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    Introducing new hens to 2 chickens

    Hi there it's been a long time! I've had my current chickens for 3 years now but unfortunately one of my hens died last week. I am now left with just 2 chickens and literally just built a brand new coup for my hens the other week (typical!) I'm now looking to add 2 new chickens to my old ones...
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    Sexing

    Hi all been a long time.. in fact almost a year since i last hatched my white sussex chickens!. now im looking to hatch either some sussex rhodies or plymouth rocks but i want to know how to sex the chicks at a early age as i wont be able to keep any cockerels! thanks
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    fox attack!

    while cleaning out my pullet cage i let them roam in the garden. they are normally fine however today a fox suddenly appeared i heard the chickens scream it bit one but it flapped and pecked the fox so it let it go this one seems okay but it then picked up a chicken in its mouth so i threw a...
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    what have i done

    i have 7 16 week old white sussex pullets i went to the feed store today to buy some more layer pellets however they did not have any and will only get some more next week. so i got some layer mash instead. will this be ok for a week if not can i do anything else to improve their diet? Help is...
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    Emergency my favourite chicken is ill :(

    HI All, I have had a hybrid for a year and a half she is the most lively friendly chicken i have ever kept. she has laid consistenly all her life . However this afternoon i noticed her lying down in the coop when i tried to move her she simply stood up moved then put her wing out almost to...
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    i dont know what to so :s

    okay two chicks were due to hatch on tuesday both of them hatched early (one two days) and i have 6 more in the incubator and i thought they were due for today so i stopped turning them on saturday just in case they were going to hatch early.the humidity is 60%. this sounds really irresponsible...
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    eating and drinking

    my 2 day old baby chicks seem to be up and moving around. currently i dip their beaks in their water quite often and tap their food however i dont think they are drinking or eating that often what should i do to encourage them to do so?
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    broken leg/foot?

    i have this chick who didnt seem to wan to stand i dipped its beak in the water so it has had a bit of a drink its only a day old :( i have seperated it from the others when i lift it it does wriggle and move its leg but one of its feet seems swollen what should i do?
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    chick with broken leg?

    i have this chick who didnt seem to wan to stand i dipped its beak in the water so it has had a bit of a drink its only a day old :( i have seperated it from the others when i lift it it does wriggle and move its leg but one of its feet seems swollen what should i do?
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    help please

    ok so i had two chicks due for today one hatched yesturday i left it in the incubator then it was getting stuck so i moved it into the brooder. this chicks looks as if it has a brown/red wire or blood vessel which i assume to be the umbilical cord? then the other chick hatched today.So i moved...
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    emergency ahh please help

    ok so i put 4 eggs in my incubator to see if they were fertile turns out two of them were so i kept them and added 6 more the next week. I set them on tuesday and its now sunday and while candiling the eggs i noticed a chip and yeah thats right one of the eggs has started to hatch thats great...
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    hatching eggs and dilemma

    ok so i put 4 eggs in my incubator to see if they were fertilized.It turns out they are well two of them are i think i lost the other two somehow and anyway i gathered some more eggs from my flock and two of them had poo on so i wiped it off with water and towel is that ok? also i want more than...
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