Hi, my pullet Maisey sleeps in the nestbox, 5 minutes ago, she was very loud and chatty now she's in the nestbox laying with her head tucked in she did it yesterday aswell, is it normal?
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My old chicken coop is starting to rot I refurbished a 20 year old wooden shed onto their coop, soon I'm getting a new shed as theirs is rotten and my neighbours have seen lots of pinemartens and I want to keep my girls safe, the shed is 8 x 6, I want it to look homely and cosy, any ideas...
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My 2 year old peahen seems more skinny than my 3 yearlings, she still hasn't laid eggs so getting a bit worried, she is free-range while the other 3 are penned, does she look small to you?
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Hi my 8 month old pullet, Dory (also known as bluebell) is gone broody, I don't want chicks this year but probably next year, is there I higher chance she'll go broody next year? It's unusual because she's a hybrid and the breeder said they don't go broody!
So I was out with my chickens and I noticed bluebell walking strange when she walks she wobbles and flaps her wings she's drinking water and eating I can't see anything on her foot but she does have scaly leg mite can that cause it? I'm really worried
Hi, my 2 yearling peafowl, Opal and Appollo spread their train every day, then they run at my 2 year old Sweetpea but they don't run at my yearling Poppy and they make a weird sound running at her and try to grab her, I know that yearlings can't breed but is there a chance they can?
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Hi, my 4 year old light sussex x Snuggles has trouble breathing. On Sunday she was very bad but yesterday she was better, I locked them in for the night and she's sitting in the nestbox, I gave her, her favourite treat sweetcorn and she slowly ate a bit. I think it could be too late :(
Hi, I got 7 pullets today, 1 seems to have a broken toe I think, it's sticking out a bit sideways and she winces a small bit when I touch it. She's walking kind of normal limping slightly. Can it heal on its own?
I got 7 pullets this morning, and can't think of good names. I got
Black rock x2
Amber star x1
Mottled ranger x1
Isa brown x1
Cream legbar hybrid x1
Partridge x1
I named 1 black rock Ms. Mapes and the isa brown cookie. If you have any fancy funny or cute name ideas I'd love it,
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So... the chicken math is going strong started off as 3 then changed to 9 then to 11 then to 18 now hopefully 25 😅. I'm getting new pullets soon. Most are hybrids. This is my list..
-Black rock
-Skyline
-Barred rock
-Partridge
-Amber link
-marsbar hybrid (very excited for her as she layes olive...
Hi, I'm going to hatch quail, what's the difference between coturnix and Italian quail. I can get hatching eggs from those varieties but what's the difference? Are they the same? Is 1 stronger than the other, I might get northern bobwhite hatching eggs aswell.
Do they make good pets?
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So my goose Dandelion has 8 eggs, if I sit in her coop she comes in and rolls the eggs around, when will she sit on them, she sits on them on and off but never properly does thus mean she's getting close to go broody, how many eggs will she want to sit on? This is her first time hatching. I'd...
Hi, I'm heartbroken.I was letting out the hens and when I opened the door and my Spunky was stuck on a nail head, she was my favourite and she would always escape her pen and walk around the yard. She was 7 months old and I don't know what I'll do without her. Here is a picture of her from a...
Hi so I found a squab that fell from the nest, we put it up with its sibling, the parents came and fed them but I don't know if they fed both of them, now I think they abandoned the nest as they seem to be making a new one
Hi I don't know where i should post this, I found a soaked crow in my field so I brought him to the house and put him in a box with wood shavings, does anyone know what I should do with it?
So I think I'll take the plunge and buy some sebastopol hatching eggs to have friends for dandelion my lone goose, I'm still thinking but I probably will, they are kinda far away, but can be shipped, is it worth getting them shipped or should I just collect them? I have a biggish coop so I might...
Hi I have a 6 month old rooster, his name is Pablo and he's a white leghorn, recently when he walks around he flaps his wings and makes a clapping noise with them
Why does he do it?
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Hi my goose Dandelion lives on her own her sister Clover sadly passed away last year, she has been lonely and she sits beside my roosters pen all day. Recently when I go to pat her she would squat down, would she do that for a gander? Why does she do it for me? Everyday I check her coop for eggs...
Hi all, I have a peahen living with my chickens and she's 2 years old so hopefully she'll lay in April onwards. I have a peafowl coop in the making it's nearly finished but won't be before she layes as our cows will be calving. Do ye have any ideas or pics of nestboxes,
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