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  1. louiseoz

    Boy or girl please :)

    Thanks you all for your time and input! Realised he must be orphington x wyandotte! Thanks again!
  2. louiseoz

    Boy or girl please :)

    Hi All, Thanks for helping in advance. Wondering about this lavender buff orphington. I hatched 10 cross orphingtons/barred rocks and ended up with 5 roosters (I think) but this one is confusing me. He/she certainly acts like a rooster but has no real comb development to speak off but it is...
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    Flock suddenly attacking one chicken

    Thank you Gitabooks. I can rule out heat, boredom, food, broodiness and crowding so I'm thinking my little pekin must be sick. Have quarantined her just in case and will see how things pan out in the next day or so. Thank you for your speedy response too x
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    Flock suddenly attacking one chicken

    Hi All, I have 14 hens (Wyandottes, Plymouth Rocks, Hylines and 3 pekins). They have lived harmoniously for over a year now and rarely do we even see squabbles. BUT the last two days the flock has been attacking of of the pekins and now she is hiding out in the coop unable to leave. I am going...
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    Comment by 'louiseoz' in article 'Complete Guide ~ Dealing With All Things Broody'

    I loved this article, really helpful but Im not sure about the statement; 'The chicks and the mother hen, should be mixed in with the flock once they are 2 months old. Just needed to integrated my hen and four chicks into the rest of the flock and EVERY forum member who answered my queries...
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    Grow out pen with mother hen - how big?

    I can't thank you enough Mrs K for taking the time to explain in detail what is happening! It makes perfect sense. I tried to reintroduce the mum and chicks again this afternoon and it has been successful so far. The same pekin was an issue but not as bad this time and I was able to monitor the...
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    Grow out pen with mother hen - how big?

    Thank you All so much!! I just tried to integrate the broody and the chicks in with the flock and all hell broke loose with another pekin attacking the broody (lots of blood) so i popped the mum and chicks back in the pen to recover. I'm hoping the shock doesn't harm the chicks. Already the...
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    Grow out pen with mother hen - how big?

    Hi All, My pekin successfully hatched some fertile eggs for us and we now have 4 x 2 week old chicks. They are all in a little pen together (about 1m by 2m) and this is within our normal coop which is 13m by 3 wide. Our mother pekin has had enough of being in this box (even tho it has a small...
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    Broody about to hatch eggs but covered in lice

    Thanks Rezchamp! I bought some DE a few days ago and coated everything too...seems to be helping! I popped a small dustbath into the pen for the mum to bathe in too. But the issue I am now having is that the mother hen is covering the floor of the pen in chick starter (obvioulsly teaching her...
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    Review by '' on item 'Wyandotte'

    Love Love LOVE my Wyandottes! I have 3 silver laced and one blue laced. One of them is incredibly inquisitive and friendly, one is almost impossible to catch and the other two are somewhere in between. They did take a long time to start laying (around 8 months) but have laid consistently since...
  11. louiseoz

    Broody about to hatch eggs but covered in lice

    Great advice-Thank you. Managed to dust her in time and change the bedding. She just hatched 3 little chicks- my first hatch-lings! OMG I have been so excited all day lol! I have put some sand and DE into the pen so when they are up to it then can have a good dust bath.
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    Broody about to hatch eggs but covered in lice

    I saw the lice :(
  13. louiseoz

    Broody about to hatch eggs but covered in lice

    Thanks for your help. I will check out the no pest strip!
  14. louiseoz

    Broody about to hatch eggs but covered in lice

    Help please! I have a broody about to hatch chicks (due today/tomorrow) and I have just noticed she has a lice infestation and it looks quite bad! It seems to have come on pretty quickly- I have to physically move her off her nest everyday to feed and I didn't notice any lice before but now she...
  15. louiseoz

    White spots on egg shells (and slightly cracked)

    Here we go...I'm stumped! But the egg shell quality in the last week or so has really dropped but the chickens look healthy! I will add some grit to their coop tho- just in case they need it. Ive also added a photo of the other weird egg shells that I am getting- speckled pale brown marks and...
  16. louiseoz

    White spots on egg shells (and slightly cracked)

    The shells aren't thin really but they don't have oyster shell as I thought maybe the white spots on the egg shells could be excessive calcium? But that would be weird as i don't know where they could be getting it from! Yes our guinea is so protective over 'his girls" but hes just a bit...
  17. louiseoz

    White spots on egg shells (and slightly cracked)

    Hi All, My Wyandottes have recently been producing eggs shells with faint white spots, some of which have hairline cracks. They are fed good quality laying pellets and a few handful's of veggie greens every day from the garden. They appear their usual healthy and happy selves. However, we do...
  18. louiseoz

    Advice on starrting a mixed flock of guinea, chicks and ducks please

    Thank you so much! Excellent link and love the photos :). Looks like I am going to be rather busy for a while xx
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    Advice on starrting a mixed flock of guinea, chicks and ducks please

    Hello, I have a 1 x 5 week old guinea fowl, 5 x 6 week old chicks arriving next week and I have the opportunity to get 2x ducklings around the 10 week age. I know that often successfully raising a mixed flock is easier when all the birds have been raised together in the same coup from a young...
  20. louiseoz

    4 week old keet pecked and really sick- what do I do?

    Thank you all so much! I did contact the breeder again but the keet died this morning. The other one however is very healthy. This website is fantastic too- what a wealth of information! :)
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