Search results for query: *

  • Users: wcah
  • Content: Threads
  • Order by date
  1. wcah

    Point of lays still not laying??

    A group of us bought 6 POL chickens so 18 went in to a cage and a friend droped them off to us. This was back in October 2018 Now the other 2 lots of 6 POL are all laying madley and they both started laying slowly in November and they have trickled through til Jan when they all stated laying...
  2. wcah

    turkey poults

    Iv just hatched 11 borbon red turkeys, which are now a week old. When would you sugest giving them fine oystar grit? An giving them some grass, or would it be best to give them washed lettice?
  3. wcah

    liver colour is this ok?

    I just despatched 2 hubbard meat birds, 1 cock which was 4.5kg an a hen at 3.6kg. But the liver of the hen was very pale with normal colour patch. Is it ok to eat the bird? Has it a dessise? Why is her liver this colour? Please help as am worried now.
  4. wcah

    live weight to dead weight

    Hi all my Hubbards (aparentley a freeranging meat bread) are now 12 weeks old and Iv been feeding them on a mix of growers and rolled oats since they were 7 weeks old, an they live freerange in my orchard. Yesterday i weighed a couple and they are 7 to 8kgs. Which i was very shocked at. What...
  5. wcah

    HELP! DUCK HAS EATTEN FUNGUI

    My duck has just thrown up and when i looked there are muchroom type thing in it orange colour. If hes thrown up should he be ok or should i take him to the vets? I live in shropshire UK. THANKS
    • wcah
    • Thread
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  6. wcah

    has anyone reared hubbards for the table?

    I got 9 Hubbard day olds, 6 weeks ago, iv reared loads of chick before but never a spcific meat chicken. I was lead to believe that these were a slow growing, freeranging bird. But so far, they just sit/lay an eat, they are in a coop in my orchard as i thought they would love the wind falls, but...
  7. wcah

    hens behaving badley

    Mooved my hens to a larger coop as too many an not enough perch space in there old one which was causing fights to get a perch. Now they are in the larger coop with about enough space for another 4 hens, an now NONE of them perch now they all sleep in the nestboxes, which inturn makes shity...
  8. wcah

    dust baths

    I have finished the new turkey shed, built all the pannels for there run, just need to conect them together and they can move in to there new complex. Do turkeys require a dust bath like chickens? If they do dose anyone have any ideas as to hoe to provide one in there run which is just meddow...
  9. wcah

    egg shells

    Is it ok to give turkeys washed out chicken egg shells, to supliment there grit requirement?
  10. wcah

    what went wrong?

    I put 18 silverlace wing eggs, 6 light sussex, and 6 duck eggs in my incubator. The chickens were due to hatch 3rd aug by the 8th only 6 hatched so i opened the rest to see and they were all fully formed but dead and they still had the yoke sak out side of there body. What did i do wrong? I kept...
  11. wcah

    pen size for 'freerange'turkeys

    Im now going to pen my turkeys in to prevent them from mixing with my chickens, they are still in the stable at the moment, as iv already got blackhead, got meds from vets an am in the prosses of worming the chickens. Iv got an 8ftX8ft shed which i hope is going to be big enough for 9 wriall...
  12. wcah

    can turkeys share freerangeing with chickens?

    I have read so much about not letting turkeys range with chickens or on land that has had chickens on due to the risk of blackhead. But also reading quite a few people do have turkeys and chickens mixing together. So how can i do this? I know they need plenty of space to avoid bulliying as a...
  13. wcah

    this carnt be normal

    Just been giving my turks there tablets, and watched them, some are doing firm poos, which is fine, some are doing semi soft/runny poos, which again i suposs is fine. But some are doing propper squits, which is very dark from what i could see, as as soon as that turkey squits all the others jump...
  14. wcah

    another attack on my chickens several wounded please advise treatment.

    Had another fox attack last night, my stunning cookoo marran cockeral called kev, killed, featherss everywhere, an 1 hen with a badley torn back, which i washed with salt water and sprayed with antiseptic spray, just need it to dry up, if i put salt on it would that dry the wound up? As i dont...
  15. wcah

    was it a dog or a fox?

    Last night something dug under my chicken run and massicared 15, 3 month old chickens and 3, 3 month old duckings, 2 duckings were too badly damaged so had to get rid, 1 ducks got a broken wing and were having it amputated today, 1 duckling has bad mauling on its back which should repair.1 chick...
  16. wcah

    rooster limping realy badley

    I have a 3 year old cookoo marran rooster and about 5 days ago he started limping. I put it down to scaly leg as the stuff id bought wasnt working and his anckel was quite bad. I spoke to the breeder an he sujested brushing his legs with a bit of desiel as this kills the scaly mites. His scabs...
  17. wcah

    duck eggs hatching time?

    This is my first time incubating duck eggs, they were due to hatch on the 22 there started at 1600hrs on the 21, little bits of shell was broken, this morning the 23rd 1 duckling has hatched and the others still just a small hole and a bit of movement. Should i help them out yet? As its nearly...
    • wcah
    • Thread
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  18. wcah

    chicken saddles?

    I run 6 hens with 1 cockeral. 3 hens are very bald I carnt find any mites or bugs on them so im taking it its feather damage from the cockeral. I think that saddles are for this? I looked on ebay for them and they are £6 each. Are they any good and do the hen generaly get used to wearing them...
  19. wcah

    when to ween from mummy hen?

    I had a broody hen and her chicks hatched 6 weeks ago. I took the broody hen out of the main run when she started sitting. Mummy and her 3 chicks have been in a seperate coop and run and the main group are freerange so have seen them and cogragate around her run. Theses last couple of days mummy...
  20. wcah

    would this work?

    Since some of my eggs or in the incubator already, and i have a delivery of 12 more the end of the week. I have now realized that its not wise to add the eggs, due to the humidity change on the 18th day. I thought id have a go a making a hatcher or an incubator myself. But do i NEED to have a...
Back
Top Bottom