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    Double check, infertile eggs right?

    Hi there I'm pretty sure my hen is a hen, but is acting like a roo. But just to double check, these eggs are not fertilised right? They are infertile? Cheers!! Letisha
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    Crowing hen- advice needed on options

    Hello I have a 10-11 month old Faverolles 'Tiramisu' and she crows! But it needs to stop/reduce as we live in urban area. Pretty sure its because there is no rooster. She is also the biggest in the flock, as the 5 other hen's are a mix of barbu d'uccle and pekin bantam. She seems to mostly crow...
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    Faverolles possible ear fungi?

    Hello, I have a beautiful salmon faverolles, 7mo, called Tiramisu. I noticed recently that she has funny light coloured comb/ears(both sides). I wondered if it could be a fungal thing? She also shakes her head abit, like maybe it's irritating? But has been doing that for a while now...
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    Bringing white rock into a majority bantam flock (+faverolle)

    Hi there, I have a flock of 6, 5 bantams (mix of Pekin and D'Uccle) plus 1 faverolles. I wouldn't mind a couple bigger chooks and the possibility of getting some white rock pullets has come up. I've read they are a docile breed. Keen to hear peoples thoughts on mixing these ones.? Nb-...
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    Bird flu H5N1 in Australia

    Hi there, I live in New Zealand and everyone is starting to talk about the inevitably of us getting the H5N1 bird flu virus from Australia (we are close to Aussie and Australia is like our giant Canary so to speak). But all our local chicken Facebook pages are full of unhelpful conspiracies...
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    Very lethargic young rooster, possible sour crop?

    Hello, New chicken owner here, I have an 11 week old Barbu D'uccle bantam rooster 'Morph', that is usually very spirited, but this morning found him in the coop very not his normal self. We still feed chick crumbles, they have an antibiotic in them 'coccidiostat' (Rumensin® 20% Millmix), they...
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    Persistent curly toe or something else?

    Hi There, I have a nearly 2 week old Faverolle chick, that was born with both feet having curly toes (incubator troubles i think). Having used the bootie method for most of this time and a hobble early on to help with what appeared to be a mild case of spraddle leg, one of the feet is much...
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    Hello from New Zealand

    Kia ora (hello in Màori, the treasured language of our indigenous peoples)- thought I would introduce my self and answer some of the questions. Looking forward to being on here more often! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Pretty much brand new. Had some as kids but...
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    Help pls! 1 day old-falls over struggles to get back up, stands around, curled toes

    Hi, another newbie here! Problem- 1 chick, slightly smaller than others keeps falling over not able to get back up easily, stands around and is a bit vacant? not as curious/ engaged as others. Does walk about a little bit, but not much. Pictures below. Context- 3x 1 day old chicks. Had some...
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