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Recently, we bought our first incubator. We've previously hatched with our Pekin girls, and never had a hatch rate below 85-90%, but this was our first time on the incubator.
The first attempt was 6 of our own Pekin eggs. The 'bator holds 24. All candled okay at both dates but only one...
Some of you who follow my flock thread (HERE) might be aware that we hatched our first incubator eggs yesterday. Or rather, one hatched... and we think the others aren't going to, but this is beside the point.
We noticed that the chick was slipping and carefully switched the liner, but this...
We have six of our own Pekin eggs close to hatching. The first is pipping right now (eeee!) and this is our first time incubating with an electric thingy and not a mama hen. Would it comfort a chick if we played chicken sounds to it? Or would that be downright confusing?
I hope this makes sense...
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I've wondered about starting a flock thread for a while now, after seeing and enjoying many others. So, in the hopes that just perhaps it will entertain someone else, I'm taking the plunge. (I know. That was dramatic.)
We'll start from the start (how very logical, don't you think?) when my Dad...
I have a few queries about using sand as bedding in the coop I have in progress.
A bit of background information, and then we'll get into my questions. I plan on keeping 5-10 Silkie adults in this coop. The number will probably not rise above 6 but there's square footage enough for 10. They...
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Just wondering, for others in the UK, I’m looking at getting a little more ‘into’ breeding and am wondering which of the following breeds you’d recommend:
Wyandotte (I know it’s a common and popular breed, partially why I’ve included it, but I’d be looking at a rare colour)
Pekin...
Okay, so, apparently chickens don't make for good ice skaters... ours didn't see the ice and were slipping e v e r y w h e r e which was downright hilarious. Oh, and they don't approve of the taste either...!
Anyone else had funny experiences with chickens in icy conditions?
(don't worry, no...
I guess my title is fairly self-explanatory... but anyways. So we have three growers, 2 hens and 1 cockerel, who are between 3-4 months old. Over the last 3 or so days, this little rooster has been limping a lot and it seems to be getting worse. We have examined his leg (it's the left one) and...
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I've finally got permission to buy rabbits. My parents, however, have different ideas to what I do. I want to adopt; they want me to become a breeder 'to make some money back'. I want to abide by the RWAF recommendations of 60 square feet for the trio of neutered females I am interested...
Yesterday, after much thought and careful planning, we moved my dovecote approximately 13 metres to a more sheltered spot. I currently have 8 doves. Of this I have 3 pairs. All of these three have recently built nests and are sitting on eggs. So as you can tell, it was something that we had to...
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First off, I'd like to apologize, because I am not sure this is the right place to post this, but anyway.
So I am a relatively experienced chicken keeper, and have dealt with chicks 3 times:
We purchased 8 Pekin Bantam day-olds (unfortunately 6 were cockerels, so we kept the 2 hens and...
So I have this major curiosity about other peoples' chickens.
Post your favourite chicken's names and list their breeds... maybe tell us why they have that name? I'll start:
Rusty - Our loving Pekin Bantam Millefleur cock. He got his name because of his gorgeous gingery colour.
Tansy - She's...
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I currently have 8 doves, 2 of which are only just flying. They are managing to do a huge amount of droppings around their dovecote, and I can't find any way to keep the area clean.
Does anyone have any tips?
Thank you!
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As many of my UK friends would agree, we're certainly experiencing plenty of rain at the moment. My chickens are getting soaked, and even during the dry days are listless with tails down. Do you think the weather could have anything to do with this, and if so, what could I do to help them?
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We have a young cockerel (about 17 months) who is moulting and is rather raggedy around the neck and for some reason has over the past 2 days become very weak. He hardly crows, and has stopped calling for hens to come and get food, he eats it himself. He hardly has anything in his crop but...
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I was cleaning out my chickens and noticed that one of the older ones has something queer hanging out of the vent, I gave her a bit of an inspection and it's definitely not poop.
Does it look like a prolapse?? Please help!!
We got three new POL hens two days ago, and they've all been vaccinated, wormed etc. There are three of them, and one is continually pecking feathers from the other hens' vent area. I know that I ought to do something about this, and I wasn't sure what. There are a few things I think it could...
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Currently we have 6 full-grown hens (two are Pekin Bantams) and 1 Pekin cockerel. One of the Pekin hens has just hatched chicks so they're separate, but in one of the other's poops I've notived some fairly long, white thin worms. I'll attach a picture, but what type are these? How...
New to the forum but not to chickens: I have been keeping them for 2.5 years now and have thoroughly enjoyed it!
My Pekin Bantam has just hatched 5 chicks and I'm so pleased! They are absolutely gorgeous and I'm hooked already... :p:wee