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I bought two separate trios at auction and was told that they are Aruacana but they look so different that I'm not so sure. What do you think? What would you call their colours? #1 trio Lavender - white cheeks? Walnut comb?? Henny Penny - lays blue eggs small cheek tufts? Parsley - pea...

I'm putting together a Chicken First Aid kit and am trying to find sav-a-chick and the medication for coccidiosis (the name escapes me right now!) I've looked in my local feed store with no luck, are these items stocked at vets or any other pet stores? it seems that these items are freely...

I've had a similar situation trying to help a chick hatch. There was quite a bit of blood so i stopped and put it back in the bator with a damp paper towel. Now ive removed most of the shell and membrane and the yolk hasn't absorbed fully. How can I help it? Is there any substitute for the yolk...

I had the same problem but in reverse; my silkie broody hatched three ducklings and a week or so later only one chick hatched from my bator :( so I placed it under her wing at night and she seemed to accept him. But the next afternoon the chick was by itself and the ducklings were under the hen...

I'm really kicking myself now. I thought that because the others hatched days ago that it was the last chance to save it. He's still cheeping so I will check on him in an hour or so and determine whether i should leave him for another hour or check if I can help him again. Fingers crossed!!

It's day 23 and i've had 4 chicks fully hatch. I went to turn of the bator and noticed an egg that had pipped. I started to pull off some shell and the the chick was peeping but all this blood started pouring out - like a lot :( I have put him back in the bator will he be okay? Is the blood...

The coops are pretty soiled. I really should try and not get too carried away with scrubbing and disinfecting or next I'll have the urge to hang bunting in there...

Bacchus Marsh Victoria I believe the Footscray Poultry Society was running it. Thanks for the link i'll check it out. I've had trouble finding the Australian standards and there seems to be a heap of different opinions as to what constitutes an EE, Aracauna or Ameraucana between the US, UK and...

Could the ones with the afros (what is that called?) be a polish cross? If so I guess they won't be laying green eggs...

The ACV is mixed with water I think the flash just made it look darker than what it actually was and that was a separate bowl to their water drinker. But I will read up on ACV it's amazing how many 'remedies' on the net are later proven to be toxic etc

Hey I've got a tough one for you; I bought three trios of "Aruacana" unsexed pullets from a local auction (yes I went a little crazy with the bidding) They were from different breeders. P.S they are drinking some apple cider vinegar and I am yet to make their roost homely! I'm also having...

Sorry if this has been covered before but how do you get rid of the mite egg clusters on the feathers?

Hello, I'm just after some ideas of how to clean my chicken roosts. The sheds are corrogated iron with concrete floors. This will be the first time they have a major clean out since we've moved in. I've already scraped and shovelled the poop off the floor but there is a lot of dust - would it...

Hello I've been reading the BYC posts for a while now and have finally taken the plunge and signed up. My husband and I moved to the bush from Melbourne Australia to take up residence in his late grandfathers farm. At one point his Pa had over 200 chickens and sold free range eggs from his...