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    Just Apple cider vinegar?

    Hey gang, So i am in the process of making apple cider vinegar using this website but it takes aggessss.http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Apple-Cider-Vinegar Because i am impatient i was wondering if you can use malt vinegar or red wine vinger or just classic cider vinegar? Massive thanks in...
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    What age and sex is my silkie?

    Hey byc gang So i had a new chicken given to me which i have now named beans due to his/hers fascination with the baked beans I was told she was hatched this spring which makes her old enough to lay eggs but none have appeared and she has become very dominant over my flock even bossing my...
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    Very Sick hen, pale comb, lethargic, lost appetite. Help please!

    Hello BYC gang!! My silver laced wyandotte has become very poorly, her comb has suddenly gone really pale, and only a few months ago in the summer it was a beautiful, striking red, she was one of my best layers and now she hasnt laid a single one in 2 weeks. Shes lost soo much weight and...
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    No eggs hatched, what to do next??

    Hi guys, It was my first ever broody, we got 10 eggs and she sat tightly but no eggs have hatched What do i do next? We are currently on day 27th and there is no sign of anything. Should i take them away or.... Very stuck Thanks in advance chicken friends
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    How to judge whether to put your chicken down...Need some advice from all of you please

    Hello fellow chicken lovers, i have been trying to write this for such a long time. Finally i have done it! I have a 9 bantam chickens, and the lowest in the pecking order, (papillion) has been picked upon alot, first she had this wound on the side of her face: But it has all cleared up...
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    Reintroducing poorly chicken back into the flock??

    I have a poorly chicken indoors at the moment: But i am worried that when i put her back in with the others they will pick on her or wont accept her back... Has anybody got any advice or have done it themselves??
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    Do your ladies and gents go mad for warmed up food!!

    Hey Guys, I was just curious whether your chickens like some if theyre food warmed up like mine do... Mine love boiled veggie peelings still warm, warm porridge, warmed up leftovers from tea, What do yours like??
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    10 egg or 20 egg incubator???...

    BYC gang, i need help, i am already thinking about spring hatching...(very excited!) its my first time hatching and i cannot decide between buying a 10 egg incubator or a 20 one. Either a brinsea mini advance incubator or a brinsea octagon 20 eco incubator. What do you think?? Thanks guys!!
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    Need advice!! Very deep wound on side of face...dont know what to do?

    byc guys! My gold-laced polish had a deep wound on the side of face, it must be a peck wound because she is at the bottom of the pecking order. It had a yellow pus coming out and i panicked, luckily my dad is a vet but has never treated a chicken. We cleaned the wound, put antibiotic...
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    What temp should i put petrolium jelly on my ladies combs??

    BYC gang! I live in england, but its getting very cold here, weve had freezing fog and -5 temps. Should i be putting the jelly on there combs?? Thanks guys!
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    Whats your favourite home brew??

    Hi BYC gang! I have always been a hands on baker but for close family i like to make handmade and homemade gifts aswell as bought prezzies. Soo who better to ask for ideas and recipes than you guys... So far i have made blueberry gin... Any ideas and recipes would be great!!!
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    help!!!! i thought i had all pullets but i heard somebody do a wonky one....who was naughty??? pics

    Hi Guys, I have 9 bantams they all vary on ages as i couldnt help but buy more... I have narrowed it down to these... Poppy Chirpy Scramble Mumble, the youngest and has quite a red comb.... Mumble wasnt in the mood for a photo shoot after i took the pasta out...
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    My favourite chicken has a black-eye...what can i do?

    Friends, I went to spoil my chickens with some leftovers from tea, and noticed my favourite chicken was stratching its eyes so i checked it, and under the eye is really red, and then when she shuts her eye-lid there is a blue bruise, with a redish ring around it.... Has another chicken pecked...
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    How to stop feather peckers??

    Who can stop feather peckers?? i have tried pinless peepers and purple spray. Anyone who can solve this is amazing!
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    What is the difference between a cochin and a pekin chicken bantam?? And what breeds do i have?

    I have 3 bantams, what are they pekin or cochin, and what are their breeds?? Dottie Poppy Thankyou! Mumble
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    We need an upto-date thread on your lush interior coop decoration!!!!

    So i have so many ideas for completley spoiling my chickdren-chickenchildren (lol) And i want to decorate the inside for them but i have so many ideas....BUT...i want more ideas!!! Hahhaaa... outside of my coop, very boring at the mo...inside is even more boring... Post pics and...
  17. AlicesSilkies

    Dinner party game! Please play and enjoy!!

    Ok well, if you could choose 3 people dead or alive to come to your dinner party who would you have, and...what would you cook, starter, main-meal, and pudding. My answer would be. 1) freddie mercury 2) the queen 3) Johnny depp and i would cook, garlice bread and mussels, then thai green...
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    A new found love for quiche to use up eggs...whats your fave recipie???

    Love making quiche, it is soo easy and uses up 3-5 eggs at a time, perfect!!! I have tried: caramalised onion and feta bacon mushroom and pepper sundried tomato Need more yummy ideas
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    Help my friends chickens are nude!! WARNING, pics of the nakeds!!!

    My friends chickens free-range in the end of her back garden and they are all really happy!!....HOWEVER...they are very naked, almost ovenready We still get 5 eggs a day, but they are unsightly and have been nicknamed by our villagers as 'the nakeds' which my friend is extremley embarassed...
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    Not a clue on breed??

    This is poppy, i know shes a pekin, but dont know what sort. Thankyou!! Cant wait to know!!
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