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Hi BYCers! I was wondering, how long can eggs stay warm under a hen (and still be viable) before you collect them for incubation? When does development start? I had a hen that just went broody. An egg was laid around 1:30 this afternoon, and when I got back home at 8pm, she was still...

(First 2 pics are last night, second 2 are this morning) Hi all, I’d really appreciate some advice with my 6 wk old BR chick. I noticed a lump in it’s vent yesterday night and took some pics. I checked again this afternoon and it seems to have gotten better although the vent is still puffy...

Hi all! I’m pretty new to Anconas but they are fast becoming one of my favourite breeds. I got 4 pullets and one cockerel from my last batch (yay), and they are now 8 weeks old. I noticed some have yellow shanks mottled with black and some have mottled white/pinkish ones. I heard the yellow...

Hi BYCers! I have 5 chooks in a run around my poolyard (it's an above ground pool). 4 are pure breeds - I have a Light Sussex, a BR, a GLW, and a Faverolles and a 3/4 Australorp (who has absolutely no troubles with egg production). They were hatched in late January this year, so they haven't...

Hello BYCers! This morning I went out to the run, and my BR Billena was just hopping off the nest box. I went around doing chicken stuff, and when I next looked at her, she was still just standing there looking sleepy. Her comb was a bit pale, and so I went to try to perk her up by giving some...

My 7 week old Salmon Faverolles just had a scab fall off a pimply looking lump on her beak. So I know it's Fowl Pox and I'm pretty sure it's the wet type. Because when drinking this morning she seemed a little snuffly... All 6 chicks running round and happy, although I did notice they were a...

This chicks, called Favi (no prizes for guessing why) and also, (being a little on the plump side), sometimes Fatty, is my only Faverolles put of a batch of 6 chicks. She/he is 4wks old today - I really hope it will turn out a pullet as it is one of my favourites. She/he had quite fast...

Hi all. I got 7 chicks 3 days ago, and have been really enjoying them. One of them, Stevie, a Naked Neck, has been acting strangely and looking unwell for the last 2 days. She was completely fine until yesterday - before then she was super active and quite stressy, so I'm wondering if now she's...

Just got an adorable Naked Neck chick this morning. It's the orange-ish chick in the photo - the other two are a Light Sussex and a Salmon Faverolles. Would love to know what colour it will turn out to be! I'm guessing maybe red?