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Please can anybody help me as I am going to be over run with chickens soon. The reason is that I hate to think a fertilised egg is just left and not incubated so I have to hatch them all! My cockerel isn't going to his new home until the weekend so I am running out of incubator room. I am...

My BCM Etta isn't well. :( I found a clump of her feathers in the run about 2 weeks ago but she seemed fine. However a few days later she was very lame on her right leg and one of her wings seems to be hanging strangely. There are no wounds on her and definitely no fractures. predators can not...

I had six araucana eggs in the bator which I bought from eBay. Sadly only one hatched and that was on day 23. The poor little guy can't seem to get his balance at all. He looks up towards the ceiling higher and higher until he falls over backwards and then can't right himself. It's very sad to...

This chick is 8 weeks old and I am wondering if anybody could hazzard a guess at its gender? It is CLB x RSL I think. There is some colouration to its comb but it is nowhere near as red as the colour of my apenzellers of the same age. It doesn't really have any wattles as yet. I thought I had a...

This little chicken was thrown over an 8 foot wall into my friends yard along with her 3 RSL pullet friends. She lives in inner city Liverpool, not the usual place where people normally dump chickens! They are all healthy and out of the 4 of them I am getting 2 smallish brown eggs a day. I am...

My babies are now just over 8 weeks old and I would really like to know what breed and gender they are. I have posted pictures previously but it was too early to tell. I can't keep boys because of the noise for the neighbours and so far I have only ever hatched roos. Surely my luck has to change...

I got this chicken yesterday and was told it was a Silver Sussex 13 week old pullet. Is this correct as her comb is very red for such a young girl? Also she doesn't really look like the Silver Sussex that I have seen on BYC. She has feathers down the outside of her legs and the odd fleck in her...

I am about to look for a home for this boy (I am right that it's a boy aren't I?) and I need to know what breed to call him. Is he just a mutt? He looks white until i put him next to my delaware chick and then he looks very pale cream coloured. Many thanks in advance of replies

I have 6 chicks. 2 of them are obviously boys but I am unsure on the rest. I would also like your opinion on breed ideas. I havn't a clue what breed they are meant to be, I got them for breakfast on a camping trip and then found out they were fertile so put them in the incubator instead! Many...

Hi all, I am a relative newbie and have a 17 week old silkie cross Light Sussex and her earlobes are beginning to turn a vivid blue colour. Is this the equivalent of the combs of other POL pullets turning from pink to red? Am I about to start getting eggs or is it just wishfull thinking Many...

Hi Gender experts. All as I want is a few back yard chickens at my bungalow in the middle of an English housing estate. Just to have a feel of the countryside (I would love a farm but alas funds won't allow it.) Why is it then that every single chick I have hatched so far has been a boy...

Please can somebody help me. I had 4 eggs in the incubator. Two hatched earlier on today(they are still in there). One has pipped but the problem is another one has pipped and zipped but has failed to pierce the membrane apart from where it first pipped. It is now back to the beginning again and...

Is it usual for chicks to beat each other up? This is my second hatch and my last ones were angels. These 5 are now two days old (all large fowl of different breeds) and they are always squabbling and pecking each other. Sometimes they even end up with a beak full of down from dragging each...

I think I know the answer but please tell me Maude is a girl. I can't keep her if she is a he

Please please can somebody help me to feel less guilty? I have a Brinsea Mini eco and originally had 9 chicken eggs in it (all large fowl of different breeds) My temperature was 37.5 right through and humidity was 45% day 0 to 18 and and 65% day 18 to 21. I move the eggs around the incubator...

Hi, I have built my coop and am now a little bit stuck on how to design and construct the pop hole. The coop itself is made out of a plastic outdoor storage shed type thing. I think maybe they are designed for storing bicycles. My problems is that the main door (which I will open up to clean it...

Please say she's a Betty as I can't keep any boys where I live The hackle feathers look a bit pointed on the photo but I think that's just the dark spots making it a bit misleading. Oh and she is 9 weeks old. Many thanks

My two chicks are now 5 weeks old. I am a total newbie and would really like to know what colour they are and also if anybody has any idea of what gender they are. I have done loads of research but can't seem to find examples of either breed at 5 weeks identifying gender. Sorry about the rubbish...

I am new to hatching and am totally addicted although my hatches have been a bit hit and miss as I do not have my own flock and am using only shipped eggs. My question is - 'How long in the year will I be able to hatch eggs for?' or I suppose more specifically 'How long will hatching eggs be...

I am sorry this may be a totally stupid question and normal chick behaviour but I am a newbie and it's bothering me. Is it normal for chicks to eat their own droppings on a regular basis? They still eat the chick crumb but the quantity must be reduced as they eat their droppings so much. They...