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  1. princess layer

    Please tell me they're not all boys!

    Thanks - that's interesting; I haven't had araucanas before so wasn't sure what to expect. Really hoping for at least one girl...!
  2. princess layer

    Please tell me they're not all boys!

    Thanks for your replies! I've got some close up shots now - does this make a difference? Black araucana: These two are both the same chick - this is the one I'm hoping is a girl: Lavender araucana: Sablepoot:
  3. princess layer

    Please tell me they're not all boys!

    I've tried and tried but they never stand still! At least three of them have some pink in their combs - is that a sure sign of being a boy at this age? Also they all seem pretty upright... :/
  4. princess layer

    Please tell me they're not all boys!

    Hi, I would be enormously grateful for any thoughts on the gender of my five week old chicks - one sablepoot and three (English) bantam araucanas. I have a horrible feeling that they may all be boys but I would really appreciate any thoughts... Thanks, Lucy
  5. princess layer

    Help - did I do the right thing?

    Thanks for taking the time to reply. Well I've put the chick back under one of the hens - the hen didn't seem to mind so fingers crossed! I really hope it works - despite being three hours old this one seems to be the loudest chick in the world so I didn't fancy keeping it in the house...
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    Help - did I do the right thing?

    I've got two LS bantams which have been brooding side by side. They are completely inseparable so I thought this arrangement might work. Anyway, today is hatching day and earlier four eggs were pipping. I heard some loud cheeping just now and looked in the coop to see that both broodies are now...
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    Explaining Chicken Math

    This time a year ago I had three hens. Now up to nine including some chicks hatched a few weeks ago by a broody. When the chicks were hatched ALL the other hens went broody. None of them have snapped out of it so I've sent off for some hatching eggs. Meant to get 6 but got a bit carried away...
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    Guess the gender!

    Hi, I have four chicks, three weeks old, and was wondering if anyone would like to hazard a guess as to whether they are boys or girls! Two are light sussex, one is supposed to be light sussex but has darker wings so could be a sussex crossed with something else, and the little black one is a...
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    Chick behaving strangely - should I be worried?

    Thanks! What worries me is that it's not just vicious - it seems to be behaving very repetitively, continually alternating between attacking its mother and diving under her feet. It's doing this virtually the whole time and I feel like it may be 'not quite right'...
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    Chick behaving strangely - should I be worried?

    Hello, I'm raising chicks for the first time and I was wondering if anyone could help with a question. I have five chicks, ten days old, being raised by a hen and one of them has started behaving strangely - it keeps attacking the mother hen, flying up at her aggressively and then getting...
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    Chicken left eggs - will they still hatch?

    All five eggs hatched out so it appears that the cool hour and a half didn't have any negative effects - hooray! Now to find a way to tear myself away from watching the chicks...
  12. princess layer

    Chicken left eggs - will they still hatch?

    Ooooooooooh just looked at the eggs and three of them are cheeping! So excited!
  13. princess layer

    Chicken left eggs - will they still hatch?

    Thank you - fingers crossed! I am really hoping we will get some chicks, particularly as one of the eggs was laid by another pekin which has since been taken by a fox :(
  14. princess layer

    Chicken left eggs - will they still hatch?

    Thanks. It's around 12 degrees c at the moment - does that sound good or bad?!
  15. princess layer

    Chicken left eggs - will they still hatch?

    Thanks. She's been getting off for 20 minutes or so every day but this was quite a bit longer. I've never done this before so am pretty clueless!
  16. princess layer

    Chicken left eggs - will they still hatch?

    Hello, I was just wondering if anyone could help me with a hatching question. I've got a pekin sitting on some eggs - we're on day 18 - but for reasons I won't bore you with she became separated from her eggs for an hour and a half this afternoon. She's sitting on them again now but I'm just...
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