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    Bullying resulting in injury - advice needed!

    Hi, I'd really appreciate some advice. We have 8 hens - 1 Light Sussex, 2 Cream Legbars, 2 hybrids and 3 Welsummer bantams that the Light Sussex sat on and hatched from fertile eggs last summer. Up until quite recently, the new Welsummers were relatively well tolerated by the rest of the hens...
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    When to start roosting?

    We have 3 Welsummer bantam chicks that are coming up to 10 weeks old. They've been sleeping in a kennel with the mum who sat on the eggs, but mum is obviously keen to go back to the regular roost at night now. The problem is that the other hens are being quite nasty to her now, and chase her out...
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    Large, hot purple wattles!

    I've just noticed that one of our hybrid hens has developed wattles that are not looking right. They're larger and more pendulous than usual, a dark purple colour and feel hot. Her comb looks fine. If I knew how to attach a photo I'd do so, but I can't work out how to do it. Other than a bit of...
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    When to introduce babies to big hens

    We have 3 Welsummer chicks (about 10 days old) who are currently in a run next to the main run with their mom. Mom is getting a bit agitated about being in the smaller run (even though they have plenty of space), and regularly escapes, only to start panicking that she's not with the babies. It's...
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    How long to wait after 21 days?

    Yesterday one chick hatched out at 21 days and today another one hatched out. There's one egg that's had a little hole in it all day, with not much progress, and one egg that we discovered out from underneath her and cold. She's still sitting on 2 eggs. My questions are: 1) How many days after...
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    Mom ate contents of egg!

    Our broody hen is sitting on 6 eggs and it's the 20th day. I've just been to check on her to see that there's a broken shell on the floor of the coop and she's obviously eaten the contents!! YUK!! There's no sign of anything like a beak or claws - just the remains of a a thick yellowish liquid...
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    Hi from Cambridgeshire - question about integration

    Hi, We're in rural Cambridgeshire and have had chickens for about 5 years. In the past we've always got them at point of lay, but someone gave us 2 young Cream Legbars about 6 weeks ago. I think they're about 12+ weeks old now. They've been free-ranging in the same area as our 3 big girls...
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