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HI all, I put 15 GF eggs under 2 broody Sussex chooks 5 days before they were due to hatch I moved them into a nursery. That night 1 of the chooks got off the eggs :-( When I found this I quickly put all her eggs under the other chook, I don't know how long she was off the eggs over night. We...

Hi Can you please tell me what sex this group is. I only ever had light Sussex. I went to an auction to buy more Sussex and ended up with this lot. I only bought them cause there were 2 in the cage that looked like they needed help. I'm such a softy

Hi All This is my first hatch Everything I have read tells me to drop the humidity after chicks start to hatch I have 2 hatch, 1 i think has died with his beak sticking out of the shell and another still hatching. I had 8 altoghter How do I reduce the humidity without opening incubator and when...

Ok, so I was given a Sussex white hen and roster. No idea of age. I waited a couple of months and she hadn't gone broody so took 4 of her eggs and 4 from my Rhode red and incubated them. They are on day 10. So now Sussex hen gone broody and staying in box. My question is if when the incubated...

My muscovy duck has been sitting on her eggs for 19 days She has nested in the chicken coop - where she is a slight slope (not a good nesting spot but didn't want to move her) Yesterday afternoon i noticed 5 eggs had rolled down to about 3 feet away from her. I lifted her putting all her eggs in...

Hi all, I have a first time mum. She was sitting on 19 eggs, booted 2 out, I candled them, nothing so removed them.Yes I have a drake. Quite often when I check on her not all the eggs are covered. We are on day 9. While she was swimming I quickly candled the eggs and from my limited experience...

Hi all, a couple of months ago I rescued 2 female Muscovy ducks from a country road. The rest of the group couldn't be saved. One female had what seemed like and injured leg or hip. Over time she healed but now has a limp. I swapped the other female for a male. Mr & Mrs duck have been settling...

Good morning all My name is Michelle I currently have a breeding pair of light Sussex & Rhode Island reds. Neither of the ladies have gone broody so I have bought an incubator and I will endeavour to increase our numbers