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Hi, I have a young 6 month old Silver American lace top Wyandotte. She has suddenly gone from a spirited young hen to not being able to stand and I can hear her breathing. We have snow and sharp frost in England so I have bought her inside in a cage. She has shuffled to water and drank loads but...

Thank you. I think that was what happened to the last egg unfortunately. I am leaving her to get on with it. How long though before I check in case nothing is happening? :0)

Hi, I am having a bit of a disaster incubating under my broody hen. We only had one fertile egg under her and it began to hatch (pipped and could see movement and noisy). It seemed to dry out and got stuck. The next time we checked under the hen to see the egg was flattened a bit and it died. I...

I'm still waiting for mine to go broody. I now have 2 lace wyandottes to add to my other 3 and hear that they do go broody regularly so fingers crossed!! My rooster is very interested in the new girls and seems to have gone to heaven with 4 hens to keep him happy ha ha. How would you know if...

Thank you :0)

Should I give it a bit longer then or is 20 too many anyway?

Hi All, I have a clutch of eggs hidden in my garden added to by 2 hens. Neither seem to sit longer than to lay their egg each day. At what point do I assume they are not going to sit and dispose of the eggs? I was hoping 1 was going to go broody and have our first chicks. Do I give up yet...

I don’t know the breeds as we took them from some friends who couldn’t home them any longer. I don’t think they know the breed either as they were chicks from unknowns. Neither of my girls are broody either as not sitting on the nest, only to lay then move off. I now have 17 eggs in the clutch a...

I have no idea on the breed. We took them in from a friend who could no longer home them, and they were completely free range and lived in the trees. I think they were brothers and sisters from a previous owner, so who knows. The Cockerel is so handsome!! I attach a photo if anyone knows the...

Thats is good to know, thank you!

Hi All, I am new to having chickens and have had my newbies for a couple of months. Queenie (Hen 1), Sable (Hen 2), and Cocky (marvellous Cockerel, such a gentleman ha, ha!!) They are completely free range in my garden as we are very luck for space, and sleep at night in a wooden coop. We...

Hi, I'm new to having chickens and currently have 2 hens and a cockerel. Both hens lay daily, usually in the coop nesting boxes. Queenie (Hen 1) missed laying for a few days, then I found a clutch of 4 eggs in a hidden part of the garden. I have left her to it as the children would love...