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  1. Lorax

    So...we tried to introduce Ma hen and her chick back into the flock

    Our set up is that we have four chickens who were all raised from one day olds together. Betty, our maran, went broody back in late June so we put some eggs under her and now she has a 3.5 week old chick called Yoyo. Betty and Yoyo are in their separate run next to the main WIR where they can...
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    One of our chicks died

    I guess the answer to this is that it's one of those things but...we hatched two live chicks under a broody on 13th July. They were doing so well, no sign of problems at all but this morning only one came out of the coop and when we went to have a look, Sunny was dead in the nest. Sunny looked...
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    What's a more natural feed? aka: what did my grandparents feed their chickens?

    We feed our hens on organic layers' pellets. TBH I've no real idea what's in them. What's a more natural feed? What do you feed your laying hens? What would my grandparents have fed their chickens (they were farmers and kept them but unfortunately not here to ask). A
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    Any idea what these chicks might be?

    So the darker one is called Sunny, the lighter one is Yoyo. Am pretty sure Sunny is a boy and Yoyo is a girl (watch me be completely wrong though). The eggs we got were: Light Sussex, Welsummer, Cream Legbars, Buff Orpington and Maran. I think Yoyo is possibly a Light Sussex and Sunny is a...
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    Can anyone help me work out what was going on with these eggs? (v bad candling pics)

    Background: we bought 12 eggs from our farmer. She said she wasn’t sure how many were fertilised but we got them for almost nothing. We put them under our broody hen Betty. On about day six, she systematically threw out/destroyed five of the eggs which all proved to be (AFAIK) unfertilised, so...
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    When should we introduce chicks to other chickens?

    Okay so it's way early yet but we had two chicks hatch under a broody at the weekend, and I like to think ahead! Mamma Betty, and chicks, are in a separate coop/run right next to the main WIR. We have three fully grown pullets in the WIR who were raised from ODO chicks with Betty. The coop in...
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    Hi from England!

    Hello, have finally plucked up the courage to post with a question and thought it only right to introduce myself. I'm from England, UK and we currently have four chickens and two day old chicks! We've kept chickens for 11 years.
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    My chicken abandoned her eggs after two hatched

    Good day. We are long-time chicken keepers and have raised our current hens from day old chicks. One of our hens, Betty, turned broody a few weeks ago so we bought 12 eggs from our chicken lady up the road. She did say she wasn't sure if the cockerel had covered all the eggs. Betty was put in...
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