coop & paddock runs

    Hi all, I would love some guidance for my new coops and runs. At the moment i have fences and chickens with little runs ect everywhere, LOL So I have a roughly 40meter x 40 meter paddock (probably more) that will eventually house all my chickens. I am planning on building a 5 meter x 5...
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    18 Chickens killed

    Quote: The first time today that my heart was lightened.....I'll get the incubator tomorrow and follow your suggestions. I only took the ones from the last two days. How "old" could they have been in the fridge to attempt to hatch them? They can be in the fridge for quite a long time and...
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