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My Red Orpington girls are worrying me a bit they are definately hens but have the long tail feathers of a roo........confusing!!!!! they are meant to be red orps but one of the has a black body and none of them seem to be following the colour standard for the breed.............could i have been...

Hi to all, I am 14 weeks pregnant (almost 15 weeks) and i just cant resist a soft boiled egg or soft poached egg in the morning................surely our 'home grown' eggs dont have the same salmonella risks as store bought eggs? I mean seriously an egg laid that morning, you cant get fresher so...

I have been seen to bemoan the lack of eggs from my 1yr old girls since we lost one of their flock approx 2 months ago, i would like to announce that FINALLY! after much patience and alot of tlc one of my girls saw fit to bless us with an egg this morning wooooo hooooooo! always good to see...

Hi, just a little introduction to myself and my family, we live in north wales in the UK in a fairly rural area which is beautiful! Im originally from london and met my husband the day after i moved to wales with my 3 sons. He helped me move house and just never really left! almost 4 years later...

Hi i have been getting fertile eggs from my ducks but up til now havent incubated any of them, would like to try but dont have a great deal of money to splash out on one of those posh incubators you can buy. i have quite a few questions about incubating too i hope someone can help. 1. Is there...

Hi im picking up two new Aylesbury girls on tuesday evening, my existing ducks have always been together (2 drakes and one girly) and we decided to get a couple of girls to even up the stakes a bit and take the pressure off our one girl once the boys hit the hormonal stage...............Im...

I am not 100% sure of the sex of these lovely looking chicks, would appreciate input! They are all approximately 5 weeks old now (guessing) i got them from a farm that was going into liquidation so got them really cheap (pun intended ) I never intended to get the bantams but they were the only...

Hi my chickens (14 month old red shaver hybrids) have stopped laying since one of the flock died, we recently added more to our flock including three ducks and now the female duck we have seems to have stopped laying too......................HELP! Our birds are all happy and healthy, well fed...

Hi one of our flock of red shavers died about 5-6 weeks ago and we havent had a single egg out of the rest of the girls since...............im not worried about my pullets they arent at POL yet but my 1 yr old red shavers havent laid a single egg since we lost our other...

My name is Liz, and i live in North Wales, UK We are fairly new to chickens having lived in the city until recently We first got our Red Shaver girls Agnes, Penny, Florence and Mrs B, quickly fell in love with them and when a farm nearby went into liquidation we jumped at the chance of taking on...