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  1. Patchworkjo

    Free app and old phone= broody hatch cam

    Hello. I just thought I should share this as it has reduced my stress levels now I can see how she is and progress rather than intruding and playing statues with a bird even more stubborn than I am! I put the Alfred Home security camera on an old phone (will need data or WiFi) and on an iPad...
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    Broody hen and mites have treated with permethrin but still they linger

    Hello. I am looking for some help here. I have a broody on day 12 and mites. I have treated the nest box and roost (she is in the maternity wing), and her twice and they are still they are there. We used permethrin. I am worried that it won’t take many mites to kill/harm a chick if we are...
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    Please help choose Pekin bantam colour blue mottled or blue splash.

    Excited to pick up some hatching eggs tomorrow. I will get some Mille fleur, black mottled and blue, but can’t decide between blue mottled or blue splash. Which would you choose? I have lavender and black free ranging again (at last in UK). Thanks
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    What to do with these eggs under broody

    Hello. I think I know the answer but feel like I need back up. A beloved pekin, Toots, died recently and when the Wyandotte bantam went broody I thought it was an opportunity to try and hatch her last eggs. We have a lovely lavender pekin cockerel. I popped the last of Toot’s eggs under her...
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    Can a broody bantam hatch quail?

    Hello. Thinking forward to the spring would this be possible/safe? Thanks
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    What is this colour called?

    Hello 👋 I have a near 7 week old barnyard bantam that had chocolate brown down when hatched and now looks a dark brown/ grey mid colour. The feet feathers are a lovely blue grey and so is the fluffy butt. Sorry the photos are a little blurred he/she wouldn’t stay still! Comb and face are...
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    Really lethargic hen 3yo plus not eating

    Hello Yesterday all was well PJ greedily ate and laid an egg. Today she was not interested in corn (she is usually first in line and pushes the others out). Just asleep standing up, head down and all puffed up. No sign of odd droppings anywhere. I have isolated her and given nutri drops...
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    Is this mix a boy or girl?

    Hello as soon as it hatched I was convinced it was a boy but now I am not so certain. Can anyone help? It is 4.5 weeks old, from a mixed bantam flock (Polish, Sablepoot, Frizzle, Pekin and Dutch Bantams). Very confident and nosy bird, and has grown and feathered really fast (> x2 that of its...
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    Is this a runt or am I just worrying?

    Hello I have a broody that succesfully hatched two mixed bantams. Both seem really fit and well and eating and drinking (and pooing) just fine. My worry is one is only just over half the size of the other, and less than a quarter as feathered. I’m not sure if this is due to them being different...
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    Can you keep free range ducks if you live on a river?

    Hello I have always wanted runner ducks but as there is a river at the bottom of the garden I have never dared as I thought they would just swim away? Was I right or am I an idiot? Thank you
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    Any ideas what these bantams will look like?

    Hello Two three day old bantams changing rapidly. Being raised by a broody hen so difficult to get perfect pictures Chick 1 Pink/ yellow legs with feathers developing. Single comb (quite large?) Paler feathers coming on wingtips Stands quite upright. Chick 2 Was brown but seems to be getting...
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    UPDATE.Help and advice needed - broody hen/ chicks/eggs and messy nest

    Hello. I am a total newbie with hatching eggs, but I have had hens for years, and I seem to be anxious all the time that I am doing it wrong. The Broody hen has been excellent and I know I should just leave her to it but I feel I have to give eve in a run adjacent to the other hens so that...
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    The first is hatched

    Hopefully more to follow. Two have been spotted. Hope for more but if not that is ok too. Leaving Mum to it I’ll be asking for chick I’d help in a few days !
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    Help needed on poor candling pictures

    Hello It is day 13 (candled today so DH would be around to take pictures) so I could check the broody wasn’t wasting her time on dud eggs. They are mixed bantam eggs from shipped from eBay. I think one is a definite no as it is lighter and I think there is a blood ring? Another seems to have a...
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    Hello

    I have been reading a lot of the posts and learned a lot so I have decided to take the plunge and join in. I live in the U.K. and currently have 1 hen and 3 bantams. The hen is at least 13 years old. When she was not 1 a dog got into the run and killed/ injured several chickens we had at...
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