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    Puffy eye on chick.

    Hi all, Was very sad to see that the most friendly girl in our new set of chicks has a puffy eye! Thank you for all of the threads people have posted about this in the past. I have cleaned the eye out with eye irrigation liquid from our first aid kit. And following the advice on other threads...
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    Pekin Bantam Chicks- Boys or girls?

    Hi Everyone, This is our first go at raising chicks so I don't know if it's too early to tell or not but I've noticed in the last fews days that I have been able to tell the difference between them. If it is too early how can I tell and what do I look out for? I'll number the chicks so it's...
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    Roosting at night

    Hi everyone! When Michael and I first got our chooks we were not well researched at all and didn't think twice about the chooks sleeping in the nesting box all night. Our one adult hen still sleeps in the nesting box but our new chicks start the evening by sitting on the perch. Edith then...
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    Our new Pekin Bantam chicks

    Hi Everyone, Thought I'd share with you our new additions :) Sadly we lost our beautiful white hen for unknown reason. She was wormed, vaccinated and her vent/legs/skin/eyes looked healthy etc. She was fine the night before, feeding well and in the morning we found her dead downstairs from her...
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    Laying together but only every second day.

    Hi Everyone, I was just wondering...our two Bantams have been laying on alternate days from each other and now they have changed to both laying on the same day. So we get two eggs every second day. Does this mean they are getting to lay everyday? (it's the start of spring here at the moment and...
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    Some photos of our chickens and our coop, we are new :)

    Hi everyone, My husband and I have always wanted hens so when we moved into our first 'owned' house this year we started building a coop! We are in a 2 bedroom unit with a small backyard so we can't have too many chooks, or large breeds, so we have started with two Bantams (and will be looking...
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