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    Murderous Light Sussex hen

    So when, if ever, can I let them all free range together? Or should I lock up the light sussex when I let the silkie out? I'm still traumatised by the horrific scene I witnessed, don't know if I'll ever forgive her.
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    Murderous Light Sussex hen

    I've just had a disastrous experience with my first incubation. I only hatched 4 out of 20 however one was a gorgeous blue female japanese bantam. I was completely in love. I gave them to my broody silkie hen to raise and she bonded instantly. They are only 5 days old and are all tiny bantams. I...
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    Post pictures of your bantams!

    Here's my little cutie, Ebony. I hatched her in September 2011 in my bed. Yup. My bed.https://www.backyardchickens.com/image/id/10393486/width/400/flags/LL And here's what she's sitting on...her adopted babies, little frizzles. https://www.backyardchickens.com/image/id/10393490/width/400/flags/LL
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    Dumb question...google didn't give me an answer :)

    Hi Postalpoultry. Thanks for your quick answer. You're right about randy drakes. I had a Pekin drake once which I bought as a companion (not knowing it was a boy) for my brown hen. He was rehomed when he wouldn't stop molesting her. It was like one day they were best buddies and the next BAM...
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    Dumb question...google didn't give me an answer :)

    Hi guys I'm wondering...if a female duck has a drake then are the eggs she lays fertile all year round or only in breeding season? I mean, I know when hens, if there's a rooster there's an assumption the eggs are all fertile so is it the same for ducks?
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    Is it true what they say?

    Good. I'm glad it's not accurate. The little Japanese bantam I'm hoping will be a girl reckons it's a boy by this method. And you're right, it feels awful holding the chick this way. I won't do it again. Brahmabreeder you sound like me. It's a boy explosion when I hatch chicks!!
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    Eeeeek!!! There's hope, there's hope, there's hope!!

    So I've had an incubation disaster. Out of 20 eggs (3 large breed, 17 bantams) only 4 have hatched. They were given to their adoptive mama along with 4 remaining 'slow' eggs from my deathtrap incubator. Mama and chicks hopped off the remaining eggs while I was out today and the 4 remaining eggs...
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    Have you ever moved eggs from the incubator to under a broody and had a successful hatch?

    I did this last week. I put 2 eggs from my incubator at day 16 under my broody silkie and 1 hatched uneventfully the other didn't even pip. I'll be watching to see what happens with yours.
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    Is it true what they say?

    That if you dangle a little chick by the 'scruff' of its neck and they either let their legs dangle down straight or pull them up will tell you if it's a girl or a boy?
  10. Annie75

    Japanese Bantam Thread!

    Hi everyone. The top left chick is a little Japanese bantam. It is a light silvery colour. What colour is it likely to be as an adult?
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    Japanese Bantam Thread!

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/image/id/10393492/width/400/flags/LL Hi everyone. The top left chick is a little Japanese bantam. It is a light silvery colour. What colour is it likely to be as an adult?
  12. First food. yum yum.

    First food. yum yum.

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  13. 4 out of 20 is better than none

    4 out of 20 is better than none

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  14. Ebony warming her babies. Whatchya got there Ebony?

    Ebony warming her babies. Whatchya got there Ebony?

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  15. Annie75

    Help. Unabsorbed yolk sack....real time emergency now.

    Chicky passed peacefully this morning, rest its lovely little soul
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    Help. Unabsorbed yolk sack....real time emergency now.

    Thanks for your replies. I kept it on a damp cloth all day and then as it's become later in the afternoon I've put it under the adoptive mama for warmth. She's a silkie and seems to have accepted an extra. I put a little cling wrap 'bandage' so that the protruding bit doesn't drag along the...
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    Help. Unabsorbed yolk sack....real time emergency now.

    I'm in the middle of a chicken hatching crisis due to incubator problems. Anywho one of the eggs I put under my broody hen has hatched a lovely silky. BUT the yolk sack is not absorbed completely. It's about the size of a pea. I did a quick search and someone said if they're in a dry location it...
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    What did I do wrong? This isn't fun anymore!

    I think my problems are these: Lack of experience I'm too emotionally involved once I even see the little blood vessels form when candling I didn't have a hygrometer I expected too much Cried What I did right: Checked with bulb thermometer that temps were spot on Added water exactly as...
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    What did I do wrong? This isn't fun anymore!

    Update: 1 little chick has hatched under Ebony. Goodie good good. Fingers crossed for more!
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    What did I do wrong? This isn't fun anymore!

    Thanks so much. I read an article about incubating this very way. I think you're spot on. It's a pity I had to learn the hard way.
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