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    broody hen questions, advice??

    hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii so just want bit advice about broodys, my hen went broody couple weeks ago now so i seperated her from rest of my hens and put 6 eggs under her, after about a week she ate one!!!! i have no idea why. but anyway she has since looked after the remaining 5 i candled today but are...
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    She is sitting!!!!

    im so excited one of our hen has started sitting some eggs, i noticed she was always in the nest box so i decided to move her so she alone and get some fertile eggs....after i moved her she didnt seem to be sitting them but now she is so hopefully they will hatch this is the first time we have...
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    Broody advice x

    okay so after not doing very well with hatching eggs in incubator i told my self i wasn't going to hatch anymore....but...........................one of my hens have gone broody, this is first time i have had this she isnt leaving the nest box only to feed n stetch her legs by the looks of it...
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    auto sexing chicks????

    hi brought some hatching eggs and they are barred plymoth rock crossed RIR i was tols i can sex from one day old, anyone know how this works and how can tell the roos from the hens xxx
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    Hatching/incubator advice?

    just like some advice really i have hatched eggs before but not very successfully spec with silkies out of approx 45 eggs have only managed to hatch approx 9 chicks. i have recieved my blue orpington eggs and my RIR x barred rock sex link eggs this morning. i am leaving them to rest for24hrs...
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    comb colour????

    do all chicks have pink/red combs????? i have one with a grey comb forming but dont know the breed?
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    Urgent Help Plzzzz!!!!!!

    I Have A Baby Chick Just Over A Week Now. The Other Chicks Trampled Him And Broke His Leg So I Seperated Him But To Day He Really Lifeless I Dont Think He Has Eater Or Drank Only The Bits Of Water I Have Tried To Force Him To Have. What Can I Do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE DOESNT EVEN HAVE THE...
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    broken leg??

    how can you help a chick with a broken leg
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    will my chick be okay?

    will my chick be okay?i have little LS chicks he bout a week n half old now but he has got some thing wrong with his eye its very sticky and keeps weeping....im bathing it everyday with sterile saline water but its not getting anybetter. what can i do. no where by me sells and sort of antibiotic...
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    will my chick be okay?

    i have little LS chicks he bout a week n half old now but he has got some thing wrong with his eye its very sticky and keeps weeping....im bathing it everyday with sterile saline water but its not getting anybetter. what can i do. no where by me sells and sort of antibiotic cream for chicks. is...
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    How to store hatching eggs?

    hi,,, ive just recieved a batch of 6 silkies eggs which im going to incubate they have come throught the postal system so i belive i have to rest them for 24hr first with the pointy end down to let them settle....only thing is i cant tell the difference with these eggs both ends are as pointy as...
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    HELP please! poorly chick

    i got two chicks which i hatched from my own flock of LS the one has a watery/sticky eye. what can i do should i bath it with warm water or what they are just over a week old now.
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    how long to lay an egg?

    ok so one of my light sussex is laying her eggs in the nest box as she should be how long do they usually stay there she seems to sit there for quite a while before and after she has laid the egg. i checked this morning she was in the nest box i thought about to lay an egg anyway i fed the...
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    please help!!! what breed are my 3week old chicks

    any ideas what breed my 3week old chicks are? pic 1 pic 2 pic 3 pic 4
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    Sex link chicks?

    i currently have a pur breed light sussex roo and wondered what hens would i need to get for them to be sex linked??? anyone know? can this be done? if not what roo could i get to go with my light sussex hens for those to be sex linked?
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    any ideas????

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    hen or a roo?

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    whats the breed?

    any ideas what breed my 3week old chicks are? pic 1 pic 2 pic 3 pic 4
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    lots of blood????

    k so i had 8 silkie eggs this is my 3rd lot im finding it so difficult hatching them. well out the 8 only 1 was doing well and was due 2days ago. i left it anyway just incase was late hatcher and was prayin so much it would hatch as this would be my first silkie i have hatched... anyway this...
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    cleaaning my chicks feet?

    my baby chicks seem to have a buils up of poop in there toes how can i clean this i have tried dipping there feet in warm water and getting it of that way but it is solid any ideas
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