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  1. Jennyo

    Bullying resulting in injury - advice needed!

    Thanks for the reply. It might be difficult to put other chickens in with her as the extra run we've got for her is quite small, but I might let the others out into the rest of the garden and leave her in with her 'sisters' in the afternoon when the others have laid. I'll just have to check that...
  2. Jennyo

    Bullying resulting in injury - advice needed!

    Hi, I'd really appreciate some advice. We have 8 hens - 1 Light Sussex, 2 Cream Legbars, 2 hybrids and 3 Welsummer bantams that the Light Sussex sat on and hatched from fertile eggs last summer. Up until quite recently, the new Welsummers were relatively well tolerated by the rest of the hens...
  3. Jennyo

    When to start roosting?

    Wow!! I thought that until a certain age it could damage their feet if they were roosting on bars that were designed for bigger girls. That's why I was a bit worried. I guess maybe once they're no longer sleeping underneath their mum it means they're ready for the next stage.
  4. Jennyo

    When to start roosting?

    We have 3 Welsummer bantam chicks that are coming up to 10 weeks old. They've been sleeping in a kennel with the mum who sat on the eggs, but mum is obviously keen to go back to the regular roost at night now. The problem is that the other hens are being quite nasty to her now, and chase her out...
  5. Jennyo

    Large, hot purple wattles!

    With the summer we're having in the UK, unfortunately heat stroke is a very unlikely cause! The wattles aren't really swollen, they're just much longer than they are usually, and the ends are a bit squishy, but aren't painful to the touch for her.
  6. Jennyo

    Large, hot purple wattles!

    I've just noticed that one of our hybrid hens has developed wattles that are not looking right. They're larger and more pendulous than usual, a dark purple colour and feel hot. Her comb looks fine. If I knew how to attach a photo I'd do so, but I can't work out how to do it. Other than a bit of...
  7. Jennyo

    When to introduce babies to big hens

    We have 3 Welsummer chicks (about 10 days old) who are currently in a run next to the main run with their mom. Mom is getting a bit agitated about being in the smaller run (even though they have plenty of space), and regularly escapes, only to start panicking that she's not with the babies. It's...
  8. Jennyo

    How long to wait after 21 days?

    Thanks so much for all the advice. Marking the cold egg and putting it back is a good idea. We helped one chick out of the shell (a neighbour who'd worked on a chicken farm suggested it) as it was taking an age to get anywhere, and it's a very poorly little chick - very bedraggled looking and...
  9. Jennyo

    How long to wait after 21 days?

    Yesterday one chick hatched out at 21 days and today another one hatched out. There's one egg that's had a little hole in it all day, with not much progress, and one egg that we discovered out from underneath her and cold. She's still sitting on 2 eggs. My questions are: 1) How many days after...
  10. Jennyo

    Mom ate contents of egg!

    YES!! The first live chick has hatched out and is safely tucked under her wing, so she's obviously not a cannibal mama!!
  11. Jennyo

    Mom ate contents of egg!

    Thanks for the reassurance! I've just cleaned it all up and she's happily sitting on the rest of the eggs, so I hope we'll get some chicks hatching tomorrow or the next day that she'll take care of as she should!!
  12. Jennyo

    Mom ate contents of egg!

    Our broody hen is sitting on 6 eggs and it's the 20th day. I've just been to check on her to see that there's a broken shell on the floor of the coop and she's obviously eaten the contents!! YUK!! There's no sign of anything like a beak or claws - just the remains of a a thick yellowish liquid...
  13. Jennyo

    Hi from Cambridgeshire - question about integration

    Hi, We're in rural Cambridgeshire and have had chickens for about 5 years. In the past we've always got them at point of lay, but someone gave us 2 young Cream Legbars about 6 weeks ago. I think they're about 12+ weeks old now. They've been free-ranging in the same area as our 3 big girls...
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