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Two days ago I swapped my rooster for a pullet. On the way home, the breeder sent me a message to say she was locking her flock away and noticed some birds sneezing, so I may want to quarantine her. She said she had a sneeze go through some of her flock last year but she thought it was gone...

Thank you for the reply and advice. I have only hatched and hand raised chicks before and I figured that would be harder than using a Broody. I did try to break them shortly after they started but they were very insistent. Maybe i will try again to break them as they are still young. What age...

I have 2 silkies and a silkie X. Both the silkies have gone really Broody this week. They are only 6 months old and started laying just a month ago. I wouldn't mind giving them a few fertile eggs each to hatch, or some day olds but not sure if I should leave them together with the silkie X , or...

Thanks drumstick diva. I'm sad the partridge is probably a roo though because it's my favorite and so snuggly. They all have black skin, and the buff and partridge have blue ear lobes thingies (though it's hard to tell from the pics) and dark blue/black beaks and feet. They all also have 5 toes...

Oh sorry, the same color is all one chick. There is just one buff, one partridge and one black. :)

The third is my little black one I hatched from a bator. It's only 6 weeks (9 days younger). We bought the other two as week olds because this little chick was the only survivor from our fertile eggs and it needed company. This one is much smaller than the others even when measured in...

The second is a 7 week old partridge. Confident and likes to fight the buff one, but also the most affectionate. Loves cuddles and I call it the lazy one as it's always laying down when the others are exploring. It's also the largest.

I know it's very difficult to know for sure, but would love anyone to hazard a guess. I know they're still very young but thought some guesses by "those of you who know" would be interesting and a bit of fun. The first is a buff (I think?) 7 week old. Very confident and has been the leader of...

Thanks CT and drumstick diva. I will check out the Australian threads. I don't think she abandoned her nest due to being moved as she stayed on it for a week after being moved and only got off to drink but always went straight back. I'm sure it was the mites. Yes she must have been infected when...

I introduced myself and story on the introductions threat, but basically I haven't had chickens since I was young (over 20 years), so you could say I was a newbie. I have a silkie x hen that was broody, but left her nest with a severe case of red mites. She is clear of mites now (or appears to...

Hi everyone. I'm from Adelaide, South Australia and recently acquired a broody hen, an incubator and some fertile eggs as part of a science project for my son at high school. Even though the project only last a couple of months, I have wanted to raise chickens again for a while (haven't had...