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    Drowned and not bled out straight away - is that okay to eat?

    Hi, I have a rooster that was drowned is it okay to eat that meat? (I didnt do it but see note at end of this post re how it happened) I did pluck him but didnt cut the neck to bled him out until after I had plucked and done other chores so would have been 2-3 hours. I dunked him in boiling...
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    Chicks growing at different paces

    Hi my first batch of chicks (early spring hatchers) all developed their wing feathers fast but the second batch of chicks (early summer hatchers) have taken a lot longer and dont seem to be growing so fast. Is there a reason for this? They are also not so healthy looking although they have all...
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    Clucky Sitting Mum with no feathers on her back!

    Hi is it normal for a Mum to pull the long feathers out from her back so she has a bald patch on her back? How long will it take to grow back? Is it because she is deficient in something? I had good nesting boxes with lots of wood shavings and straw and two did this but others didn't. Thanks...
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    What diseases etc can humans/dogs/cats/horses/cattle get from chickens

    Eeek I started going through this topic to find out what has happened to my friends chick's eye and got quite stressed at some of the diseases etc there are. Can any of these pass to humans/dogs/cats/horses/cattle? If so what are they and how do you prevent them... Thanks, one stressed...
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    Does anyone know what is wrong with this chick eye and how to treat it

    My friends chick has a swollen eye and it is grey and appears to be blind in the eye. The wing on the same side as the eye is wet like the chick has been rubbing it's eye on its wing to maybe scratch it's eye? Do you know what is wrong with it and how it could have got it and how to treat it...
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    Multiple brooding mums in a nest together for hatching

    Hi is this advisable and can it work okay when the chicks start hatching? I have four houses, one main one currently has 3 broody hens in a box each with one box spare; another one has two broody hens in a box each. I have a new house with two huge nesting boxes that are 3 if not four times...
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    Stages of fertilised egg development and how long it can be cold

    Hi does anyone explain (or have photos) of the stages of fertilised egg development on each of the days? (like the stages of human baby in the womb) Also does anyone know how long a newly hatched fertilised egg can be cold for before it is no good, and then how long that can be as the chick...
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    Tw hens dead in a week, help please

    Has anyone ever had a hen dead outside a nesting box with a broody hen in it? I have had two in the last week. The first dead chook was just outside the nesting box with its head tucked around to the side, I thought maybe she had tried to get in the nest with the broody hen. Then today I...
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    Hi from New Zealand & Thank You everyone for this awesome community

    Hi From New Zealand So happy to have my girls and boys and learning from them (they had ME trained in no time lol). They are so giving and have quite different personalities which are a joy not to mention the eggs Absolutely spoilt rotten I started with Brown Shavers as my first time...
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