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  1. Captain Carrot

    Close ups of my flock.... PIC HEAVY

    I'll start with my Bielefelders (Bielefelder Kenn-Hühn) They're about 5 months old and I've had them for 6 weeks. I was told that they're the cows of the chicken world, they just peck the tips of the grass and don't dig up the grass roots as much as other chickens.... so far so good. Here is...
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    Update on my Welsummers pics

    Hello, I got myself some new chickens about 5 weeks ago, and thought I'd post some pics of how they've grown. I got a trio of Welsummer bantams from a local breeder this is how they looked at 12 weeks old... one of the hens, Murdock And the cock, Lieutenant Peck... And this is what they...
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    My daughter knew just what to get me for my birthday.

    Hello, I just had to share this with fellow chicken people. My 4 year old daughter spent two days in secret making my birthday gift, and I think it's brilliant. EDIT: added image
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    Quick rabbit question or two

    I'm getting some meat rabbits tomorrow. My plan was to start out with at least three, two does and a buck. the does would be housed together in a large hutch and the buck on its own in a smaller hutch. I'm being given a pair from a friend tomorrow, she doesn't want anything in return for them...
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    is this anything to worry about?

    I noticed today that the tips of the comb on one of my hens, Sausage have turned white. I have no idea why. She is about 5-6 months and is laying, other than the tips she is very healthy and active, here is a pic... It's the hen on the left Here is another one, it's a bit dark though...
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    My new chickens with pics

    Finally I got to pick up my new birds today. I got 7 in total. 1:3 Bielefelders and 1:2 Welsummer bantams. The females are about 12 weeks old and the cocks are a little older. The breeder said they where about 10 and 11 weeks old. Here are some pics Welsummers, the cock is at the front And...
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    My Muscovy drake just couldn't wait to get back into the water...PICS

    Hello, So I recently fenced off a run for my chickens and ducks until the threat of hungry foxes has passed then they can all go where they please. Unfortunately I had to fence off their stream, because I couldn't figure out how to allow them access without them leaving the run. Anyway I...
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    Only 5 more sleeps!

    I just got a phone call from a breeder, my new chickens are ready for delivery I'm going to get them on Saturday, so only 5 more sleeps. LOL I'm getting two breeds, Welsummer bantams 1:2 and Bielefelder 1:3. I'm quite excited. All I need to do now is finish their houses, and come up with...
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    Last week of freedom before LOCKDOWN (pics)

    Hello, so the sun is shinning and Spring has sprung in Austria. I took some pics of my birds enjoying an afternoon in my forest, before being enclosed next week. They're usually allowed to run all over my land and forest, but since I lost about 30 birds last year to a very hungry vixen with two...
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    Taking bets on Muscovy eggs...with prize! Ended, see page 5

    ALL BETS ARE OFF See page 5 hello, I recently posted that in the past my best Muscovy broody, Jemima once took 42 days to hatch her eggs (21 eggs) all of which hatched. Some people found this hard to beleive. Well this evening she didn't go inside the shed at dusk like normal, she insted...
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    Why are my hens so boring?

    Ok boring isn't the right word to use, I'll explain. In January this year I got two new hens and a cockerel. I added them to my existing birds without any major problems. The hens got pecked and chased by the older hens, but this was expected. They've settled down now and have accepted the hens...
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    I don't need anymore chickens...oh that's a nice breed I want some.

    Hello, When I started out with chickens, I got myself 4 Light Sussex POL's and a cockerel. I thought that in the peak of laying 4 eggs a day would be plenty with a few to sell or barter with. Two weeks later I got myself three Isa Browns (I think they're production reds in the US) and five...
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    Well, it's about time.

    I just went out to collect today's eggs and lock the chickens and ducks up for the night and was surprised to find a beautiful Muscovy egg in the nest box. Fantastic, I've had no duck eggs since the end of November. Even better when I came to box the chicken eggs up was that there was a Muscovy...
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    Scaly Leg, here is my plan of action

    I picked one of hens off the roost tonight to do my regular health check, (I check a different hen ever other day or so) and I think she may have scaly leg. I checked the other birds too but didn't notice anything. The back of her legs appear white (they're normally yellow on the back and black...
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    Pics of my Muscovy's

    Thought I'd upload a pic of my ducks enjoying the sunshine yesterday... Here is one from my Peking, the sole survivor from a dog attack, you can see her left wing is deformed Just found this on my Photobucket from when a few of them where still ducklings.
  16. Captain Carrot

    Some pics from today

    Just out in the field trying to take some pics for a competition, these are left overs...enjoy This is Gravy, one of my Altsteirer hens Almost got all my chickens on one pic...almost. From left to right, Gravy, Carrot (cockerel), Messy, Barry (the bared one), Token Black and Mitzi. B.F.G the...
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    Don't believe all you read

    So I got some plans for an A-frame coop and run. The designer says it's big enough for 6 medium sized hens. So I take it to mean about 3 or 4 realistically. I had the ply and battens cut to size, and built it yesterday. It's tiny, there is no way I could get more than two hens in there, the...
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    Enjoying the sunshine.

    Finally we've had some sunshine and a beautiful warm day today, we've had between minus 10 and minus 2 Celsius the past week. Carrot was out prancing about, he looks fantastic when the sun shines on his feathers... He's an Altsteirer (rare Austrian breed) he hatched in summer last year.
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    Roo and dog, tag-team on a hawk.

    Both my cockerel and my dog earned their keep today. We had an attack from a hawk today, not sure of the species. It was about the same size of my hens. It swooped down and grabed one of my hens, only three meters (9-10 feet) away from me. I was about to give it a good kick, when Carrot my...
  20. Captain Carrot

    Barrel coop

    Hello, I found a large oak wine/cider/beer barrel in one of my outhouses today, and would like to have a go building a coop with it. Its big enough to make a bantam coop (just). It's 3 feet long and has a radius of 2.5 feet. Someone has cut a square out of the middle of the barrel, so I'd use...
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