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We don't have them in Australia🙂

Yes I thought that, but black legs?!

It was just from gumtree (like Craigslist if you're not Australian!), I've reported her ad but there's not much more I can do.

I bought half a dozen fertile eggs to put under my lavender pekin, I asked for 3 vorwerk and 3 welsummer. She gave me an extra egg as one of the "welsummers" was very large, not ideal but ok. The eggs were mid brown and heavily speckled, average size, light for a supposed welsummer but it is mid...

Our chickens free range and at night are in a metal shed with a cement floor - it's been really wet lately and 2 corners of the coop are getting damp on the floor. We've tried several solutions and improved the issue but I'm wondering if I can try using the DLM with shavings? I know it works...

Im curious to know what you ended up with? I'm putting my BLRW roo over BLRW hens and splash (white with flecks of blue) hens. I've hatched 1 clutch so far but they're only a week old so I'm still not sure what they are, I think 1 BLRW and 2 either splash laced or solid splash with incomplete...

Hi all! Well, our broody successfully hatched 4 chicks, sadly one didn't make it through the first night but we still have 3 so we'll be happy for that. Just wondering if anyone can pick the colors at this stage (3-4 days)? Dad is a blue laced, eggs are from either blue laced or splash self...

Update: 2 hatched day 22 and 2 more day 23! Now we're the evening of day 24 and mamma and babies still arent off the nest to eat/drink...I know 72hrs isnt up yet so Im trying to not worry but its hard! Should I dip the chicks beaks in some water and let them have a peck around or trust that...

Thank you. Just one drop on the back of her neck.

Yesterday afternoon one of our 12 week austrolorp chicks separated herself from the flock&didn't come when called for food. We put her in a box with food&water in our en suite and she perked up, was eating and no signs coccidosis. We saw 1 mite so treated her with ivermectin. Sadly she was dead...

Thanks for your replies! The eggs are day 17 today, I candled them this morning and amazingly saw movement in 4 of the 5!!! Incredible! I'm going to leave all under&see what we get next week!

Hi all, Ive got my first broody on a clutch of 5 eggs - very eggciting Until yesterday....she hopped off in the morning when I was feeding and watering the gang. Nobody went back into the chook shed until about 8 hours later AND SHE WAS ON THE WRONG NEST! My husband said the eggs felt cool but...

Thanks for your reply, I'm querying what to expect from blue laced crossed with splash self not splash laced though. From what I've read, crossing self to laced may either result in poor lacing (is that what you mean by leakage?) or 50% splash self 50% blue self but I can't find many definitive...

Pics of the parents-to-hopefully-be!

Good morning sunshines! I'm about to put a clutch of eggs under my broody BLW. Our roo is a blue laced and the eggs will be from another BLW hen and 2 blue splash hens (not splash laced). I know the mix we can expect from the blw×blw (50% blue laced, 25% black laced and 25% splash laced) and I...

Thanks for the advice! Yes we're in Australia so coming to the end of winter now, should be well into the start of spring by the time we collect enough&they hatch

Ok great! I'll take the 2 she's on now&give her the old ones and start collecting. Worst case she's not *really* broody and we make a really big omelette next week She definitely exhibits all those behaviors, staying put, puffing up and growling when you try to touch her etc so I guess we'll...

Thank you for your egg-sellent advice ;-D To clarify, I wondered could I give her the old eggs to keep her broody while I assemble a clutch? I know they won't develop as they've been sat pointy end up for weeks! I could just leave the 2 she has now but I'm squeamish about letting them...

Thank you very much for your kind advice! A new development: she was off the eggs for at least 2 hours this morning. She was on them all day yesterday, still on when I shut them in last night but when I let them out this morning she headed out with the rest of the flock and stayed out for nearly...

Thank you both so much for your helpful responses! Bobbi-j, yes, we have 4 Wyandotte hens plus the rooster (as well as 5 blue australorpes but they're not laying yet). We get 1-2 eggs a day at present, its the end of winter down here so not all laying daily yet. I actually have 3 eggs left from...