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    Please help re moving muscovy duck and her new ducklings

    Hi there Our muscovy hatched out 3 baby ducklings this morning, but its now night time here in Australia and we haved moved them to a safer spot away from our drake and chickens. But she is now not sitting on her ducklings. It's only been about 20 mins but I'm getting worried. What should we...
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    Correct way to Turn eggs in an incubator

    Hi this is our first time trying to hatch some of our own fertile eggs in an incubator. We have had broodies previously do all the work but we thought it would be fun for our children to witness a hatch in an incubator. Also we don't have anyone clucky at the moment. We got ourselves a mini...
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    What sex do you think my pekin bantam babies are?

    Hi all my pekin bantam babies are approx 6 weeks old now could you please help me figure out what sex they are. Hope the picture is ok. Also are these what you would call cuckoo? Thanks in advance :D
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    Heat wave - will our unborn chicks survive?

    We have two of our broody hens sitting on eggs (today is day 10), but the problem is we are having a heat wave here in Australia and today it has been around 42 degrees all day (I think converts to 107.6 faranheight). It was pretty much the same yesterday and tomorrow is going to be even worse...
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    Help, What breed? Friendly, good layer, doesn't go clucky all the time

    We would love to add to our flock, but would like a chicken with a placid and friendly nature as we have two young children aged 5 and 3. We would also like a good egg layer and a chicken that tends not to go clucky. At the moment our pekins and silkie seem to be constantly clucky (although we...
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    Friendly hen turning nasty towards her chicks

    Our pekin bantam has just sucessfully hatched out and raised 5 sussex chicks. The chicks are now 6 weeks old and Rosie has suddenly decided that she doesn't want to be mum anymore - gee sometimes I feel like that too After doing such a wonderful job at looking after the babies until now she...
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    Don't think our chicks have had any water yet, will mum show them how?

    Our chicks hatched on the 5th October and are being looked after by there adopted mummy. I have provided in the pen fresh chick crumble and water. I have seem them all trying the food but haven't yet seen anyone have a drink. Will the mum show them what to do? Sorry if this seems a silly...
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    Our babies are hatching, first timers (pics)

    It's day 22 today and at 9am this morning all five eggs had pipped. At 2.30pm we had one gorgeous fluffy butt and one freshly hatched chick. The other three are making progress but are not quite there yet. This is our first hatch and the kids, hubby and I are all very excited. Rosie our...
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    First hatch, babies due tomorrow, should I move hen and eggs?

    Our Pekin Bantam Rosie is sitting on 5 sussex eggs and tomorrow is day 21. We are so excited this is our first hatch. I was wondering whether I should move Rosie and her eggs into seperate living quarters now or after the chicks hatch. I am a little concerned because the nest box is a fair way...
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    Hen sitting on eggs, what do I need to do?

    Our pekin bantam has just gone broody and a friend of ours has given us 5 fertile eggs for her to sit on and see if they hatch. We have never hatched any of our own chicks before so I have a few questions: It has so far been 3 days and I haven't seen her leave the nest to drink, eat or poo...
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    Won't go in the new coop, please help???

    A few weeks ago my husband finished off our new chook pen for the girls - YEAH Previously around 5.30pm they would put themselves to bed no worries and we would lock them up for the night, however now only 1 out of the 4 girls will go in the new pen by herself. The other three perch...
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    Bantam eggs and cooking

    Our Pekin Bantam has just started laying eggs and so far we have four. It's a bit of a silly question but when cooking do you generally use 2 bantam eggs to one normal sized egg?
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    Egg on it's way?????

    Our Pekin bantam Rosie has been acting weird today, scratching around the nesting box and then wandering around as if she is lost. Also clucking alot more than usual. Our girls usually follow each other round the yard all day, but today Rosie seems to have other things on her mind. Do you...
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    Chicken Coop underneath kids cubby house??????

    We are new to the chicken scene and loving it. We currently have 2 RIRs 1 silkie and 1 pekin. The girls live in a small chicken tractor at night at the moment and free range during the day, however, we would love to build them a bigger and better home with proper nesting boxes (can't wait for...
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    Mixing breeds

    Hi All I am new to the backyardchickens forum, I have been browsing the website for a while and am already hooked. We have two chickens amongst other pets a whippet, tropical fish, hermit crabs. We have a silkie and a pekin bantam both are around 20 weeks of age and we have had them since...
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