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Hi, Thanks for your reply. To be honest we have no idea how old they are! We got them of a friend who was no longer able to keep them. They are mature birds and we have had them around a year with no issues. Their diet is Layers Pellets and they are free range so whatever else they dig up. I...

Hi, We have recently had a lot of our chickens fall I’ll. They all have similar symptoms and I do not want this to spread to other chickens. We have had problems with lice and vent gleet since we got them from their previous home. We have tried bathing them in Epsom salts and we have also tried...

Thanks, I’ll leave some out where they dust bathe and see if it works

It is difficult! I was looking at Permethrin spray so I may use that

Hi, I have had a big lice problem with my chickens and was wondering what the best treatment is? Being in the UK, Elector PSP (which was recommended by a thread on here) isn’t available or is stupidly expensive. I have seen people recommend Ivermectin or Permethrin? I have tried using...

Thanks! I’m going to try not turning them for the first 3 days and then slowly tilting them in the egg carton. Hopefully this works!

Hi, I recently have bought some buff orprington eggs online and after candling them 4/6 have detached air cells. They are currently sitting for 24 hours before going in to incubator. What should I do to increase the chances of them hatching? Should I keep them upright and just rotate them...

The chick is dry as it has been in for almost 2 days now. I was hoping that it would encourage the others to hatch. I will move it and try turning the humidity up. Thanks!

They were set on the 10th of this month and already had some noticeable development before that, maybe between 3 - 5 days comparing candling to any videos or guides I had seen. A Broody was sat on them but had moved of her eggs and we had to move them to the incubator.

Hi, It is my first time hatching eggs and so far, 1 out of 4 eggs has hatched. There is definitely development in the unhatched eggs as I have seen through candling but no pips yet. I may have stopped turning early as I was away from home when the eggs were layed and were unable to date them. I...