Hey, I am looking to hatch some chicks soon but it is going to be winter in 1 1/2 months here in Australia. Where I live it gets below -5 degrees. Will it still be okay to hatch 24 eggs? Will they not be as healthy as chicks hatched in the spring?
Hi, I am wondering if anyone has bought any incubators off the Poultry Australia website ( namely the genuine Jenoel12).
If anyone has can you please contact me? It is very important as I am going to get one. I am hoping someone has some experience with one from the Poultry Australia website. I...
Hello, I have just ordered a Janoel 12 egg incubator, and I forgot to look at reviews ( the Aus poultry site recommended the Janoel 12). Is this a good incubator? This is very urgent!!!
So everyone, these little ladies are now nearly eighteen weeks old and I am wondering when they will begin to lay? Will it be around 25 weeks or sooner? I don't really mind but, you know, the sooner the better!!! I was hoping that some of you might be able to tell by their combs and wattles...
Hello, I am thinking of getting a white Silkie chick/ young chicken, but where I am thinking of picking them up they are unsexed. So if anyone has a little advice on how to sex 5 week old or 8 week old Silkies it would be very helpful!
Hello again everyone! So, my chicks are 11 weeks old in 2 days and I was wondering if anyone can tell what sex they are yet. Could the buff one be a female? It looks just like the black one in the photos which is definitely a girl. The buff one has got wattles and a rose comb which are red, the...
Okay everyone, so they are eight week weeks old tomorrow. Any ideas? The white one hasn't really got a tail yet ( could it be a girl? ) but then it has thick legs, and biggish feet. The buff one has a red comb and sometimes a red face and wattles ( that doesn't necessarily mean it's a cockerel...
Hi I have 4 nearly 8 week old chicks and I was just wondering when they will lose their cheep. Sometimes I will hear a deeper chicken sound but when I move closer and listen carefully I just hear cheeps. Any help would be wonderful!
I once got 3 pullets, one of them a White Leghorn. When I got them home I was putting them in the chook house so they could get used to their new home when my White Leghorn, Yuki, took off and ran under our house. I searched for ages but I could not find her. I was worried because we were out in...
Hi everyone, I need some help sexing my Sussex cross. I now know that my 2 black chicks are female, I just have 2 more I'm not sure about. I will post some more pictures in a couple of weeks, it should be easier to tell then. I value anyone's opinion, I wonder what you all think it is. It's...
Does anyone know what breed my chick is? We got it from a woman who sells pure breeds and crosses. I forgot to ask her about it ( too excited about new babies!). I have some photos of it from today and from when it was younger. And if possible can you give your opinions on it's gender? Thanks so...
Hello! I got my first chick when I was 5. It was a Light Sussex ( I really love Light Sussex! ). We had also bought some Gold Laced Wyandottes, a Polish bantam and some Leghorns. We lived in the country but then we had to move to the town and sadly we had to give away all of our chickens. Then...
Does anyone have any idea if any of these chicks are girls? I think that the Sussex ( I think that it might be a cross though because it's legs turned grey) might be male. It has red wattles but a tiny tail. They are all six weeks old today. ...