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I'm new to breeding chickens. I have crossed a Creme Legbar roo with Araucana hens. The hens that I hatched came out as a barred black and white color and look very similar to the Araucana. They lay a small light green egg. If i were to sell the hens, what would I call them? A barred...
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I've got about a 4 year old hen who is refusing to eat and her poop is bright green. She was sitting on eggs for arround 21 days now and today she abandoned the nest. She is bright pale and is refusing food and water. She is quite lethargic but will walk for a while and then stop again...
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I'm looking at getting a second flock of hens and a roo. I've had my existing flock for 5 years. Im looking for the second flock as a breeding flock. They will be housed on separate parts of the property.
My main question is when I let them free range during the day will they go back...
Hi all, I have a two year old barred rock hen. As of yesterday I came home from work to find her very weak and not moving. She had green poop stuck to her feathers around her vent. I gave her a bath in and found small white specks.
I put her into a hospital cage and gave her feed and water. She...
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Recently when I've been locking the girls in for the night I've noticed one of them is no longer roosting. I've had problems like this from a hen that was at the bottom of the pecking order and I fixed this by adding an new perch. What's worrying me is the fact this hen is high in the...
Hi all, with my latest additions of laying hens I have one girl that is laying 2 eggs a day almost every day. I have seen hens lay the odd extra egg but never this frequently. I was just wondering would this cause much of a problem or is she just a super layer. Thanks Nasnro
I want to ask your opinion, I know chain link is good(and cheap) but I want to know is it worth it to invest in welded wire fencing. The only predator It will have to deal with is a fox. Hope you can help.
Hi all, hope you can help. Over the past few months we have had on duck and almost 10 chickens killed. they all had similar traits, head gone and feathers everywhere and no prints. We have suspicion it may be an owl but the last pair were dragged all around the run and surly an owl couldn't drag...
Hi all, I'm doing a favour for a friend of mine by taking his flock of 2 hens and 2 ducks. I'm taking his coop and small run. I'm told that his ducks never sleep in their duck house at his place and they always sleep in their separate run. Will it be ok to put the ducks and chickens in the same...
Hi all, I'm looking to build a new coop I've looked at many different designs. After doing some research I came across this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmQlGF6wipg I liked the overall design and layout and I'm contemplating building it. I was just wondering is it the right route to go...
I am planning to put coop and run underneath a few trees as it might provide shade for the hens during the day. My only concern is foxes climbing the tree at night. I'm open to any advice that does not involve cutting down the tree itself. Thanks for your advice.
Hi all, I have a duck acting very strange. She puts her neck in an S shape and moves it back and forward in rapid succession while chattering loudly, she is also very fearfull of anyone. There a couple of reasons why I think this might be happening firstly another one of our ducks and a chicken...