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  1. Happyhenz

    HELP i know its not a chook but please help

    :omy two mussies got into a fight on the nest just as the egg was begining to hatch. She has ended up out of the shell but her yolk hasnt been absorbed!!!!! It isnt bleeding anymore but i think its been ripped. Is there anything i can do to help her as she is the only egg. Please help I have...
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    New silkies boys or girls?

    :/Hi all i got some new silkies today and im wonderinga re they boys or girls? single comb i know but just a pet
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    Day 19 and getting nervous

    ok so its day 19 og my "chook eggs under a duck" experiement. I candled last night and both of the eggs are doing fine. No one in the air cell yet. the wait is killing me!
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    makeshift hatcher needed

    ok my duck is sitting on hen eggs due out on the 6th, her own duck egg isnt due till the 16th. Im going to take the 3 hen eggs away from her so they dont get squashed when they hatch and so she doesnt leave her own egg behind. I need some ideas for a makeshift hatcher for the 3 eggs. Any ideas...
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    unusual incubation*update candled day 15*

    My muscovy ducks Polly and molly are sitting on eggs of their own and 6 eggs each of my hens. I didnt set out to do it but the girls kept stealing the eggs from the nest boxes. Molly my black mussie threw 2 eggs out the other day that were due on the 6th of January they turned out to be not...
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    How long do silkies lay for???

    Hi all well the reason behind my ? is this.... I had 3 beautiful silky bantam roosters i decided i needed to find 2 a home so kept a beautiful buff handraised boy. I also needed a larger rooster for my very pushy hens so i swapped my 2 boys for a new hampshire roo and a black silky hen. I have...
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    What did this???

    Hi all well my morning hjasnt gone so great. I just went up to let my chooks out of the shed and in the chook pen i found one of my Hy-lines dead :cry: Her head had been ripped off and she had deep wounds on her chest. I must have missed her when i locked the girls up last night after we got...
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    Hy-line chickens

    Hi all i bought some production red chooks from a local egg farm and was told they were hy-lines. well i googled them and this is what i found. Prolific Producer, Rich Large Brown Eggs, Hardy Layer Hy-Line variety Brown is the world's most balanced large brown egger. She produces over 300...
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    roost designs

    hi all im after some ideas on what sort of timber roosts to make for chooks. I have 15 chickens if that helps. Cheers happyhenz
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    other breeds for meat??

    hi all i have read all about Cornish x for meat but im wondering seeing we dont seem to have any here in OZ what would be another good breed for home grown meat?? Cheers Happyhenz
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    My new Rooster im very excited!!!!!

    Hi all this is my new rooster. He is a purebred New Hampshire Roo named "Big Red". His absolutly beautiful!!!! His sure fixed those bossy Leghorns
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    water weasel or such

    hi all im thinking about attempting to build a homemade bator but i cant find anything here in Australia that you guys call a water weasel or such What excatly is it or is it like so i can try to find something? Or any ideas. Cheers Happyhenz
  13. Happyhenz

    these are my 2 new roos

    Hi all i got these guys last week and thought id share The buff is Dr Love and the partridge is Mr Cool
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    hen drinking ALOT!!!!!!

    I have a leghorn x hen who is drinking ALOT! she is constantly at the water trough and is wet all around her next and breast. I thought she had something stuck but i couldnt see anything and she was making a wheezing sound when i held her and there was water bubbling in her throat. I have...
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    Silky roo what colour is this?

    Hi all i got this a boy last week and im wondering what colour he would be classed as and what you think of him? His name is Mr Cool:cool: Cheers Happyhenz
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    With they sit on eggs

    Hi all i have 16 leghorn x new hampshire hens from a commerical set up. they are 18mths old. some are laying up there now and we have 2 silky roos up there who think their xmas's have come at once:lol: my ? will they go broody? Another ? i was offered a light sussex roo and im wonder if i...
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    a few questions

    Hi all im new here. Im just getting back into chooks after i stopped breeding bantys in my teenage years(pets not show) Hubby and the kids and I are building up our backyard flock with leghornxnew hampshires and a couple of silkies(just coz they are so cute) Im also picking up a couple of...
  18. Happyhenz

    Hi im new here

    well hi everyone! Im glad i found this forum:D Im the very proud owner of backyard chickens and i just love my girls (yet unnamed as they all look alike) and my Buff silkies known as Fred and Georgie (formally know as George) and 2 Golden Silky roosters who go by the names of Big and Rich hehe...
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