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I am thinking possibly one boy & one girl (but not too sure), would really appreciate any views? Many thanks

Hi, I have had chickens for 8 years, and have very slowly built up my flock to 13 hens. All of a sudden today I heard a real commotion from the hen run, and a number of hens were attacking one hen. It was cowering, and bleeding on it's head. I removed it, spayed blue antibiotic spray on the...

Hi all, just wanting a bit of advice! We put 9 eggs under my broody brown leghorn hen 3 days ago, and from day 1 she has been moving 2 of the eggs out of the nest. I did put them back a few times but decided to discard them today. Just wondering why she might have been doing this? And what to do...

Hi all. Just wondering what to do with my duckling who is almost 7 weeks old. He was the only one that hatched, we have now made him a temporary outdoor run at the side of my hens and my 3 other ducks. I have tried introducing him to the hens and they want to peck him :( My 2 females ducks are...

My duckling who is almost 6 weeks old is growing fast. One of it's wings seems to be not developing right. Not sure if it broken? I have attached some pics and would really appreciate your thoughts. It is a cayuga x Aylesbury ?male although not sure. Many thanks Nicola

My only duck egg that has pipped, made very little progress after 36 hours so I nervously decided to help a little. I made a bigger hole and pulled a bit of the surrounding shell away. But bleeding occurred so I stopped and he is back in the incubator. I have topped the water up and put a wet...

It is day 28/29 and i'm now incubating duck eggs for the first time. Recently successful hatched some chicks and did really well with my brinsea mini incubator and had 7 hatch. This time i'm not sure that it's going so well. I followed brinsea guidelines as I did before, but I noticed that the...

I appear to have 4 pullets (only a couple on pics) with tiny combs, and 3 roos with large pink combs. But someone warned me that it can be hard to tell with leghorn chicks as the females can have large combs too. But mine just seem so different, but this is my first hatch, so put some pics on...

I appear to have 4 pullets (only a couple on pics) with tiny combs, and 3 roos with large pink combs. But someone warned me that it can be hard to tell with leghorn chicks as the females can have large combs too. But mine just seem so different, but this is my first hatch, so put some pics on...

Hi just wondering if anyone can advise me........i've got 7 brown leghorn chicks (2 weeks old today). 5 chicks have long developed tail feathers and 2 have short bearly developed ones. Just wondering if I have got 5 females, as i've read their feathers develop faster. Such a diffence though. Any...

Hi all. I have hatched 7 leghorn chicks today so far in my brinsea mini. They hatched between 9am -2pm. Been watching it all and it has been amazing. It is now nearly 3pm and I still have one egg remaining, although no signs of anything happening with that one. Shall I just leave them until...

Hi all. I am now on day 18 with some brown leghorn eggs in my brinsea mini incubator. I have just candled them, and topped up both water chambers for lockdown. But I was just wondering how often I will need to keep the water topped up to keep humidity high? As I want to lift the lid as little as...

Hi all. I have just joined byc! Been reading lots of threads and getting some useful information. I'm incubating brown leghorn eggs at the moment. I bought a second hand rcom mini and put 5 eggs in it to turn them myself. Maybe should have just put 3 in on the automatic turner, as only one egg...