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    Help poorly hen, swollen under vent hi all

    Hi all, Noticed about 5 days ago one of my hens was not as active and chatty as normal. So took her to the vet she thought maybe a blockage, she checked her over no smell from mouth area. So she gave baytril and said just to keep an eye on her. Well after 4 days of it she is still no better...
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    internal prolaspe?

    I have a friend round who is excellent with chooks... she said that my pet Barnvelder has a prolaspe as her back end is all swishy and quite large...and she said instantly shes not laying is she? I said no, but there is nothin coming from her vent... all i can fins aboit prolapses is when it...
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    Help...... group of 7 week old chicks dying one by one.

    This morning i went out to 2 dead chicks and 1 dyingg right in front of me... Everyone else seemed fine... Although now there are more that are lethargic... they have liquid in coming from their mouths, and there is a small amount of blood on the coop floor..... but no blood around any of their...
  4. kittykat2003uk

    Which Incubator?

    We want to upgrade to a large bator but dont know which one to pick any ideas? We are looking for one that will turn each tray on there own so we dont have to load up in one go? Thanks in advance Sarah
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    Help!! Chicken Croaking... mouth open

    One of my Barnvelder girls is walking around croaking with her mouth open. Her crop was still full even after being shut in all night without food. What can i do to help her? Thanks in advance Sarah
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    Frisian fowl cockerel... was it just cold?

    I have had to bring my FF cockerel inside after the bad frost last night, he will not drink or eat. He seems very "tired" and almost seems to be panting. What can i do? Thanks guys
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    Help with a seller of eggs.... Opinions needed what should i do?

    Right these are messages that have passed through myself and someone on ebay. They have several feedback regarding infertile eggs. please help. "Extremely disappointed with the batch of eggs. I candled today and out of the 20 you sent 14 are infertile and one didnt have an air sack (which i...
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    Blood in poo.... Other wise fine.

    I went to clean out today just like i do ever Friday. There was blood all the way along under the perches. There are 10 gurls in the pen some are 6 months some are 4 months and some are 3 months. They are all acting normal, it is just this blood i am concerned about. They are all, eating...
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    Had to move eggs!! will they be ok ?

    Next set of Silver Spangled Hamburgh babies on the way. I hope they will be ok as my OH had them at his house (he is working away atm) and he got taken ill on Monday, and these are due on friday. So i had to bring them down to me. I unplugged bator put in the car covered it with blankets, up'ed...
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    2 incubators - 1 needs to go out the window!!

    Right, We have 2 incubators one is the Brinsea Hatchmaker (still air) one is the Octagon 20 advance. The hatchmaker we have have done 2 hatches and had a 90% hatch rate then a 100% hatch rate. The Octagon is a completly different story. Chicks were hatching last night and 6 had hatched, so we go...
  11. kittykat2003uk

    8 week old RIR - acting strange

    I hvae a 8 week old RIR that is acting strange. Had to explain but i will try: She seems dazed, keeps moving her head as it she is following something floating around infront of her. Her eyes are alittle like pulled back in her head. When she goes to eat and drink it takes her a few atemps to...
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    Wild Chicken with chicks but what is she?

    We have a chicken roaming the farm with her 2nd batch of chicks. You cant get near the cockerels to see what they are but managed to zoom in on the camera and get a piccy of her. Good luck.....
  13. kittykat2003uk

    Chicks hatched one with problems...Pic included.. Help needed

    Here we go again. The next batch of chicks have hatched at my partners place. A load of silver spangles (from his own family of 4 hens and cockerel) and also 12 Fresians that we brought from Wernlas. A few of those were clear so they were dumped. One chick could stand and was getting weaker...
  14. kittykat2003uk

    Went Ott at Wernlas Sale

    Well my other half (and me maybe a little) went abit ott at the Wernlas Sale. We ended up with Jersey giants, Buff Orps, Cuckoo pekins, Wernlas Olives, Silkies, Barnvelders Here are a few pics of some. Did anyone else go and buy anything? Will get some piccys of silkies and cuckoo pekins...
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    8 week old Andalusians - Boys or girls?

    Hello everyone, I have 2 Andalusian 8 week old chicks the question is are they girls or boys? Thanks for the help!!! your all fab
  16. kittykat2003uk

    So sweet i have a "mother" hen in my flock

    In my group of 12 i have a mother hen. The night that we put them in their new pen we had to shut them in because it was all different. Then the 2nd night i was sat watching them and the RIR mutt lol started to round them all in. The 2nd night she did the same and even took them all up the ramp...
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    DIATOMACEOUS EARTH For red mites - Ordered some anyone else use it?

    I have just found out about this DIATOMACEOUS EARTH everyone i have spoken to says it works Anyone have any experience with it too?
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    Chickens in new run.... Ideas for toys and things to do

    My chickens have just been moved into a a run about 28 ft long by about 22ft wide I know but i hate seeing them in a small house/run. Anyways with all this room i thought maybe someone might have ideas on things to do to keep them busy. I have put a branch in there for a perch and a pile of...
  19. kittykat2003uk

    Breed of hens that we brought as chicks

    We know one is RIR but unsure of other 3 One is the black one that "needs a shave"...lol the speckled one and the light coloured one Thanks in advance guys
  20. kittykat2003uk

    Deformed Chick - please help UPLOADED PICS!!!! *UPDATED* Should i cull

    My other half hatched out 23 chicks, about 10 days ago but one of them has deformed legs . I can't post a pic yet as the internet connection we have here is useless. But on one leg the toes are curled in and one the other leg the whole leg is bent outwards. I will post pics when i get home. But...
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