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    Pink egg?

    Hi folks, I gave some eggs to my friend, and she sent me a very worried message! She cracked the egg open and said "the yolk was more pink than yellow, and there was more yolk than white" I have never had this in any of my eggs before! Any ideas what has caused this? Is this a partial...
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    Where are my eggs?!

    Last year we purchased some new hens. One was an Araucana. I am not sure of her age, but my knowledgeable friend suggested she looked young. Last year we got perhaps 3 eggs every two weeks from her. But since October last year, we have not had one egg! I know this as they are blue...
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    Is it back again?

    Last year we introduced some new birds to our flock. We quickly realised that they had a disease which infected all the others. We still don't know exactly what the disease was at the typical meds didn't fix it. The birds got tired, raspy, junk in their eyes, stopped eating and drinking. We...
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    How cold can a hen get?

    Hi, We have had an automatic door on the coop since April. Tonight I just so happened to hear a hen make a noise, went out, and two were standing outside the closed door! No idea why!! We are going to check each night now obviously, but out of curiosity, how cold can it be before a hen is...
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    Corn as treat?

    Hi, just wondering if corn should be fed along with layers pellets, or only as a treat? Thanks
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    Double yolk, every time!

    Just a quick question... One of our hens lays double yolk eggs every time without fail! Her eggs are much fatter and longer than the others eggs. So what causes this? Its obviously not a one off for her....
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    silly hen!

    One of our hens sits outside the coop every night, while all the others have gone in. Often she is caught out when the coop door shuts (light sensitive), so we go in and put her in the back door. Now, when it starts getting dark and the others are in, if she sees us she jumps in herself as...
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    Not eating...

    We had 5 hens and a cock in a small run. They went through about 6kg food a week easily. Sometimes more. Now we have 11 hens and a cock, but they are in their new big run.....they have hardly eaten 5kg food in the last month! All the hens are well, so i was wondering why! I do see them...
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    another 'how big should my coop be' question

    As above, how big should my coop be for bantam orps? I keep seeing '4 sq ft per bird' but that seems crazy! Ours have almost free range, so this is just for night. The coop is what i would call pretty big, 7 sq ft. Our 5 hens and one cock all huddle on one perch but sometimes overflow to the...
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    One chick needs integrated

    Our clutch only provided us with one chick. She is about 5 weeks now and still with mum on their own. When and how should I introduce her to the others? I can't really keep her on her own for another 10 weeks and not sure it's best leaving her with mum all that time? any suggestions?
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    What is this noise about?

    Our buff hen (only had her a couple weeks) goes round with her beak open making a strange noise. None of the others do this, so i was just wondering what it was about?! Its the 'clucking' type sound. Perhaps the others are just quiet? Then at the weekend our cockeral started making strange...
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    ill or broody?

    Our hen started sitting on eggs, but when we moved her and her eggs, she abandoned them. Another hen jumped on the eggs and hatched a chick. The original hen has been sitting in the egg box for the last few days and not leaving. She is not on eggs, not even one. She is just 11 months old...
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    Should i?

    We have some hens just now and we are away to buy some more to bring us up to 6 hens. I am currently building a bigger run for the hens (10m x 2m) which will have a plastic roof to save Mr Fox coming in. BUT, i was thinking it could be cool to have some ducks! But what do i need to consider...
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    only one chick!

    our hen just hatched a chick, but only one hatched. I checked the other 8 eggs and they were all off with no growth what so ever inside! I know that the eggs all came from the same hen, so why is only one egg fertile? I thought the cockerel would keep her fertilised for a whole batch.....but...
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    max time between first and last hatch?

    Got home from work last night to find a chick! I had hopped that this morning there would be more, but no. i know they dont need food or water for the first 48 hours, but i want to move mum and chick(s) to another coop. So how long should i leave mum before knowing the others wont hatch?
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    What is on the egg?

    Found these round balls on the egg today.....what is it? Anythign to worry about? The other egg is a normal one. the colours do change obviously, but the one with the 'extra bits' is very light in colour....
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    overdue....

    We dont really know when our hen started sitting, but i am quite sure 21 days would have passed on Saturday. Though not 100% sure. I am thinking by Wednesday the 21 days will DEFENETLY be over. last week i made an attempt at candling them and all 9 of them looked fertilised, with a large...
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    What to do with newly hatched chick

    Our hen is sitting on eggs (our first time and hers) in a coop of 3 hens and one cockerel. I dont know when they are due to hatch as i dont know when she started sitting! The shells are really thick and dark so cant see much, but i think they are all fertile as i can only see an air bubble at...
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    does she know what she is doing?

    One of our hens (less than one year old) plucked her chest and started to sit in the egg box a lot. We left her eggs and she seemed to be getting ready to sit. So we seperated her from the others and gave her a small coop. But she didnt like it and would sit as close to the fence where the...
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    bare belly

    We purchased eggs on 5 May 2012 and hatched them out. One needed taking out of her shell and needed a fair bit of work (teaching her to stand etc). When the rest grew, we realised that she was a lot smaller than the others. Now obviously living outside, she seems to manage fine despite being...
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