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    Pullets turn to hens. Let celebrate with an awards ceremony!

    Just for a bit of a laugh I thought I would celebrate some of my hens birthdays with an awards ceremony. Our first hatched birds and are officially hens, and most of them are in their first proper moult....so many feathers blowing around! So, here is a slice of our flock, the winners if you...
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    Gender of Barred Rocks - Not following the 'rules'

    Hi all, I am normally confident looking at other people birds, but hesitant on my own! We purchased two BR chicks to adopt to a broody RIR. I researched the gender sexing of day olds and did my best to choose from the breeders brood two females. I looked for the tight white dot, but they...
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    Please help with diagnosing these poorly chickens. **pics and story included**

    Hi all, I will try keep this brief, apologies if I waffle on a bit. We have been helping out some freinds by feeding their flock while they were away on holiday. They have 5 Isa Browns, and one crossbreed that we gave them nearly a year ago. Latte, the chicken we gave them no longer...
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    A question about eggs laid with holes already in them.

    Hi team, I friend of our family has a couple of chickens, a Highline (brown layer very similar you Isa Brown) and a little banty cross. The Highline hen is about 3 years old. Our friend asked me why she would be laying odd eggs, I could not give an answer so I thought to ask here. I first...
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    Can broody's be fooled to adopt instead of hatch?

    Hi all, We just hatched two small Coronation Sussex chicks. They hatched this morning, and just this afternoon we get our first broody, a Silver Pencilled Wyandotte. Just my luck really, to get our first 'full auto' mum the day we hatch some 'the other way'. My question is, can, and at what...
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    How much would you trust a first time broody?

    Hi all, We are pretty new to chickens, only having them for about a year. We have never had a broody hen, our first hatched pullets are laying and we are entering spring. Today, our RIR Rosie plucked out all her belly feathers and has been spending some time longer in the nest box than usual...
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    Mind having a guess at these 6 pullet breeds?

    Hi team, Was out visiting another family today and was looking over thier flock. They are not 100% what breed or mix of breed they have. I offered to take a few photo's and make a thread here in an effort to find out. I have my suspicions with a few and will throw those in with any other...
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    Feathers! The one thing I am yet to find a second purpose for.

    Our feathered friends are great for MANY things. We have found as many purposes for these pets as we can. We feed them our weeds, food scraps, We let them weed and feed my lawn, We take their eggs, for sale, consumption or reproduction, We sometimes eat, sell or trade them when the chicken...
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    Perth's Native Black Swan's

    Hi All, Sorry if this is posted in the wrong spot. Was out for a run with the family this morning at a local weir and saw two of the regular local birds being friendly. I grabbed a couple of pictures and thought some people here may like to see a pair of black swans. They are pretty common...
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    Our DIY Rooster/Night box

    We live in suburbia, and like many are not permitted to keep roosters. After a recent hatch, we have grown some anyway, and are now faced with the desire to keep two roosters in order to give us some fertile eggs for our next hatch. I have spent a long time online, trying to find all the...
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    Matching pair of Silver Penciled Wyandottes?

    Hi all, I have been working on our new flock's sex. I am confident I have the other 10 of this hatch pegged. These two, I am just not certain about. As of yesterday they were 9 weeks old, SPW. The only difference I can pick of the two, are the tales. Amy has more to her's, not sure if that...
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    Incubating Day Count, No such thing as a silly question right?

    Hi fellow hatchers. I have what seems like a fairly simple question regards timing/counting days for our hatch. The wife and I are new to this, and what an experience it has been. long story short, how does the 21 day cycle start? Day 1 or Day 0? We set at 1700 (5pm) on Sunday Feb 10th...
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    Our introduction to keeping chickens, the high's, the lows and pics of our journey.

    Hi all, My name is Ben. As a family we decided we would make a few changes around home and make a bit more effort to be 'green' We planned for chooks, but also started a worm farm, veggie patch, herb garden, composting and working the natural path over the enhanced path. Please, if your...
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    Hi from Perth, Western Australia

    Hi all, My name is Ben, I am from Perth Western Australia and come to learn and share, after all, nearly everything I have learned on line so far has come from here. Time to give back a little. Just starting my first thread on this forum. I will follow the template and then give a brief...
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