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    Pale comb no eggs

    Hi all I had a fox attack 3 weeks ago and understandably my layer has stopped laying but I noticed her comb is not as red and looks a bit dry. She is going to the nest every day and singing the egg song but nothing is coming out. In every other way she seems ok though. Ie eating, dust bathing...
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    Drake behaviour question

    Hi all My drake likes to follow me round sometimes in the garden and when i sit with him he does it too - he starts "beaking" me all over my legs. you know like they do when they are rooting round in the grass for food. Its definitely not aggressive I love it and it tickles when he does my...
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    what to do after fox attack

    Hi everyone i'm devastated my 4 chickens and 2 drakes were pets and the fox got 2 of my chickens and bit the neck of a drake who at this moment touch wood has survived the attack. I am so upset my little bantam used to ride around on my shoulder. What is worse, that she and the other bantam...
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    Fox attack

    I got home tonight and a fox had got one of my boys I have 2 aylesvury and also 2 of my chickens. I can't see very well for crying. My question is - is it kinder to keep reggie the remaining duck with the two chickens or would he be happier with other ducks? I don't want to lose him but I read...
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    Strange behaviour from my head chicken

    Morning all Just a random question really - my flock is only 4 months old and i'm obviously only 4 months experience in chickens. On Saturday my head chicken Stella was perfectly normal all morning, laid an egg, had a forage around the garden, chased off the bantams but by about 3 o'clock i...
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    Advice needed re: male ducks

    Hi there I have 2 aylesburys aged 4 months who live with my 4 chickens also 4 months. I thought they were all girls (which is what i requested from the pet shop lol). They all generally live quite happy together but this weekend I saw one of the ducks trying to mount one of the chickens...
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    Catching a tiny Bantam

    Morning everyone I have two bantams that really really dont like going back into the coop and run area in the morning. Generally the flock free ranges all day but when I go to work they only get about an hour in the morning and it is this time that I have trouble getting them back in. All...
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    New to chuckies but worried head chicken is too bossy

    Good afternoon from London everybody OK I'm new to chicken keeping and my flock consists of 2 bantams, one ISA and one suffolk white. She (Stella) is the head chicken followed by Horatio who is the ISA and my two tiny babies (Pekin bantams) are unfortunately at the bottom of the pecking...
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    Flock Raiser question

    Morning All I have 2 ducks and 4 chickens together all raised from babies. (All aged around 15 weeks old). Two of the chickens are bantams and do not look ready to lay as their combs are still tiny but i am getting eggs off my head chicken Stella. The other chicken is squatting so I'll be...
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    First egg and a few questions

    Good morning all I got my first egg last night when i peeked into the nesting box to see if the girls had enough straw how fantastic! Im going to freeze it and keep it :-) On reading through these posts it explains why one of the girls was screaming yesterday. My other half thought a fox had...
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    Worried about foxes

    Hi there I'm a newbie - have 4 chickens and 2 ducks all aged nearly 4 months old. I absolutely ADORE them they have such personalities. Their coop is placed on my old shed base which is concrete and we extended the coop to make a semi-run by adding some aviary panels and also put a roof on the...
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    Funny chickens with cherry tomato

    Hi all. I know you've all seen something like this but I have to share what happened this morning. I have 4 chicks all about 6 to 7 weeks old. Two are bantams. Anyway I had some leftover salad so I halved the cherry tomatoes and rinsed out the seeds this morning for their treat. I went...
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    Ducks picking on new chick - I think?

    Hi everyone I'm a newbie and have 3 chicks and 2 ducklings. They are all approximately 4 - 5 weeks old. I got 4 of them on the same day from the pet shop and they were in a pen together at the pet shop and then got a pekin bantam (Elvis) a couple of days later. They are now outside in a...
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    New chick being picked on by ducks i think

    Hi everybody I'm a total newbie and just got my first flock - they are only about 4 weeks old bless them. 2 ducks and 3 chicks. It was meant to be 2 chicks but i fell in love with a pekin bantam. Anyway, Elvis the bantam she was the lowest ranking but as i got her 2 days after the original...
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