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    The intelligence level of chickens

    Just had an experience which makes we really wonder just how dumb some chickens can be. For a little context, I have a 6 year old hen who really knows her stuff, does not run off for treats when we throw them, but waits expectantly by my feet, knowing I will toss some directly down to her...
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    Not sure where to post this :(

    Not sure where this should go, but feel I need to talk to people who might understand. We have 16 girls, 3 boys, all sorts of breeds but mostly Welsummer, Rhode Rocks and cross-overs. Lately the boys have had discussions about who is top and I thought it had got settled. The two younger ones...
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    Columbine chicks - how many male, how many female, do you think?

    Hi All you wise ones. I have hatched out for the first time some Columbine chicks - I think it is a legbar cross or related somehow, so am told they are auto-sexing. I think I have got one male and three females - am I correct? One has a definite large yellow/cream blob on its head, one has a...
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    Largest egg you have had?

    I was just wondering whether there are any other nerds out there who weigh the eggs they get at all? - or is it just me ?! My record so far in last few years have been from a Bresse - 109g, and a 100g shell-less. She was over three years old at the time, and still laying quite well. Still...
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    Can someone tell me what breed this might be, please?

    Hi Folks, I have long been puzzling on this girl - we have had her three years, I was told when I bought her as a 10 week old she was a Welsummer cross. However, I have since got Welsummers and they do look majorly different - their top of head down the nect and shoulders area are golden...
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    Advice appreciated - excess of males

    Hi All, I have got two sets of chicks at the moment - 6 who are 7 1/2 weeks old, and 3 who are 6 1/2 weeks old. Two sets because we put some in the incubator, and then a hen went seriously broody for the first time for us! Anyway, I think that 2 of the six are females, and 1 of the three...
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    Advice, please - let her out or not?

    Hiya, advice appreciated for this situation! I have a broody who hatches 3 chicks, now just over 5 weeks old. First time I have had a successful broody - other chicks have been the incubator method. They still sleep in one nestbox together, and when I went to pick one up a couple of days ago...
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    Can anyone sex these four, please?

    I have (finally!) managed to get hatchable eggs and incubator working in synch, and hatched these little beauties just three weeks ago. They are Welsumers, and this is the first time I have had this breed. Can any experts out there figure out whether I have 2 girls and 2 boys, or 3 boys and 1...
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    Broody hen - all eggs thrown out (broken - she is still being broody - help, please?

    Rather as the title - my first time with a broody, and I am at a loss as to what to do. She went broody maybe five weeks ago - I did not recognise it as first (dull me!) but then did, so we got her fertile eggs, which she sat on, in a separate coop/nestbox. Well, not that simple. We put 6...
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    How old would you say these are?

    I have just got two new pullets, and was told they are about 12 weeks old. Can anyone tell me from the attached photos if they think that is a reasonable estimate, please? - I am unsure because I do not have enough experience, unlike some of you folks! One is a Sussex, and the other a...
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    First eggs!

    Just want to share with people who will understand how I am feeling - we got our first two eggs today!! :) I have four Bresse pullets, just 17 1/2 weeks old, and this lunchtime I went to do a bedding change and saw two eggs! Really surprised, I was not expecting any for at least a couple of...
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    17 weeks, and no comb - normal?

    I have got four Bresse pullets, who are now 17 weeks old. Three have got lovely combs and wattles, but one has got virtually nothing. I have put a picture of her, and one of her sisters as my avatar so people can see it - the non-comb one is looking at the camera, but you can still see how...
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    Too soon to move to layers pellets?

    Total newbie here - so I apologise in advance if I ask something many others have asked/answered before! I just need some advice and reassurance. I have four lovely Bresse girls, who are 14 1/2 weeks old now. I am getting near the end of a bag of growers, and already have a bag of layers...
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