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  1. Rustysflock

    Advice please. We have just noticed our incubator is running a few degrees colder for 5 days!

    we have put an extra internal hygrometer in and it has been running cold for 5 days. Have set it to the right temp. Will this effect the hatch?
  2. Rustysflock

    Something is getting into our coop and stealing chicks and eggs!

    Hi. Please help us. Over the past week we have been finding burrow holes going from outside to under the fence and in the coop. We have have chicks vanish without a feather and no eggs so presumably they are being stolen or our hens are scared and not laying. We are filling the holes up but...
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    Did i make a mistake washing turkey eggs?

    i bought 5 bronze turkey hatching eggs yesterday and they were very dirty. I usually do not wash the eggs as i know it can take away their natural protection. These eggs were so dirty that i had to. I used a pot brush in cool water. This morning i have gone to the eggs to set them as they were...
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    Hens have stopped laying? One misshaped egg in 4 days?

    hello fellow feathered friend keepers. I have 7 hens and until now have been producing between 4-6 eggs a day. No sign of parasites, they have a nice coop and run. We have a cockeral running with them. The only difference is we introduced another hen and a young cockerel a few weeks ago? We are...
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    Advice needed! Power cut and incubator turned off for hours!

    Help! We are a week away from our turkeys hatching and we came home today to find there had been a power cut! Incubator had been off for a few hours as the temperature was down to 23 degrees and the humidity up to 92!!! Do you think the chicks would have drowned? Haven't dared take them out to...
  6. Rustysflock

    Advice needed incubating turkey eggs and incubator running a degree too cold!

    hi, after some advice please. We have turkey eggs on day 14 of uncubation. Temp has been perfect all we way through but for some reason my incubator has started running a degree too cold. Its going between 36.4-36.6. No matter how high inset it! I need 37.5!Humidity is spot. Will this reduce our...
  7. Rustysflock

    Does anyone else have polish poland chickens?

    So, we have a fair few chickens. Last week we came back from auction with a box of chicks from a few different breeds, one being Polish Poland I had never encountered them before and was amazed by their crazy 70’s hair do. I have since discovered their amazing personalities. While all our...
  8. Rustysflock

    Does anyone else have polish poland chickens?

    So, we have a fair few chickens. Last week we came back from auction with a box of chicks from a few different breeds, one being Pomish Poland I had never encountered them before and was amazed by their crazy 70’s hair do. I have since discovered their amazing personalities. While all our...
  9. Rustysflock

    Advice needed for fox proof run

    Hi all We are currently building a much bigger enclosure for our beloved feathered friends. Out current one has a roof but this one is built around and incorporating our 15 year old oak trees. At the moment we have dug the mesh about half a foot into the ground and built up stone then earth on...
  10. Rustysflock

    Advice needed for fox proof run

    Hi all We are currently building a much bigger enclosure for our beloved feathered friends. Out current one has a roof but this one is built around and incorporating our 15 year old oak trees. At the moment we have dug the mesh about half a foot into the ground and built up stone then earth on...
  11. Rustysflock

    Please help. 2 day old chicks on thier sides.

    One chick has his head tucked to the right. We’re standing and walking around- everything ok and came down this morning to find both on their sides and trying to get up?
  12. Rustysflock

    On day 22 and no pips! Been in incubator at 38 o c, increased humidity before lockdown

    Any help woukd be greatly appreciated. Our first time incubating. Is there anything we can do?
  13. Rustysflock

    Do suzzex eggs take longer to incubate

    Hello lovelies, we have suzzex chickens and hatching our first lot in an incubator. They have been in there 22 day and no signs of hatching-no pips. Done all the turning/candling/humidity as we were supposed to and stopped turning on day 19. We wondered if they hatch a little later being heavy...
  14. Rustysflock

    Eggs or chicks? How to manage your cockerel?

    Ok i have a million questions being so new to this!! We have 6 hens and 1 cockerel. How do you manage eggs/chickes etc? Can you take all the eggs even if they have been firtilized? And if you have a broody hen can you let her be broody and no others? Then if yku have chicks do you have to keep...
  15. Rustysflock

    Hello from Devon, England! New to chickens!

    Hi All well today we brought home 6 chickens and a cockerel! They are buff Suzzex and beautiful birds. The ground was so boggy after built the run that we put pune branches down to make the fround more even and passable. Have since found out his is great for the chickens so fab start!! Our...
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