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  1. philippa@65

    Do i trust a first year broody?

    Hi I have a pekin (bantam cochin) and a bantam orpington sitting on eggs, they are from last years september hatch. Do I trust them to hatch some eggs as i have been told not to trust first year broodies?
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    diarrhoea???

    Last year someone kindly threw 3 light sussex hens over our allotment gate, 2 were killled by a dog but the remaining one seems to have very runny poo, her bum feathers are all dirty and when she poos it just splatters out! She is healthy in herself and still laying eggs. Could it be the new...
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    bantams and full size hens

    Hi Due to the loss of four full size chickens to an unknown source i am now left with a light sussex full size hen, 3 peking hens, 1 peking cockerel and an orpington bantam hen. I am wondering if all these chickens will live happily in the same enclosure until summer when i am hoping to hatch...
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    Is it a fox?

    In the past 3 months we have had 3 different attacks on our chickens. The first time there was feathers but just one bird had bee taken. The 2nd time two were killed laying behind our allotment gate. One had teeth marks on the back of its neck the other with no marks. Today my cockerel has been...
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    chicks in incubator, when to put in brooder?

    My last 2 chicks were born this am, they are still in the incubator but it is realy dirty and smelly and im a bit worried that they might catch an infection. Is it safe to put them in the brooder, they are starting to fluff up.
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    chicks !!!

    Ive got some chicks finally! 2 korean fowl, 2 orpington and 2 pekings. they are so cute cant believe ive managed to hatch them!
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    day 18, 3 eggs are rocking!!

    Im on day 18 and 3 of the eggs have been moving, is this a good sign?
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    electric hen or heatlamp????????

    Hi i was just wondering which is better for brooding chicks. An electric hen or a heat lamp?
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    korean fowl

    Does anyone have a picture of a korean fowl chicken, i was given some eggs for the incubator, 3 of them korean fowl and i would like to know what theyl look like if they hatch.
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    turning eggs

    Are you supposed to turn on day 18 or do the last turn on day 17?
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    Eggs in today

    Put 3 orp bantams, 3 pekings and 2 korean game in the incubator today, please wish me luck.
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    combs

    are all chicks born with combs or do u reckon hes a cockerel? It dusnt mata what he is if he survives hes staying!
  13. philippa@65

    feeding one day olds

    Hi my chick has survived the night so this morning i moved him to the brooder, i sprinkled some chick crumbs on the floor and put a little pot full in with him, i also hard boiled an egg and put a tiny bit of that in. Hes picking it up and spitting it out, will he get the idea over the next few...
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    we got a chick!

    We decided to intervene late this morning as the hole was getting any bigger and the membrane was really dry, I have struggled with keeping the humidity up with not having much space, we helped 'him' out and so far so good hes moving around and making a lot of noise although he does keep nodding...
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    No hatch yet

    One of my pekin bantams had pipped when i got up yest, theres another small hole this am, it is cheping when i spray water on it to try to up the humidity, do i leave it alone or intervene? what shud i do?????
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    scruffy hens

    I have 3 hybrid hens that are excellent layers and never miss a day, they are about 1year and a half old, ive also got a white leghorn cockerel and a cuckoo maran, both born this year. The cockerel and the maran are in excellent conditon bt my 2 of my laying hens are looking a bit worse for...
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    day 21

    I was convinced that my eggs wouldnt hatch but got up this am to find one of them had a small hole in it! It is 6 hours later and still not much has happened, is this normal? i just sparyed sum water on and it was cheeping? How long do i leave the other 3? should i candle them to see if there...
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    humidity

    I have a small polystyrene incubator which i recently bought off ebay, i am struggling with the humidity, there was a small medicine type pot sent with it and this is meant to keep the humidity at 30-40% but it didnt. ive got quite a large tub in there and its nearly up to 50% but with not much...
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    different batches of eggs

    I have some pekin bantams due to hatch on 26th july, on 21st july we put 6 maran eggs in by the side of them. Does anyone else do this and have they had successful hatchings from both lots of eggs?
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    candling eggs

    Ive been given 5 eggs from a friend for my incubator and i cant help candling them to see how there grownig, can i harm them? im not convinced theyl hatch as im struggling to keep a constant humidity.
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