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    Winter months

    Hi all I apologise if this is posted in the incorrect forum area but just wanted some advice please. As the cold winter months will be drawing in soon I wondered if I needed to do anything to keep my chickens warm overnight? I'm guessing they are quite hardy birds but wondered if anyone else...
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    Poorly hen

    Hi all, please can you help? I have a hen who we rescued and have had just over a week, we kept the 3 together that we got in their coop and fed them layers mash as advised and wormed them. Yesterday we noticed that one seemed distant and stayed in the bedding area, just standing there, today...
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    Him or her??

    Hi all, here are a couple of pics of my chicken, I can't figure out what sex it is and I am not experienced enough to try the vent option. I have had him/her for 9 weeks and it must of been 1-2 weeks old when I got it, so around 10-12 weeks at a guess. Would any of the experienced chicken...
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    Female confirmation?

    A question if someone would be so kind as to confirm either way. I have been told that you can sex a chicken by holding it with its head away from you and gently tilting forward, if the tail feathers spray out then it is a female, a sort or defence action to protect would e chicks, and...
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    Newbie chicken keeper

    Hi all, I am new to keeping chickens and have been lucky to come across this very lovely and helpful website. I live in the UK and have wanted chickens for many years and lucky enough to have 2 (as a start!) I got them from a small garden centre in Kent, sorry to day they seemed more interested...
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