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  1. ChookFlyingToTheMoon

    Help she's sitting on eggs

    As long as the other hens aren't getting in her nest, breaking her eggs, or stressing her out, I'd leave her be. Moving a broody can be a big job. Just keep an eye on her :)
  2. ChookFlyingToTheMoon

    Please can someone educate me on breeding an olive egger and how to do so

    Thank you for clarifying that! :)
  3. ChookFlyingToTheMoon

    Please can someone educate me on breeding an olive egger and how to do so

    So I've been doing a lot of reading up and I really want to make an olive egger next year, but I want it to be autosexing. I've read up on the genetics and how to make it and saw something like this: cream Legbar cockerel + cuckoo Marans F1 barred cockerel + cuckoo Marans F2 barred cockerel...
  4. ChookFlyingToTheMoon

    Are Marans good layers?

    I'm in England so that's a little far aha. I've been looking for breeders of French standard Marans but have had no luck unfortunately, just the English standard
  5. ChookFlyingToTheMoon

    Are Marans good layers?

    I'll ask around about their hens' egg laying tendencies before buying, that would be something I wouldn't have even considered. Mine will be able to free range everyday so I hope they fill themselves up on bugs and grass rather than feed, we also have an abundance of mice and spiders for desert...
  6. ChookFlyingToTheMoon

    Are Marans good layers?

    The Leghorns sound like a good bit of fun. I will be raising a Marans cockerel too so good to hear on the temperament. Thanks for your information, I think definitely gonna raise two or three of each :)
  7. ChookFlyingToTheMoon

    Are Marans good layers?

    I am going to be buying lots of fertile eggs next January to April to hatch a new flock of laying hens, I have breeds in mind but would like to know how they perform, I don't particularly love brown hybrids who lay everyday but I'm wanting 4+ eggs from these, hopefully future pullets, a week...
  8. ChookFlyingToTheMoon

    Which one is the best? The brooder lamp or the heating plate?

    Hi, I'm not an expert on chicks or anything but I prefer the heating plate. I think it's just a little more natural and there's less danger in using it, in my opinion. And seen as though I have the brooder in my room, the chicks get use to the day and night routine fairly quickly. I raise mine...
  9. ChookFlyingToTheMoon

    Vaccinations for MG - do you recommend?

    Ah okay, gloves it is then. I hope my future birds thrive, thank you again for your advice. I'm such a worrier sometimes
  10. ChookFlyingToTheMoon

    Vaccinations for MG - do you recommend?

    Oh, I will have to look into shoe covers, and I'm sure hand sanitiser will be fine in place of gloves? I've never culled just one chick, I think one out, all out and start over with eggs from another breeder
  11. ChookFlyingToTheMoon

    Vaccinations for MG - do you recommend?

    Yes this is what I'm worried about but I think I'm going to invest in some netting to cover the whole allotment, change shoes when people come on the allotment and ask people to clean their shoes if they want to come on, hopefully this will help a little. I think I'm going to vaccinate. Thank...
  12. ChookFlyingToTheMoon

    Vaccinations for MG - do you recommend?

    No, it's not my land. Do allotments only exist in England? They're just small plots of land you can rent cheaply for so much a year. They were made back in the 1950s so people could grow their own veg and meat, as practically everyone had no back garden. The allotments are very unorganised and...
  13. ChookFlyingToTheMoon

    Vaccinations for MG - do you recommend?

    The East Riding of Yorkshire's council passed the allotments on to a private company so I don't know who, we just all got these letters on new rules and the like. They're not like landlords, landlords should know what they're doing, these guys don't. Though, I had already decided to cull as I...
  14. ChookFlyingToTheMoon

    Vaccinations for MG - do you recommend?

    They've already been diagnosed and culled. None were dying, yes they had a duck, they free ranged on a small plot of land. No wild birds. They had sweet breath, bubbly eyes, wheezing, drop in egg production, not very lively but still scratching and pecking. We are currently working on turning...
  15. ChookFlyingToTheMoon

    Vaccinations for MG - do you recommend?

    Chickens
  16. ChookFlyingToTheMoon

    Vaccinations for MG - do you recommend?

    Thank you, I meant Mycoplasma
  17. ChookFlyingToTheMoon

    Vaccinations for MG - do you recommend?

    It will be a closed flock but I'm just making a new flock through buying and hatchimg my own chicks, so I was wondering if a vaccination for MG will help at all. I didn't buy new hens so I think I may have walked some poop from someones ill hen into their coop
  18. ChookFlyingToTheMoon

    Vaccinations for MG - do you recommend?

    After dealing with MG I culled all my hens. I want to start over but what's the best way of preventing this again? My vet said I can give a vaccination but this makes them carriers? I may want to breed a few chicks from mine once they're hatched and mature but I'm very worried they'd get sick...
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