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I have 2 eggs on day 25. I made a hole in the air cell to find out what was happening as I thought they had died. Anyway, they are moving against the membrane separating them from the air cell with no sign of pipping. I am keeping it damp as it looks thick and quite white but lots of blood...

Ok, so I keep chickens but have never hatched any myself. My dad made me an incubator which didn't work, I tried twice with 6 eggs in each. I know the problem here was because the regulator for the temperature was too localised and so the heater would switch off too soon and the eggs were nit...

Ok, so it is my first time at hatching my own eggs! It was day 7 yesterday so I candled the eggs. The first 1 has the veins and the black dot (eye as I understand it) the second 1 has veins but no eye. The next 3 have the redish colour blob (yolk as I understand it) but cannot see any...

My eggs have been under my broody hen for 23 days (give or take about 6hrs, not that im counting lol) I have been lifting her wing to check (not sure if i should have) Is there much chance of things happening now? I was thinking I should discard the eggs after day 25?? Is this right...

I haven't had chicken for very long and had not anticipated any going broody as I was told the breeds are not prone to this. Bluebell, silver sussex and light sussex. Anyway, the silver turned and i had planned to hatch indoors in an incubator. I figured I would take advantage of this and...

Hi Firstly sorry if this is in the wrong subject. I was wondering if anyone could recommend a material i can use on the ground of my chicken run to prevent it getting too sloppy when it rains?? Sawdust? Bark? etc. Thank you!

Hi I have had my 3 hens now for 7 months and always fancied hatching my own chicks indoors with an incubator. I was told the hens i had were very unlikely to go broody, however the silver sussex did. I bought her some fertilized eggs and managed to take all the other's eggs she had gathered...

I have 3 chickens that are approx 6 months old. 2 are laying and 1 is not (which i am not worriess about due to a previous question and help from you guys on here!) However, it occured to me that the 1 not laying could be a cock. Her comb is a lot bigger than the other 2 and brighter, I have...

Hello Newbie to chickens. I bought 3 chickens a couple weeks ago, 3 different breeds. Anyway, 1 had a runny nose (i thought it was the transport, chenge of scenery etc) then she had a nose bleed and i rang the nursery and took her back. She was fine apart from that, bright eyed bushy tailed...

Hi I am new to chicken keeping but would love to let them roam the garden (they are a coop and run combined at the mo) However, i have really horrible neighbours and the thought of them getting over the fence horrifies me. The fence is about 6ft and i wondered if clipping their wings DOES...

Hi, I am new to keeping chickens, got 3 girls 2 weeks ago. A light sussex, a bluebell and what i thought was a rhode island red. The rhode island had a bit of a runny nose when i got her home but i put it down to the journey, change of scene etc. Yesterday she had a nose bleed and had been...

Hi, I am new to chicken keeping and just got 3 chickens 2 weeks ago (1 light sussex, 1 Bluebell and what i was told was a rhode island red, today turned out to be a bantam of bedfordshire type???) Cut a long story short i have now exchanged the bantam for a silver sussex! Have got my first 2...