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Hi, thanks for your reply, all seems well now, the goose and gander have taken the little one out, they are very protective which is great to see. It seems to be picking at the grass and I've put mash in the hut which I've seen her/him eating. Just need it to grow abit so the crows can't get...

I'm looking for advice. I have a goose who is about 2 years old, she's hatched 1 gosling but is sitting on about 10 more eggs. She lives with another goose and a gander. All seems well but I'm concerned that she's not taking the little one outside, it's about 4 days old. The other two geese are...

Sorry ! Just noticed someone else further down with same problem, perhaps it's just hormones.....

Hi, I've got an old lady (4 years old) an ex battery, she's suddenly taken to sitting in coop then announcing she's laid an egg, which she hasn't, she struts about shouting but there's definitely no egg. She's eating/drinking and is first in line when treats come out. The other girls go out...

Really good article, explains every step so well. My girl is an ex bat I think about 5 years old now, she's been at stage 2 for about a week, when I first noticed her being off I took her to the vet who gave her antibiotics but they didn't help. Last night she took herself off and I missed that...

Thanks for your prompt reply. I can breath a sigh of relief knowing the ducklings are fine to be on their own. They have their own coop and run and it's not too big so they will be warm at night. My silky is definitely worn out, she's eaten and I'm going out her in the hen house in her favourite...

Hi, I've had chickens for years but my son decided put duck eggs under my old silky who's 10. All gone well, ducklings hatched silky was doing fantastic job as a mum but suddenly after 3 weeks she's stopped bothering with them she is normally a picture of health, red comb etc but it's gone pale...

I did cut it open but didn't take photos. It's gone in the bin. It was like a piece of chicken inside, a moist version of the outside with a small amount of water ? I know you can't have a chicken without a cockerel but it definitely looked like the start of one or is that me trying convince...

Hi Calli7 I've just done the same, my son bought duck eggs from the supermarket, put them in an incubator, it stopped working so we put them under our old black Silkie hen (10 years old) she's hatched them and is a very proud mum. I've put her separate in a small hen hut in another part of...

Hi, I have kept chickens for a number of years but today I found this.... My girls are all ex bats and about 3/4 years old. Is this a chick without a shell? I have no cockerel.

Hi everyone, I am not new to keeping chickens but am still learning ! I have only 8 birds made up of 3 rescue ones, 5 given to me by someone. They are 6 brown hens 1 black and a little white silky who is about 8 years old. We also have afew other pets, 2 horses, 1 pony, 1 goose, 2 rabbits, 5...