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    Hens laying their first egg!

    Yeah our coop design makes it pretty difficult to be able to transfer them from nest box to roost easily. We also made them a new coop from the one they were brought up in and I'm not sure if the change has disoriented them a little.
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    Hens laying their first egg!

    Yeah we've been feeding them layers for about 3-4 weeks now. They also get some mixed poultry corn once or twice a week. Will there be a noticeable difference between the squat position and the sitting position?
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    Hens laying their first egg!

    Not as such no I think or thought that was just their way of escaping us. Were also have an issue of 2 or 3 of them persisting to sleep in the nest boxes even after putting them on the roost bars.
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    Hens laying their first egg!

    Hi guys. We're in a our first year of keeping chickens and I was wondering if there's anything I should be doing to help the girls lay. We have 1 black tail 3 goldline and 3 cream legbar girls. All around 19 23 weeks of age and there doesn't seem to be any sign of any egg laying activity. They...
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    Eye condition? Need help/advice

    Thank you for the replies. She seems to be acting normal other then it's popped out appearance. To be honest we can't really say if it's always been like that we've just noticed it looked odd. If it is a generic will it always be popped out and and look weird. We live in England and I'm not sure...
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    Eye condition? Need help/advice

    So we've noticed that one of our 3 week old hens has a 'pop eye' it's rather noticeable and it pretrudes from the head unlike all our chickens eyes which look pretty flush with the head. She seems fine although she does close it and shake her head now and then. I've attatched images the best I...
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    Can anyone help? SEXING. UPDATED IMAGES

    Do we have 3 roos one hen or do we have 3 hens 1 roo any help would be greatly appreciated. First time hatches.
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    Can anyone help? SEXING. UPDATED IMAGES

    Hi all and thanks for taking the time to read this. We have bought a hybrid breed rhode island red x light sussex (Black tails) We've ended up with 5 chicks. After looking at the wings we can't decide if we have males or females although these should be auto sexing chicks the wings look the...
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    HELP!!!!!

    It's not trying to stand at all or at least I haven't seen it try. It's (I think) shuffled to the corner of the bator and still lay there panting rapidly.
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    blood in hatching chicken egg

    It looks to be exposed and hasn't had chance to absord it yet. Cover with moist towel and re apply periodically do not pull the egg away from the chick. Try get the egg over the sac to keep humity up, cross your fingers and hope for the best. Ours is still alive after nearly 12 hours and has...
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    HELP!!!!!

    All the other chick came out full of life. This one has lay on the floor breathing rapidly without moving bar the odd kick for nearly 12 hours. Is his normal for a chick with an exposed yolk sac which it is slowly absorbing or is this a sign of slow death?
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    blood in hatching chicken egg

    I would say that that is the yolk sac. Exactly the same as our 5th chick. Keep it in the incubator but cover it with the egg shell the best you csn and a moist paper towel. Apparently they need to absorb this on their own. Ours has managed to do so but is lying on the incubator floor (to me...
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    blood in hatching chicken egg

    Is it the yolk sac exposed? One of ours is exactly the same.
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    blood in hatching chicken egg

    Is the membrane around the chick wet or has it dried out? If it looks dry apply water to it with a paper towel and try and get the humidity higher. Put lid back on and check hourly
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    HELP!!!!!

    So.... What an experience this has been. We've getting 4 chicks out of the 9 that went to lockdown. Unfortunately only 1 hen. Theres a 5th chick that we have had a huge problem with. The little fells hatched with the yolk sac still exposed and attached to the umbilical cord. We covered it with...
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    Attempt No 2

    So.... What an experience this has been. We've getting 4 chicks out of the 9 that went to lockdown. Unfortunately only 1 hen. Theres a 5th chick that we have had a huge problem with. The little fells hatched with the yolk sac still exposed and attached to the umbilical cord. We covered it with...
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    NEED ADVICE - First Hatch Help!!!!

    Can godzilla be moved to the brooder by itself? The other seems weak and wants to sleep but keeps getting trampled on??
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    NEED ADVICE - First Hatch Help!!!!

    When is it safe to take the chicks out the incubator and into brooder? If they hatch at different times and others have pipped, when is the right time to take them out?
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    NEED ADVICE - First Hatch Help!!!!

    So I've came home from work to another chick, another pipper and 2 wobblers. How the others have stood a chance with godzilla is beyond me but they are.
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    NEED ADVICE - First Hatch Help!!!!

    Maybe your right..... What's the cause? We seen movement in all eggs at lockdown?
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