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    Buzzard problems

    Hello fellow poultry fanatics:) I'm having some trouble with the local buzzards in my area. A few days ago they took three of our girls, which was very upsetting for me and the rest of the family. As we live in Northern Ireland and buzzards are endangered here, guns are not an option. What do...
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    Swallowing chick...

    Hi guys, My first batch of chicks are thriving-they're so cute! But I'm concerned about the second batch. Two of the three day old Marans are fine, but the third continuously sticks his head in the air and makes a swallowing motion, even when lying down! I have tried massaging his throat and...
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    Is this normal??

    Hi, this morning I discovered that three baby chicks had hatched out of my incubator! Two looks fluffy, so I moved them to the brooder, but I'm worried about the third one. It doesn't seem to be able to walk and it keeps lurching around and pressing its head against the side of the incubator. I...
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    Keeping them separate?

    Hi guys, I am wondering do you need to keep chickens and pulleys separate to feed them? I have laying chickens but I want to incubate some dual purpose birds. I have found a growers/pulled ration for the young 'uns, but do I mix it with the layers pellets my 2year olds are used to, or do I keep...
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    Layers/meat??

    I am getting a bit bewildered about this! We have some RIRs and are planning to incubate more eggs as we have a cockerel, and I would like to have them as layers, but also for meat. I have looked around but nowhere seems to mention how to feed dual purpose birds. Do you feed them a mix of grower...
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    Malnourished chicken?

    I think I have a problem with one of my chickens. . . We have about 20 chickens, but one is suffering and I think it is because she is not eating the layers pellets, only the corn we put out. She looks lethargic, doesn't run about like the others and draws her neck into herself. We feed her...
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    Alternative to pellets?

    Hey guys, I could really use help on this one. We have an elderly RIR who doesn't lay. We recently had to give her some antibiotics and discovered. That she only at corn-not layers pellets! Is there anything I can give her instead? All my hens are free-ranging and we cut up apples and stuff for...
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    No wood coop?

    Hey, can you guys give me some advice? We are going to build/ buy a new coop this summer, but our old one was wood and it A. Rotted B. Was hard to clean and C. Attracted red mite So we want a coop for about 20 birds that is easy to clean and has nest boxes outside. We have heard about metal...
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    24/7 Broody but won't stop!

    Hey, I don't have much experience with Broody hens so I need some advice. I have a Barred Rock who is, I think, quite low down in the pecking order. She has started to sit in the nesting boxes all day, every day, 'adopting' eggs from other chooks and making squeaky noises when I try to move her...
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    Starting over??

    Hi guys, I inherited a chicken coop from the previous owner of our house. This was great, but when I looked inside, he hadn't cleaned it for 2 years! There was solid poop on the floor, about 30+ cm deep. I tried cleaning it out but it is like trying to shovel rock. I've found bowls under there...
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    Managing my profile

    Hi, I am a newbie and was wondering how to put extra info on my profile. I have an avatar but some people's profiles say stuff like 'gardener with mixed flock of RIRs and hybrids'. How do you do this?
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    MIA- The Mysterious Egg Disappearance

    Hey guys, something unusual has been happening in the coop lately and I was wondering if any of you have experienced the same thing as I have. My mixed flock of white leghorns and Rhode Island reds have been laying less eggs - so I thought. The eggs are going missing from the nesting boxes! At...
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    What is this rooster?!

    I have recently acquired a mixed flock of 21 chickens and a rooster. I would like to hatch baby chicks but I don't know what breed the rooster is. Does anyone know? Thanks very much
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    Best models

    Hey, I was just wondering can you make your own incubators? Or do they have to be bought specially? Thanks:)
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    Hedge laying

    Hi, I am new to this site and I need some help. I have two dozen Rhode Island reds and about 5 white leghorns (I think!). One of my WL started to lay under the hedges in my garden. I found the eggs and removed them, but I don't want it to happen again, as I am not ready to raise chicks. How can...
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