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    Nutri-Drench dosage for 3 week old Pekin Bantam chick?

    Hello everyone, As per the title, what would be the dosage in millilitres (ml) for an sorry looking little 3 week old pekin bantam chick please? I imported it from the US at great expence, and would like to drop it straight in his/her mouth if possible? Also while im here, not a baby...
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    Another "is this egg fertile" question :)

    Hi everyone, I have looked online at various photos but I still cant decided so I need your expert help. Is the yolk in the photo fertilized please? I can sorta see a faint ring but im just not sure on this one. thanks in advance!
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    Help me sex my juvenile Pekin bantam

    Calling Pekin experts, can you help me sex my juvenile millefleur Pekin? (Not sure of the age). It has quite a large comb and I thought initially deffo a boy, but the feathers are mostly soft and round, and look feminine to me? The sort of shape/pattern I’m used to seeing on girls... I just...
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    Possible Mareks - Any Christmas miracles on offer?

    My most beloved of all Hens, my hatchling, a white Silkie bantam named "Buffy" is displaying Mareks like symptoms, notably leg paralysis with runny poop and slightly laboured breathing. Assuming it is indeed Mareks, I already know the grim score, but she's so bright and alert that I don't have...
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    Urgent advice needed on my Pekin Bantam!

    Hi all, My beloved (and I mean beloved!!) Golden Partridge Pekin Bantam is almost completely bald on her underbelly and I am very worried its something sinister?? Is there any chance she is seriously sick, and do I need to take her to a vets? (I am in the UK) If anything were to happen to...
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    Can you sex my Silkie Bantam chicks?

    Hi everyone, So its been six weeks or so since my two chicks hatched. They have grown a lot since then, here they are when they hatched:- And here they are now. This is "Buffy", you can see from the lovely crest which of the two this is:- And the other is called...
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    Do chicks always chirp inside the egg?

    I ask this question because Im at the end of day 18 and ive heard nothing from my Silkie Bantam eggs. I dont have a real egg candler, but I held a torch up to them around day 9 and I could see what looked like lots of blood vessles and the eggs looked quite dark. When I "candled" them again on...
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    Which should I choose - heatlamp or brooder?

    Hi everyone, Well I only have a few eggs in my Brinsea Mini incubator and this is my first time attempting to hatch some chicks. I do not plan on making this a regular thing so I dont want to spend more money than is nessacary here. Thinking about when and If my chicks hatch, what is...
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    My 'Henny Penny'

    Hi everyone, I have one Black & Copper Maran confimed, but does anyone know what the light coloured chicken is? She's called Henny Penny and is full of character but thats all I know about her!
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    Hello from Somerset

    Hey everyone, My name is Matt, I live in Somerset England and I have two chickens living in my back garden. One is a lovely black and copper maran, and the other some kind of speckled hen I joined backyard chickens hoping to get some advice regarding swapping eggs between incubators...
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    Advice needed on changing incubator

    Hello everyone, This is my first post so nice to meet you all. I require some urgent advice on changing eggs from one incubator to the next. Basically this is my first time incubating eggs and i bought a dirt cheap mini incubator off ebay and whilst it seems to be keeping a solid 37.5c...
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