While out with the family at a little Bar with a small petting area i got talking with the owner who had some chicks and 2 of them were not doing to make it through the day, one is a polish and has slightly disfigured feet and the other had a limp.. due to my outrage he gave them to me! Now i...
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I have one hybrid hen and 4 pekin bantams. For what ever reason my hybrid has gone broody and is sitting on nothing at the moment but i have 6 bantam eggs i got from a friend in the incubator. the timing is quite similar (i think she went broody about 4 days after i started incubation) i...
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I'm in my first hatch and have 6 pekins candled yesterday and looking great. preparing for lock-down tomorrow and turned this morning. Children looked through the glass on to (hovabator) and noticed one egg slightly away from the others and has a crack ion the side. I opened the...
Ok so i have so many questions.. i want to be a good mum!
I am hatching eggs in the incubator. All looks well for 7/11. They are all Buff Columbian Pekins and we are really excited.
My friend hatched some eggs last year and is letting me use her brooder so all is ok with that however i am...
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I have a couple of hens for the children and a couple of days ago two of my hybrids sat out in the rain the others went in and saught shelter but these two decided to have a shower! My Buff hybrid (Buffy) is a little snotty and sneezes on occasion where as my white hybrid (Sophia)...
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this is my neighbours bird Daphne. Last weekend she cock a doodle do'd quite badly twice so we now think Daphne is a Dave. The bird is 27 weeks (approx.) has yet to lay any eggs has not had any more suspect noises!
Daphne/Dave is a Silkie hard feather... any help would be...
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I'm a newbie and hope someone can help. My family and i purchased a couple of hens from a garden centre 3 days ago. All is going well but one does not know how to use the ladder up to bed and i have to go pick her up and put her to bed. Usually they are quite wary of people but tonight...
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I was a 'lurker' but now we as a family have made the decision to get chickens (awaiting coop) i thought it was a good idea to research research research!!!
So many wonderful ideas and articles on this site! I love it!
As a newbie to chickens and with 2 small children i was...