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    Broody hen pooped on eggs - do I need to move them?

    So Broody Mum is sitting on 5 introduced fertile eggs and we made her a little run/enclosure so that the other girls didn't try and get onto the nest. She doesn't get off the nest for anything and I noticed this afternoon that she's done a big stinky poop in her nest with the eggs! Should I be...
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    Having no luck with hatching

    Having a really crappy hatching experience...so frustrating! Bought 6 fertile eggs to put under a broody that wouldn't be swayed from being a mum... she stood on one egg almost straight away leaving 5... then another one cracked and we used wax to seal the crack and crossed our fingers as...
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    First time broody Welsummer

    Hi All, I have a broody Welsummer...she could not be deterred from the broodiness despite all my efforts so in the end I bought her some fertile eggs to sit on. She's been going for 9 days now. I'm concerned that she isn't eating or drinking and I've had two different responses to this when...
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    Welsummer dilemma - any advice please?

    I'm hoping someone might be able to help me out here...I have a flock of 8 which includes a Light Sussex Roo and all the girls are laying except for one of my Welsummers. The sister is the same age (about 10 months old) and has been laying for a couple of months now. My other Welsummer has a...
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    What to do about a broody Australorp

    Hi All, My Australorp hen has just started spending her days on the nest and getting quite upset at me if I try to move her (which I do)...We have a rooster in the flock but I'm not interested in having any chickens to worry about so am not happy about her showing these signs. The other issue...
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    Double yolkers

    My hens started laying a few weeks ago and we're now getting 4 or 5 eggs a day (with more hens to mature yet). Although they're still small eggs (around 45 grams), without fail we'll get a double yolker each week (the last one weighed 77 grams). Is it common for chooks to lay double yolkers so...
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    Lame/Limping Chook - advice please

    Looking for any advice to try and work out what's happening with our chook. It's a young Light Sussex (potentially a roo but not entirely sure yet) who is 6 months old. About 5 days ago, it started hobbling and it's left leg seemed weak. It would bumble around the pen and rest a lot down on...
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    Lost a pullet to respiratory disease

    Well, two weeks in and I've lost my first pullet...Autumn was a Welsummer who developed a bit of a sneeze about a week ago. I didn't think too much of it seeing as it didn't seem to be getting any worse and then yesterday I noticed her nostrils were quite clogged with mucous that had a bit of a...
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    Hello from Perth, WA

    Hi All, I'm new to the forum but have been using it for information for a little while now. We have 10 acres in the Perth Hills of WA and have resurrected an old chook shed now known as The Hatchery :) Yesterday saw the arrival of the first 6 pullets - 3 Black Australorps, 2 Light Sussex and...
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