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  1. Ma Noob

    21 days question

    This 21 days, Does it start from the day the egg is layed or from when its put in the incubator/chicken sits on it. I had a broody hen that is sat on eggs, and started about a week-ish after i put eggs in my incubator that started hatching a week ago. I noticed she isnt off the eggs at much at...
  2. Ma Noob

    What do you think happened? eggtopsy pic

    This is a pic of my one little egg that didnt hatch. There was an air cell at lockdown, but when i was suspicious that something was wrong I candled again and there was no air cell anymore. After doing a water test this morning i decided it was most likely gone, But i thought best to crack it...
  3. Ma Noob

    Looks like i have a Broody!

    Having had a very busy week and hardly being at home, i have been a bit slack on the egg collecting side of things. So i go out the back today to find one of the hens missing, only to spot her in their house in the crate that i have for them to lay in sat down. I thought she might be laying, but...
  4. Ma Noob

    just set my first hatch!!

    And we are not off to the best start already. Left the eggs from yesterday, with the hopes that we would have 10-12 there waiting today, only to find there was only 6. But that was ok, i thought i would still put them in and put more in tomorrow. Well collected all the eggs and was just...
  5. Ma Noob

    So eggcited (corny yes but i am excited) *Update*

    *My daughters soon to be class at school has an icubator in the class, After being worried none were going to hatch today when candling we saw one moving, by the afternoon one had cracked a bit through the shell but not the membrane, and another had cracked the shell and could be heard peeping...
  6. Ma Noob

    Setting Eggs

    When people are setting eggs, do you wait and see if they are fertilised first? Or do you just pop them in and see what happens? If you do wait to see if they are fertilised, what is the best way of going about it? IM looking to put some more eggs in a friends incubator, but i dont want to...
  7. Ma Noob

    ARGHHH Near chicken disaster.

    Have been slowly introducing my new silkie chicks to the rest of my flock. Just was holding the biggest Roger (hopefully regina) near the bigger ones. As i was walking with him in my hand back to the "nursery" the little sod decided to jump out my hand. And of course the dog jumped and pounced...
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    how long until you should put eggs in the incubator? + more ?'s

    I have an opportunity to incubate some eggs. Im not sure if they are fertillised or not, but i have some eggs in the back yard that have been layed in the last two days. I wouldnt be able to get them to the incubator until tomorrow How long do you have from laying until you should incubate the...
  9. Ma Noob

    worried about baby silkie : Updated

    Hiya i got some silkie chicks about 2 weeks ago aged 1-4 weeks. I had been turning the light off at night in the last few days and they had been ok, but ive noticed today one of the younger ones (now would be about 3 weeks old) has been quite sluggish. The other of the same age has been ok...
  10. Ma Noob

    Can roosters go broody?

    I was out collecting the eggs today, I had let the chooks out to wander around the yard (the are doing an awfully good job clearing all the weeds) But when i went to collect the eggs a couple of the hens and the roo came back into the pen. The Roo (Clarence) was less than impressed with me...
  11. Ma Noob

    starting scraps

    when can chicks start eating scraps (vegie peelings, silverbeet etc)? What are the best scraps to start with?
  12. Ma Noob

    Feeding baby chicks

    Ive just bought some silkie chicks 3 are 1-2 weeks old 1 is 4 weeks old, Im feeding them chick crumbles which im softening with water. At what age will be right to have them just dry. Also at what stage would be they be ok to start having scraps and what scraps are best to start with? If i can...
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    feeding silkies

    stupid question i know, but, Do silkies eat the same as normal chickens? Progress through the feeds, crumbles, grower, layer etc as regular chooks? Im looking to get some and just want to be sure first, just incase i have to find special food
  14. Ma Noob

    silkies and other chooks

    I currently have 6 hens and a rooster. All almost 12 months old. Ive found that i can get silkie chicks from the next town for $10 each, which is a great price for silkies around here. So i would love to get 1 or 2 or 3 (probably 3 LOL). But they must only be young as they still need to be...
  15. Ma Noob

    growing own feed for laying

    What can i grow in the garden for for my chickens as feed. Is there anything that I can use as a supplement to layer pellets that will give me the safe benefits? I have a reasonable size back yard so size isnt an issue. They have just started laying so we are still using finishing pellets at the...
  16. Ma Noob

    Broken Leg :(

    My roo has a broken leg. Its already survived 2 battles with cats that took 4 other chickens, but it somehow ended up out of its pen last night and not moving in the weeds. It already had a limp from other attacks and now its leg is broken. I dont know what happened. Its broken up in its thigh...
  17. Ma Noob

    Silly question....What do you feed roos?

    SO what do you feed Roos? Ive only ever had hens, which means layer pellets but what do you feed Roos? Do you make a mix or do they just have the layer pellets too?
  18. Ma Noob

    2 Roos?

    Grrr stupid internet, just made a big post and it dropped out on me. Anyway. We had 8 chooks but have lost 4 in cat attacks, at least 3 have been hens. That has left us with 2 roos and 2 hens. We are going to get some more but we are wanting to wait until the cat issue settles (its not even our...
  19. Ma Noob

    Grrr Cats

    Im not very happy at some of our neighbourhoods cat care, or lack there of. So far we have lost 3 chickens to cats and 1 died a day after an attack, im guessing from shock. I also have a chicken that is lame. We lost two after the first attck, one of which was a hen. After the first attack we...
  20. Ma Noob

    Can I say Hello Ladies? (I hope I can)

    Hiya, We recently got 8, 4 week old chicks that would now be approx 8-10 weeks old. Unfortunatly we have since lost two but the remaining are looking great. I am wondering what sex they are. 4 Im pretty sure are ladies but im not sure on the other two. Their combs have developed a bit earlier...
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