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  1. Pauline

    2 week old chicks

    Hi, i have 3 hens who have 2 weeks ago had chicks, all in all i have 13 babies, can i take the babies away from the mothers now, the hens are in seperate pens and its a bit of a pain for letting them out to toilet, if i let the 3 out together they fight, so i have to stand around and let them...
  2. Pauline

    what age can I put my chicks outside???

    they are outside now with there mom, they have a little covered park, and a nice warm bed at night outside, can i take mom away from them yet and leave them to fend for them selves, i feed and water them i am just a bit worried about mom as she is not eating much Thanks Pauline
  3. Pauline

    what age can I put my chicks outside???

    Hello everyone, I have 3 baby chicks, 8 days old, still with there mom, how long before i can put mom back with my other chickens and leave the babies to it, they are feeding and comming along nicely but they are only eating what there mom says they can, so to speak, she is not eating much as...
  4. Pauline

    How does the hen control the sex of chicks?

    hello, a question for you if you please, my hen has just hatched 3 baby chicks, she has lost a lot of weight, as i would have expected, the chicks are nearly 2 weeks old, at what age can i take my hen away from them and put her back with my other hen's so as she can be free again, and put...
  5. Pauline

    Sitting hen

    we think she had a problem laying her first egg as there seemed to be one lodged at her rear end when she died, our other sitter has 3 babies i will put some pics on later, we have had friends over for the last 10 days, they leave tomorrow so will have more time.
  6. Pauline

    Sitting hen

    Help please, urgent My hen has a big pertruding buldge at her rear end, her motion was stuck to her which i have just cleaned, which was when i noticed the buldge, what are the chances of it being an egg stuck, she has not started laying yet although, another, the same bread and about the same...
  7. Pauline

    Redness of skin

    my male has red legs and feet, none of my other chickens do, i clean my pens every other day with disenfectant and i dust with powder for mites, the pen and the straw, can anyone help please. there not as red every day, it started last week, he had a couple of days when they were ok, yesterday...
  8. Pauline

    Sitting hen

    Thankyou , I know dog and cat flees can become an infestation, i was not sure if Chicken flees are the same but i suppose they are, after all, flees are flees, i will get a bomb from the Vets or the Pharmacy and let it off in the house, unfortunatly, i have no dog, i had to have her put to...
  9. Pauline

    Sitting hen

    while cleaning the chucks out, if the flees jump on us will they live, on us, in our hair or in our clothes, or skin, and, if my cats get them on them, will they live on them and in turn live in my house if they fall of the cats when they come in :o
  10. Pauline

    Sitting hen

    Yes she is in her own pen, and yes, it takes 21 days to hatch the eggs, i was just concerned as i read, it takes from 24 hours to 3 days to hatch her intire nest, i am worried, as i have placed the eggs in over a period of a week, so as i said, the first should hatch 21 Aug ish and the...
  11. Pauline

    Sitting hen

    Thanks for that, i lift her, as she sat for 4 days and did not move, i know this, as the water leval did not move and the food i had put her had not been touched, when i did loift her it took her a while t oget her balance and then she drank and drank and had a good old feast, also, she had not...
  12. Pauline

    Sitting hen

    Hi, and hello, i am new here but hope i will find the answers to my questions, i have a hen sitting eggs, she laid one of her own on 1 st Aug, since then i have put 1 or 2 under her every day, she now has 8 eggs under her, she has laid no more of her own, i have read that a hen will lay her...
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