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    Moving dielema

    Hi All - well it is the start of egg laying season and we are moving house at the end of April ! My female Goose Gemma has started to lay and I usually wait until she has laid 2 eggs then take one away and mark the other. I repeat this until she is ready to sit and then give her half a dozen...
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    When can mummy be taken away from chicks?

    Hi, this is the first time breeding chicks and we have 8 beautiful 2 week old chicks. I was wondering how long it would be before we could let mummy go and free range with the other hens. At the moment mum & chicks are all in one coop with a foxproof run protecting them, mummy's seems to be...
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    Sleeping arrangements

    Hi, I am having difficulty putting my gander in the hut on an evening. The goose has been sitting on her eggs for the past 11 days, she pops out about twice a day to feed and drink. He loves it when shes out as I think he's been a little lonely since shes been sitting. The problem is when I...
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    Very strange - Blood from nowhere !!!

    Hi, when I went to clean out the coop yesterday, which I do everyday I noticed fresh blood on the shavings. I checked each chicken in a blind panic but could not find any evidence of injury or loss of blood from their bottoms etc. They all seemed healthy as usual but I wondered could this have...
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    BROODY Hen Help!!!!!

    Hi We seem to have two broody hens. (sitting for three days). We have moved them to their own coop with run but since moving them 2 days ago they have not sat in the nesting box just walked up & down, up & down the run like mad dogs wanting to get out. Do you think I should let them back out...
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    My first winter with the geese

    Hi, probably a question which has previously been asked but with the grass being very short and the ground hard & frosty, what else besides wheat & goose pellets can I give my geese. Can they eat straw? Thank you
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    Soft egg, dribble of blood - any advice

    Hi I went to put the girls away last night in their run after a lovely day of free ranging and one was acting a little strange, would not come in, ignoring me. As she turned to walk away I noticed a little dribble of blood and as I proceeded to look further out popped an egg with a soft shell...
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    BALD Bottom - Should I worry

    Hi All Last summer Katie's bottom feathers were getting matted with dried poop. We washed her on a regular basis in nice warm water to keep her nice and clean, which she loved. Since then I noticed that propbably with me rubbing she has lost her nice fluffly bottom feathers and is now left...
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    Any Suggestions, please - disheartened Mum

    Hi All, please can anyone give me their idea/opinion? Just made a new coop, which is an extension joined to the back of the existing one. 3 nights have passed and we put in a camera to see if they were using it and they are still all roosting in the existing coop. They are managing to find the...
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    VERY PROUD of the NEW COOP

    Hi All, Just had to post the girls new coop. My partner and I have spent 3 hard working weeks on this coop. Hope you like it !
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    Will they or wont they use the new coop ?

    Hi All, Just spent 3 hard working weeks building a new coop for the girls. Its been up and in use for three days but I dont think they quite know what to do with it. There is no evidence of them sleeping on the perches, look like they are still using the old coop but they are using the...
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    Step under perch

    Hi All, We have just started to build our own coop. Very exciting. Can you tell me why do coops have a built in step underneath the perch? Is there any good chicken reason for this? Thanks:/
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    Diarrhoea - Help Please !!

    Hi, I have 5 chickens, they are happy, they are all laying, looking heathly and doing what chickens do. One of them seems to be suffering with diarrhoea and her backside has started to get abit messy to which we are going to clean her today. Last night I saw her pooping and it was like a round...
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    Woopeeeeee my first eggs

    Wow, I was in tears, isent it so exciting when you get a first egg? not only did I get one but three. I have blown one as I want to keep it and paint it. Clever girls. I have had my girls now for 10 days, they are in a cosy coop with a 20ft x 5ft foxproof run and when I get home from work...
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    FANTASTIC - my first egg

    Woweeee, just had to share this with you all. I have had my chickens for 8 days and this morning bless them, whoever they were have laid me my first egg!! not one but two. IM SO EXCITED. I didnt expect it so soon, I am delighted. I do not want to eat these first two eggs but keep & paint...
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    When is the time right ??

    Hi, please could you give me a little advice on when is the right time to let my chickens wonder free. I have had them 8 days now in a 20ft run. They all seem happy & healthy and are eating correctly. Whilst I am at work Mon to Fri I keep them in the run but am wanting to let them wonder...
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    Feeding advice please

    Hi everyone just got the 6 girls home on Saturday. They are healthy, 24weeks old POL. They seem happy with the coop and happy with the run but I was given advice on how much to feed them and I just want a second opinion. The laying pellets are in a feeder which I remove each evening to clean...
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    Hi, I'm a newby from North Yorkshire, England

    I everyone, just got my girls on Saturday (6) and am a little concerned about the perch in the coop. It has a specially designed litter tray in the bottom of the coop and about an inch above that are the two perches. Are these to low? After the bedding has been put in it touches the bottom...
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    Hi - New Egg from North Yorkshire, England

    Hello everyone. I am a new member from North Yorkshire, England. Its freezing here, eeerrrrhhhhhhh. I am a first time chicken keeper and the all 6 girls came home on Saturday. 2 Blacktails (Connie & Henryetta), 2 Outgate Blue's (Ida & Katie) and 2 Sussex's (Emily & Nora). I am hoping that...
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