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    Pond weed for hens?

    thanks for your reply, the pond is manmade and we are planning to get rid of it, am i right in thinking from what you said that they can eat the pond weed safely? thanks
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    Poorly chook?-advice please...

    Thanks for your reply, i don't think she's laid for a while although she may have laid a tiny egg last week. what is water belly and can i do anything about it? I will take a look at the link -thanks
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    Pond weed for hens?

    Hello, We have recently moved house and now have an unused pond, it doesn't have a pump and there is what i believe to be pond weed growing in it. Does anyone know if it is safe to let the chicken have it? either fresh to eat or dried to play with? thanks
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    Poorly chook?-advice please...

    Hi there, We have been keeping chook for many years, but this year have encountered two new symptoms. One of our hens 4 years old has always had a big butt, this year however she is almost tripping over her undercarriage, originally i thought she must be egg bound, but she continues to appear...
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    Help! Baby chick with mama hen and a sore head is is it safe what should i do?

    Thanks yes our two bantam hens live in with the rest of the bigger flock without any issues.
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    Help! Baby chick with mama hen and a sore head is is it safe what should i do?

    thanks will do, being the only one i can't tell quite how small s/he'll be but the normal sized chicks are already about the same size as the bantam hens at nearly 8 weeks! So think they may be the best bet for forming an alliance!
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    Polish bantams 5-6 weeks old any ideas on gender by pompom?

    UPDATE... Beaky and Flintoff definately pullets, laid eggs :) Chandler and Denny roosters no doubt about it! now got a little one with Chandler for a father and one of the girlies for a mum, waiting to see what s/he turn out to be....
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    Help! Baby chick with mama hen and a sore head is is it safe what should i do?

    S/he's still rather diddy.....
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    Help! Baby chick with mama hen and a sore head is is it safe what should i do?

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    Help! Baby chick with mama hen and a sore head is is it safe what should i do?

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    Help! Baby chick with mama hen and a sore head is is it safe what should i do?

    thanks, we have a smaller pen within the main coop for our nearly 8 week old chicks, but they are full size hens so a fair bit bigger than our little Polish, we will be popping them in with the rest of the flock at the weekend as they've been getting used to each other in the day for the last...
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    Help! Baby chick with mama hen and a sore head is is it safe what should i do?

    Little chick didn't make it past 48 hours, didn't eat or drink unless i helped i. But i rescued the egg mama hen had abandoned and it's now a lovely nearly 6 week old :) only trouble not quite sure how to integrate her with the rest of the flock as she's on her own and a bantam too.....
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    Help! Baby chick with mama hen and a sore head is is it safe what should i do?

    Hi, she gets louder and stressy when I move the chick and didn't let it go on its own as soon as I put it down she was covering it to keep it warm and protect it I presume. She's gentle by nature normally and hasn't really fussed when moving her and chick but we didn't keep them apart but from...
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    Help! Baby chick with mama hen and a sore head is is it safe what should i do?

    thank you, i think it looks like an injury, maybe the mama picked it up by it's head a bit roughly, it certainly hatched with a fine head of fluff.
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    Help! Baby chick with mama hen and a sore head is is it safe what should i do?

    Hi, thanks for replying, it's really sore looking and quite big, but mama immediately tucked it back under her as soon as i put the chick into the fresh coop and popped her in after, there was no messing about just plonked herself on the chick and readjusted herself around it. Neither mama nor...
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    Help! Baby chick with mama hen and a sore head is is it safe what should i do?

    Hi, Our broody hen unexpectedly hatched her egg yesterday afternoon, when chicky first appeared from under mama she went for it but once it went back under we could hear it cheeping and hoped all was ok. Mama hen moved off the remaining egg into a different part of the coop with chicky and...
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    Polish bantams 5-6 weeks old any ideas on gender by pompom?

    Update: unfortunately Elton ( who was super cuddly) died last week:( came home to find her covered in blood, with a puncture wound on her knee, we did the best we could but i think the shock and blood loss killed her in the end. Still not sure how it happened though. Denny is most definately a...
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    Polish bantams 5-6 weeks old any ideas on gender by pompom?

    wow if we end up with no more than 3;2 i'll be very happy:wee have any of you introduced polish bantams to a 'normal sized' flock? if so how old were your bantams when you got them together? i'm not really sure how big bantams get, but my other girls are very friendly:)
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    Polish bantams 5-6 weeks old any ideas on gender by pompom?

    Thank you we think they're rather cute too:) Forgot to mention flintoff is a frizzle not sure if that'll make any difference to your guesses.....
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    Polish bantams 5-6 weeks old any ideas on gender by pompom?

    Beaky Flintoff Denny Elton and lastly Chandler... Any guesses as to pullet or too? I keep changing my mind. Both Elton and Chandler had some feathers pecked from their pompoms when they were tiny so are a bit thin on top, not sure if that'll make any difference to being able to tell though...
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